By Concurrent Senate and House Resolution No. 93 adopted April 20, 1988 by the Oklahoma State Legislature and which was approved by the Oklahoma Transportation Commission on May 2, 1988, Oklahoma Highway 3 between Ada and Broken Bow, Oklahoma . . . — — Map (db m72490) HM
Cyrus Harris, who would become the first elected Chickasaw Governor, arrived with one of the first parties to reach Boggy Depot. He built the first log cabin on the ridge between Clear Boggy and Sandy Creeks.
Harris was born August 22, 1817, near . . . — — Map (db m284165) HM
Born about 1792
Died during Civil War
Signed Treaty of
Dancing Rabbit Creek
in 1830.
Led Band of Choctaws to this area,
settling near Crystal in 1834.
Capt. Atoka was a noted
athlete, Choctaw subchief
and respected leader. . . . — — Map (db m72492) HM
The American Civil War took place a little more than a generation after removal. Although none of the tribes had a direct stake in the crisis, the tribes were unable to stay out of the conflict entirely. Virtually all of the tribes were split on . . . — — Map (db m284163) HM
Chief Wright had many notable accomplishments. Cyrus Kingsbury, co-founder of Boggy Depot's church, sponsored Wright's education at Pine Ridge Mission School near Doaksville. He then entered Spencer Academy in 1844. He was one of five Choctaw boys . . . — — Map (db m284164) HM
On September 16, 1857, the John Butterfield Company received a Federal contract to transport mail from Missouri to San Francisco in under 25 days. Semiweekly service began a year later. Twelve relay stations lined the Butterfield Trail in Indian . . . — — Map (db m64072) HM
The Confederate Encampment here at Middle (or Muddy) Boggy Crossing on the Boggy Depot Road held by Lieut. Col. John Jumper's Seminole Battalion, Capt. Adam Nail's Company A of First Choctaw and Chickasaw Cavalry and a detachment of the Twentieth . . . — — Map (db m244746) HM
St. Patrick's Church of Atoka was built in 1872. Fr. Michael Smythe from Ft. Smith served here. Fr. Isidore Robot, O.S.B. was 1st resident' priest. He later was 1st Prefect Apostolic of Ind. Ter., and founded Sacred Heart Mission west of Atoka, 1876. — — Map (db m284167) HM
Before the arrival of white settlers, much of Oklahoma was covered by a thick blanket of native grasses. Big and little bluestem, Indian grass and switchgrass were among the plants which covered the vast prairie. Wild fire kept Nature's forest . . . — — Map (db m284160) HM
In honor of the men and women
that served their country
in Vietnam and to those that
made the supreme sacrifice,
we dedicate this memorial
in their behalf
Dean Armstrong Larry Culverson Sam Daily
John C. Deaton Forbes P. . . . — — Map (db m72491) WM
In memory of all veterans
of all wars of the
United States of America
especially to those veterans
who paid the supreme sacrifice
for the freedom that you enjoy. — — Map (db m72488) WM
Here was located a stage stand of the Butterfield Overland Mail Route, under Act of Congress, March 3, 1857. First mail stage arrived here in September, 1858, enroute to San Francisco. Service continued until the outbreak of the War between the . . . — — Map (db m284215) HM
Near this place on Aug. 5, 1932, Atoka County Sheriff C.G. Maxwell and Deputy Sheriff Eugene Moore were involved in a shoot-out with Clyde Barrow, Raymond Hamilton, and Everett Milligan. The incident occurred when the two lawmen tried to arrest the . . . — — Map (db m64070) HM
Site of town noted for distinguished citizens in state history. 1st house built 1837 by Cyrus Harris, later Chickasaw Governor. Later Choctaw Capital and Overland Mail stage stand to San Francisco (1858-61). Home of Principal Chief Allen Wright, . . . — — Map (db m284166) HM
