Editing Braggs, Oklahoma (section)

==History==
This town was named Patrick, Indian Territory, on May 2, 1886, for John J. Patrick, its first postmaster. On September 10, 1888, it was renamed for a prominent landowner, Solomon Bragg. Braggs remained a small farming town through the first part of the 20th century. During its early years, the community was regularly visited by outlaws such as the [[Cook Gang]], [[Cherokee Bill]] and [[Henry Starr]].

In 1942, the U. S. Army created a military cantonment named Camp Gruber, just outside town.{{efn|Brig. General [[Edmund L. Gruber]], for whom the camp was named, was noted for writing the original version of the "[[U.S. Field Artillery March]]," also known as "And the Caissons Go Rolling Along."<ref name="EOHC-Braggs"/>}} The camp cost about $30 million and brought a surge of prosperity to Braggs. The camp covered {{convert|60000|acres|km2}} and trained thousands of new soldiers during World War II. Part of the camp was used to house captured German military men, until they were repatriated after the war. The camp was deactivated in 1947, ending the prosperity for Braggs <ref name="EOHC-Braggs"/>

Camp Gruber reopened in 1977 as a training facility for reserve and active duty units. It became the home for the National Guard Air Assault School in 1987.<ref name="EOHC-Braggs"/>