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Wright City is a town in McCurtain County, Oklahoma, United States, along the Little River. The population was 616 at the 2020 census, down from 762 in 2010. 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. Since 1935, the American Legion, William Wright Post Number 74, has sponsored the event.

Wright City was once home to a Weyerhaeuser plant; it closed permanently in March 2009 due to the slowed lumber industry. The company sold its cardboard product line to International Paper. Weyerhaeuser was Wright City's economic power engine, and its closing affected 165 employees.

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