Editing Broken Bow, Oklahoma (section)

==History==
The land that would become Broken Bow was owned by the [[Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma|Choctaw tribe]] prior to being settled by colonizers. Growing around a lumber company started by two brothers, Broken Bow had a population of 1,983, just a decade after its incorporation in 1911.<ref name="lagasse"/> The city lies within the [[Little Dixie (Oklahoma)|Little Dixie]] region of [[Oklahoma]], an area originally settled largely by Southerners seeking a new start following the [[American Civil War]].

The city was the location of the wounding and capture of murderer [[Richard Snell (criminal)|Richard Wayne Snell]] in 1984, following his shootout with local police.<ref>[[Richard Wayne Snell]] at Wikipedia.org</ref> Snell had shot and killed two men in [[Arkansas]], a [[pawn shop]] owner and [[Arkansas State Police|Arkansas State Trooper]] Louis P. Bryant.<ref>[http://www.odmp.org/officer.php?oid=2415 Trooper Louis P. Bryant] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930013156/http://www.odmp.org/officer.php?oid=2415 |date=2007-09-30 }}. ''The Officer Down Memorial, Inc.''. (accessed April 6, 2010).</ref>

At the time of its founding, Broken Bow was located in [[Bok Tuklo, Choctaw Nation|Bok Tuklo County]] of the [[Apukshunnubbee District|Apukshunubbee District]], one of three administrative super-regions of the Choctaw Nation.<ref>Morris, John W. ''Historical Atlas of Oklahoma'' (Norman: University of Oklahoma, 1986), plate 38.</ref>