Near Sperry in Tulsa County, Oklahoma — The American South (West South Central)
Battle of Chusto-Talasah or "Caving Banks"
Photographed by Andrew Foreman, June 4, 2023
1. Battle of "Caving Banks" Marker
The Battle of "Caving Banks" was fought on Dec. 9, 1861 between 1500 Texas and Indian calvarymen under Confederate Col. D.H. Cooper and 2500 loyal Creeks and Cherokees enroute to Kansas with Chief Opothle Yahola. The struggle centered on a log house at the tip of the Horse-Shoe Bend in Bird Creek west of this point. Fifteen Confederate dead are buried on this battlefield. Many others are buried in unmarked graves.
Erected 1945 by Tulsa Historical Society of Central High School and the Tulsa Indian Women's Club.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • War, US Civil. A significant historical month for this entry is December 2006.
Location. 36° 17.118′ N, 95° 56.809′ W. Marker is near Sperry, Oklahoma, in Tulsa County. It is on North Delaware Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Sperry OK 74073, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Oklahoma’s Muscogee Nation, specifically in the Cherokee Nation, and in Greater Tulsa. 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 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Battle of Chusto-Talasah (approx. 1.7 miles away); Mikoyan-Guerevich MiG-21 (approx. 6.1 miles away); Marshal D. Roberts Memorial (approx. 6.1 miles away); W.C. Rogers (approx. 6.2 miles away); Veterans Building
this page online
Photographed by Michael Manning, 2011
2. Battle of Chusto-Talasah or "Caving Banks" Marker
Photographed by Michael Manning, December 23, 2010
3. Bird Creek Horseshoe Looking North
Photographed by Michael Manning, December 23, 2010
4. Bird Creek Horseshoe Looking West
Photographed by Michael Manning, December 23, 2010
5. Bird Creek Horseshoe Looking South
Credits. This page was last revised on June 5, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 5, 2012, by Michael Manning of Woodlawn, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 2,597 times since then and 77 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on June 5, 2023, by Andrew Foreman of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on February 5, 2012, by Michael Manning of Woodlawn, Tennessee. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.
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