Prague High School - Progonian Yearbook (Prague, OK)

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Prague, Oklahoma is located in southeastern 1 Lincoln County. Elevation Nine lfundx ed and nlnty--two feet nh: an-'damn ui I I S The town of Prague, Oklahoma, is located in southeastern Lincol County. Like many other Okla.homa communities, it's history goes back on ly slightly more than fifty yearsg for it was built on land that was for- merly a part of the old Sac and Fox Indian Reservation, The Cherokee Commission was appointed in 1885 by President Grover Cleveland for the purpose of giving allotments of 160 acres of land to each member of the tribes, The surplus land in the Indian Re- serves was sold to the government and opened to white settlement. The lands of the tribes having been divided into counties by the Secretary of Interior, as required by law, the President on September 1 1891, issued his proclamation opening them to settlement at noon four days later, The white settlement of the community where Prague now stands dates back to this opening of the Iowa, Pottawatomie, absentee Shawnee, and Sac and Fox Reservations in 18910 C O N T E N T S HIGHLIGHTS fl 8

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POPULATION Ag V Male 680 Prague is located on two primary Highways--U. S. 62 running east and west and State Highway 99 running north and south, Female 310 U. S. 62 extends across the southern part of Lincoln County Total 1 490 serving as a general transportation route between Henryetta and Oklahoma City. State Highway 99 extends across the state from north of Pawhuska to Lake Texoma. 4lluQi 3 LA .. -4 .. . it ' A W , , y ' PRAGUE MUNICIPAL SWIMMING POOL PRAGUE WATER UTILITY Primary source of supply--8 wells 322' to 342' deep. Demand for water: A. Maximum demand per day August 1956--181, 116 gallcms B. Average daily demand tSept. 1955 to August 19561--118,639 C. Per Capita consumption per day--76.7 gallons The last oil development to affect Prague vitally came in 1931 during the depression days and eased the impact of unemployment of this commun- ity, This field is the closest of all the fields to Prague as it lies just out- side the southern city limits. Thus Prague has benefitted greatly from oil but has never had a first class boom of its own.