After the opening of the Sac and Fox Reservation by a land run on September 22, 1891, Czech immigrants settled and founded Prague.

Eva Barta owned the land, and named the new town "Prague" for the Czech capital in Europe, then part of Austria-Hungary.

had its world premiere in Prague in an event which featured Adolf Hitler, Hirohito and Mussolini being hanged in effigy on Main Street.

After the premiere, the film opened nationwide in the first days of April, beginning with 20 key cities.

On May 24, 1952, a head-on automobile collision seriously injured Indian mystic Meher Baba near Prague.

[9] The accident site has become a place of pilgrimage for world wide Meher Baba followers.

[11] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.8 square miles (4.7 km2), all land.

[citation needed] Agriculture, with corn as the primary crop, initially drove Prague's economy.

[14] The Prague-owned Prague Municipal Airport (FAA Identifier—O47) is two miles west of town, and features a 3600’ asphalt runway.

One can learn more at the Prague Historical Museum on the town's main street, Jim Thorpe Boulevard, which is named for the town's most famous son, Sac and Fox Tribe member, the Olympic athlete Jim Thorpe.