Okloma Miner (Krebs, Okla.) The Gateway to Okloma ...
Krebs began as a small coalmining camp inhabited by English, Irish, and Italian miners. The commercial exploitation of coal in Indian Territory began in 1872, with the completion of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway or "MKT." A few years later, the Osage Coal and Mining Company leased the property on which the town of Krebs emerged.