Checotah in McIntosh County, Oklahoma — The American South (West South Central)

Missouri-Kansas-Texas Depot

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 10, 2014

1. Missouri-Kansas-Texas Depot NRHP Marker

Inscription.

This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Man-Made Features • Railroads & Streetcars • Settlements & Settlers.

Location. 35° 28.279′ N, 95° 32.216′ W. Marker is in Checotah, Oklahoma, in McIntosh County. It is on Paul Carr Drive ¼ mile south of Gentry Avenue (U.S. 266), on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Checotah OK 74426, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Oklahoma’s Muscogee Nation

and specifically in the Cherokee 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 8 other markers are within walking distance

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of this marker: Paul Henry Carr (here, next to this marker); Tabor House (approx. half a mile away); Methodist Episcopal Church, South (approx. 0.7 miles away); Towry Brothers Building (approx. 0.8 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.8 miles away); 116 South Broadway (approx. 0.8 miles away); The Gentry Block (approx. 0.8 miles away); Kniseley and Long Building (approx. 0.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Checotah.

More about this marker. The depot is now (as of 2014) a seasonal tourist information office.

Also see . . .
1. Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad. (Submitted on April 22, 2014, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
2. Katy Railroad Historical Society. (Submitted on April 22, 2014, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Missouri-Kansas-Texas Depot image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 10, 2014

2. Missouri-Kansas-Texas Depot

Marker is near doorway at far left

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 10, 2014

3. Missouri-Kansas-Texas Depot

Missouri-Kansas-Texas Caboose at Depot image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 10, 2014

4. Missouri-Kansas-Texas Caboose at Depot

Credits. This page was last revised on September 29, 2020. It was originally submitted on April 22, 2014, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 579 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on April 22, 2014, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.