Founded by John Horse and Black Seminoles in the late 1880s, Wewoka is the current capital of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma. In the spring of 1849, Horse and a group of Black Seminoles founded a settlement near modern-day Wewoka. They established a community located at the falls of a small stream, lying in the fertile lands between the North and South Canadian Rivers. The steady rush of water over the falls gave rise to the name We-Wo-Ka – meaning “Barking Water” in the Mvskoke (Seminole) language. In 1907 Wewoka became part of the state of Oklahoma, which was admitted to the union.
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