Editing Vinita, Oklahoma (section)

==History==
[[Image:McDonalds on Interstate 44.jpg|thumb|left|[[McDonald's]] [[bridge restaurant]] in the [[Will Rogers Archway]] over [[Interstate 44]] (2008)]]
Vinita was founded in 1870 by [[Elias Cornelius Boudinot]]. In 1889, [[gunfighter|gunman]] and [[police officer|lawman]] [[Tom Threepersons]] was born there. It was the first city in the state with electricity.<ref name="Vinita History">{{cite web| url=http://www.50states.com/facts/okla.htm| title=Oklahoma State Facts| publisher=50states.com| access-date=2007-07-28| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421201401/http://www.50states.com/facts/okla.htm| archive-date=2009-04-21| url-status=dead}}</ref> The city was first named "Downingville", and was a primarily [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] community. It was later renamed "Vinita" after Boudinot's friend, sculptor [[Vinnie Ream]].<ref>[https://www.cityofvinita.com/vinita-history  City of Vinita<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The city was incorporated in [[Indian Territory]] in 1898.<ref name = "EOHC-Vinita">Craig County Genealogical Society. [http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=VI009 "Vinita,"] ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture'', Oklahoma Historical Society, Accessed September 3, 2015.</ref>

Vinita is along the path of the [[Texas Road]] cattle trail,<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=TE023 | title= Texas Road | publisher=[[Oklahoma Historical Society]] | access-date=January 23, 2019}}</ref> and the later [[Jefferson Highway]]<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1kDNFO6G72Zs6uYHw8OoQTF-x5ALIx4xe&ll=36.272239108052105%2C-95.15108052080575&z=11 | title= Jefferson Highway Map | publisher=2lanetraveler.com | access-date=January 23, 2019}}</ref> of the early [[National Trail System]], both roughly along the route of [[U.S. Route 69 in Oklahoma|U.S. Route 69 through Oklahoma]] today.

The First National Bank opened in 1892, and the local Masonic Lodge was founded in 1894. Newspapers founded before the turn of the 20th Century included ''Vinita Indian Chieftain'' (1882), ''Vinita Leader'' (1885) and the ''Daily Indian Chieftain'' (1899). The ''Vinita Daily Journal'' began publication in 1907 and has continued into the 21st Century.<ref name = "EOHC-Vinita"/>

Eastern State Hospital, a state mental health facility, was constructed in 1912 and admitted the first patients in January 1913. It was one of the county's largest employers until its operations were reduced during the 1990s.<ref name = "EOHC-Vinita"/>

The [[Will Rogers Archway]], a [[truck stop|service station]] over the top of [[Interstate 44]], has a McDonald's restaurant that was once the world's largest by area, occupying {{convert|29135|sqft}}. It was renovated in 2014 and is now smaller. Built in 1957, it is also the world's first [[bridge restaurant]].<ref>[http://www.feministhousewife.beebeland.com/archives/2005/06/the_pride_of_vi.html The Pride of Vinita, Oklahoma], URL accessed 07:05, 2 April 2006 (UTC). {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080925171411/http://www.feministhousewife.beebeland.com/archives/2005/06/the_pride_of_vi.html |date=September 25, 2008 }}</ref>