Editing Wright City, Oklahoma (section)

===Founding===
Wright City, formerly known as Bismark and Wright, is located {{convert|10|miles|km}} northeast of Valliant and {{convert|2|miles|km}} north of Little River on [[Oklahoma State Highway 98|State Highway 98]] in western McCurtain County. The Choctaw Lumber Company, a subsidiary of the Dierks Lumber and Coal Company, founded the town ''circa'' 1909 as the site for a major processing plant that utilized abundant timber harvested from the region's virgin forests.<ref name ="EOHC-WrightCity">[http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=WR002 Westbrook, Cecelia. ""Wright City." ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''.] Accessed October 11, 2018.</ref>

At the time of its founding, the community now known as Wright City was located in [[Towson County, Choctaw Nation|Towson County]], a part of the [[Apukshunnubbee District]], one of three administrative super-regions comprising the Choctaw Nation.