Near Talihina in Le Flore County, Oklahoma — The American South (West South Central)
A Settling Experience
The Caddos
Photographed By Jason Armstrong, September 18, 2021
1. A Settling Experience Marker
Depressions in the ground, charcoal from cooing fires, middens or "garbage heaps". stone hoes and pottery fragments are all clues to the prehistoric sites along the Kiamichi River below. These clues reveal that people were farming and storing food 1500 years ago. By 500 AD small permanent villages of two to four acres existed along the Kiamichi River.
When people began storing food and farming, they were no longer tied to a nomadic life of following game and searching for wild plants. These people, known as the Caddos, began to build villages. They became accomplished farmers and began early commerce in the form of trade. They traded bows made from the Osage orange trees, black tanned doeskins, salt and agricultural products to other tribes great distances away.
Today, the Caddos live primarily in western Oklahoma where despite many changes they strive to preserve their culture.
In the mid-1800s, what remained of the Caddo population was moved to western Oklahoma away from their homeland.
Erected by US Forest Service.
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Photographed By Jason Armstrong, September 18, 2021
2. A Settling Experience Marker
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Location. 34° 44.923′ N, 94° 48.22′ W. Marker is near Talihina, Oklahoma, in Le Flore County. Marker is on Talimena National Scenic Byway (Scenic Highway 1) 5 miles east of Camp Tom Hale Road, on the right when traveling east. The marker is located at Lenox Vista on the Talimena Scenic Drive. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Talihina OK 74571, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Mammoth Changes (here, next to this marker); Lenox Mission (here, next to this marker); Deadman Vista (approx. 4.4 miles away); Horsethief Spring (approx. 4.4 miles away); Where There is Water There Will Be People (approx. 4.4 miles away); Outside the Law In Indian Territory (approx. 4.4 miles away); Life at Stapp (approx. 4.4 miles away); Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) (approx. 4.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Talihina.
Credits. This page was last revised on April 4, 2022. It was originally submitted on March 29, 2022, by Jason Armstrong of Talihina, Oklahoma. This page has been viewed 73 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 29, 2022, by Jason Armstrong of Talihina, Oklahoma. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
