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About
History
Economic Prosperity
is our Past and Future
For more than 50 years, Port Muskogee and the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System have cultivated economic prosperity in Eastern Oklahoma. The impact and role of MKARNS and Port Muskogee have remained constant since their official dedications, thanks to unwavering leadership and advocacy efforts from many Oklahomans. As we look ahead to continuing the vision in the next half a century, we reflect on our founding and the unwavering vision that made Port Muskogee one of America’s premier inland ports.
JULY 20, 1908
City of Muskogee steamboat arrived at the Wharf of Muskogee, decades before the Port of Muskogee became a reality
October 12, 1961
Muskogee City-County Port Authority created
February 7, 1969
Groundbreaking at the Port of Muskogee (Ed Edmondson, Master of Ceremonies)
January 3, 1971
First commercial barges, pushed by the John K, arrived to Port of Muskogee after a 389-mile, three-and-a-half day trip on the McClellan Kerr Arkansas Navigation System (4 barges – 3,000 tons of steel pipe)
June 5, 1971
President Nixon dedicated the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System (MKARNS) $1.2 billion project – the largest civil works project in the U.S. at that time
May 7, 1972
Arrival of the U.S.S. Batfish, the most successful sub killer in history, to its new home at the Port of Muskogee
December 14, 1978
Port of Muskogee hits million-ton mark in terms of total shipments handled since the terminal opened for business
September 1, 1989
U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division moved 750 pieces of equipment via barges from Fort Campbell, Kentucky to Fort Chaffee, Arkansas and Camp Gruber.
November 18, 1989
Port of Muskogee is designated by U.S. Customs as Foreign Trade Zone 164
June 8, 1990
Scott Robinson hired as new Director for Port of Muskogee
July 17, 1995
Legendary Steamboat “Delta Queen” arrived at Port of Muskogee to commemorate the Port’s 25th Anniversary
March 17, 2009
Dedication for the River Center at Three Forks Harbor
June 5, 2021
50-year anniversary of MKARNS 2021
June 7, 2022
River Center Renamed Robinson Gallery and Event Center
January 2023
Port of Muskogee rebrands to Port Muskogee