Editing Krebs, Oklahoma (section)

===Early Krebs===
Krebs was incorporated in the Choctaw Nation in 1903, with Mel D. Reed elected as the first mayor and Bob Miller as the first chief of police. The current St. Joseph's Catholic Church was constructed in 1903. It and an opera house were the first two brick buildings in town. An earlier church and the first opera house, both built of wood, had previously burned down.<ref name = "KHM"/>

The Krebs school system was organized in 1907, the same year that the Choctaw Nation and Indian Territory governments were replaced by the new State of Oklahoma.<ref name = "KHM"/>

The [[Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad]] (also known as the MKT or "Katy") built a branch from McAlester to [[Wilburton, Oklahoma|Wilburton]], on which it ran a two-coach train known affectionately as "Nellie." The Katy station was in downtown Krebs. Later, another station was built south of town on the East-West line to serve the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (a.k.a. CRI&P or Rock Island.) For a time, there was also an electric [[interurban]] line from McAlester through Krebs to [[Hartshorne, Oklahoma|Hartshorne]].<ref name = "KHM"/>

Krebs had five newspapers at different times: Krebs ''Eagle'', Krebs ''Cyclone'', Krebs ''Banner'', Krebs ''Advertiser'', and ''The Oklahoma Miner.''<ref name="KHM" />