Editing Council Hill, Oklahoma (section)

==History==
Council Hill began as a council house for the [[Creek Nation]] ''circa'' 1840, after the tribe had been forced to emigrate to Indian Territory. The Creeks named this location as ''Weklwa Hulwe'' or "High Spring," and consider it their first capitol. Smoke signals from the top of the hill announced calls for general council meetings to other Creek towns in the vicinity. After the outbreak of the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], this place became the headquarters of the Creek Regiment of the [[Confederate States Army|Confederate Army]], led by [[D. N. McIntosh]].<ref name="EOHC-Council Hill">[http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=CO071 Ellen Johnson, "Council Hill," ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''.] Accessed May 2, 2015.</ref>

After the Civil War, Council Hill became a simple farm community. The first post office was established in 1905. The Missouri, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad (later the [[Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway]]) opened a line through the town in 1907 that enabled shipment of livestock and farm products to markets in the north and east. Cotton was the main crop, but other products included corn, potatoes, wheat, and oats. Oklahoma Pipeline Company built a pumping station at Council Hill for its line that carried crude oil from the [[Glenn Pool Oil Reserve]] to the [[Gulf Coast of the United States|Gulf Coast]].<ref name="EOHC-Council Hill"/>