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Pryor, Oklahoma
Pryor, Oklahoma

Pryor

Oklahoma, United States
Also known as: Pryor Creek
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Pryor, city, seat (1907) of Mayes county, northern Oklahoma, U.S., located northeast of Tulsa. It was settled in 1872 and named for Nathaniel Pryor, a scout on the Lewis and Clark Expedition and the builder of a trading post (1820) on the Verdigris River near the present city site. Pryor is a trade center for an agricultural area. It carries on dairying and cotton-ginning activities and produces wood, paper, cement, gypsum, and chemicals. An agricultural...

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