Wright City, OK

Wright City is a town in McCurtain County, Oklahoma, United States, along the Little River. The 2020 census counted 616 residents. Wright City hosts one of the oldest continuous rodeos in Oklahoma, known as Little Cheyenne, held each July 1 through 4. In 1933 a few local cowboys started it as a rodeo, barbecue, and dance. In Wright City, history and present-day settings sit close enough to belong to the same local picture. The map tells the story in Wright City, where earlier chapters remain visible in current streets, buildings, and gathering places.

Since 1935, the American Legion, William Wright Post Number 74, has sponsored the event. At the time of its founding, the community was located in Towson County, a part of the Apukshunnubbee District, one of three administrative super-regions comprising the Choctaw Nation. Wright City is in western McCurtain County, 6 miles north of Millerton and less than 2 miles north of the Little River on State Highway 98.