Harjo, Oklahoma

Harjo, Oklahoma

Harjo is a small community in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma. The post office was established June 24 1921, and discontinued August 31 1954. The name means "brave beyond discretion" in the Creek (Muscogee) language. Nearby is the Rose-Fast site, a prehistoric Indian base camp dating from the Woodland Period, 0-1000 A.D. The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

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