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==History==
[[File:Severe Storm ^ Tornado - Tushka, Okla. , April 26, 2011 -- A tornado hit the town of Tushka on April 14, destroying homes. Jeannie Warner-FEMA - DPLA - b74fa7be247941bb682e76d95a84184f.jpg|thumb|left|Tornado damage,
In 1872, the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railway (Katy) built a track five miles south of [[Atoka, Oklahoma|Atoka]] in [[Atoka County, Choctaw Nation]] in the [[Indian Territory]] and created a settlement which it called Peck Switch, Indian Territory. The first post office was established in 1903. The name was changed to Lewis in 1905, honoring the first postmaster, Charles Lewis. In 1909, the community was renamed Dayton, but was changed during the same year to the present Tushka. ''Tushka'' is a Choctaw word meaning "warrior".<ref name="EOHC-Tushka">Hall, Dean and Dovie Walker. ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''. "Tushka." Retrieved January 3, 2013. [http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/T/TU024.html]</ref>
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