Stigler in Haskell County, Oklahoma — The American South (West South Central)

Unmarked Settlers' Graves Monument

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 19, 2015

1. Unmarked Settlers' Graves Monument

Inscription. This monument is dedicated to the thousands that lie forgotten in unmarked graves throughout present day Haskell County, Oklahoma, formally Sans Bois County, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory.

From the late 1840’s until the first days of the Civil War, they traveled west along the Beale Road and the California Trail in search of the West’s promise of riches only to die and be buried far short of their goal.

During the Civil War countless souls were lost to combat and the camp diseases that plagued all Civil War soldiers.

Still others died from the opening of Indian lands in the 1890’s until the desperate days of the 1930’s depression due to violence, accident and the ever present rampant epidemics that swept the countryside.

It is in honor of those countless thousands that lie along side the old wagon roads, in lost Civil War camps and battlefields, and the county’s many active and abandoned cemeteries that this monument has been erected.

Erected by
the Haskell County Historical Society

Erected by Haskell County Historical Society.

Topics. This historical marker and monument is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites

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Location. 35° 15.221′ N, 95° 7.46′ W. Marker is in Stigler, Oklahoma, in Haskell County. It is on East Main Street (Oklahoma Route 9) just east of SE 2nd Street, on the right when traveling east. Marker is located near the northwest corner of the Haskell County Courthouse grounds. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 202 East Main Street, Stigler OK 74462, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker and monument is in Oklahoma’s Choctaw Nation.

It is also in the American South,

specifically on the prairies,

and on the Southern Plains.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 5 other markers are within 13 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Haskell County World War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); In Memory of the Early Choctaw Settlers

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 19, 2015

2. Unmarked Settlers' Graves Monument

(Haskell County Courthouse in background)

(within shouting distance of this marker); Battle of the J.R. Williams (approx. 3½ miles away); Tamaha Jail and Ferry Landing (approx. 3½ miles away); a different marker also named Tamaha Jail and Ferry Landing (approx. 12.8 miles away).

Credits. This page was last revised on January 26, 2021. It was originally submitted on January 26, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 717 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 26, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.