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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Choctaw County, Oklahoma

 
Clickable Map of Choctaw County, Oklahoma and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Choctaw County, OK (32) Atoka County, OK (8) Bryan County, OK (15) McCurtain County, OK (11) Pushmataha County, OK (25) Lamar County, TX (48) Red River County, TX (24)  ChoctawCounty(32) Choctaw County (32)  AtokaCounty(8) Atoka County (8)  BryanCounty(15) Bryan County (15)  McCurtainCounty(11) McCurtain County (11)  PushmatahaCounty(25) Pushmataha County (25)  LamarCountyTexas(48) Lamar County (48)  RedRiverCounty(24) Red River County (24)
Hugo is the county seat for Choctaw County
Adjacent to Choctaw County, Oklahoma
      Atoka County (8)  
      Bryan County (15)  
      McCurtain County (11)  
      Pushmataha County (25)  
      Lamar County, Texas (48)  
      Red River County, Texas (24)  
 
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1 Oklahoma, Choctaw County, Fort Towson — ...A Small But Pleasant Looking Village
"Doaksville is a small but pleasant looking village. There are a number of neat, if not tasteful dwelling houses, and two stores, which I found contained a little of almost everything from hoops to hunting shirts. It has a respectable looking . . . Map (db m237362) HM
2 Oklahoma, Choctaw County, Fort Towson — A Community Well
This is one of three wells known in Doaksville; one is a short distance to the north while the other is in the vicinity of the hotel. At this location, archaeologists found that a stone pavement surrounded the well. Archaeological evidence . . . Map (db m238724) HM
3 Oklahoma, Choctaw County, Fort Towson — A Kitchen?
The building that was once at this location is very different from other excavated at Doaksville. Here, a rock-walled cellar defines the footprint of a small building with a large fireplace. The cellar, which was excavated by archaeologists and . . . Map (db m238332) HM
4 Oklahoma, Choctaw County, Fort Towson — A Store on Commercial Row
Archaeologists found the partial remains of two different buildings when this site was excavated in 1995 and 1996. All that remained of one building was a section of stone foundation. The construction of this wall showed that it was the northwest . . . Map (db m238985) HM
5 Oklahoma, Choctaw County, Fort Towson — Archaeology at Doaksville
Despite the importance of Doaksville prior to the Civil War, there is very little information about what the town looked like at that time. In order to have a better understanding of the town, archaeologists excavated the remains of a mercantile . . . Map (db m238238) HM
6 Oklahoma, Choctaw County, Fort Towson — Barracks
The Soldier's Home In 1843 and later, four new barracks to house one hundred men each were constructed, two each on opposite sides of the parade ground. The lower story was a stone basement that contained a mess hall, kitchen, and pantry. . . . Map (db m239623) HM
7 Oklahoma, Choctaw County, Fort Towson — Dedicated To Veterans Who Served
Dedicated to veterans who served during World War I · World War II · Korean War · Vietnam War To honor men and women who bravely served their country during war and peace resting here in the Doaksville Ft. Towson Cemetery Erected in the year of our . . . Map (db m236991) WM
8 Oklahoma, Choctaw County, Fort Towson — DoaksvilleNoted Town in Indian Territory
This site is at the north end of Main Street, called "Commercial Row," in this town begun in 1831. Name of nearby post office, "Fort Towson," was changed to Doaksville on Nov. 11, 1847.Map (db m52564) HM
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9 Oklahoma, Choctaw County, Fort Towson — Doaksville CemeteryMemory of Dorothy J. Orton, June 1968
Established in the early 1800's, and in continuous use, its name was taken from the now vanished town of the same name, just East of these grounds. Marble Tombstones, brought by steamboat from New Orleans, show the high regard frontier . . . Map (db m237045) HM
10 Oklahoma, Choctaw County, Fort Towson — Doaksville History TrailA Short Walk Into An Intriguing Past
Doaksville is a small place, containing fifty or sixty people, consisting mostly of traders and mechanics. It has six stores, two saddler shops, one tailor, one blacksmith, one cabinet, and one shoemaker shop, also a drug store and a public . . . Map (db m239334) HM
11 Oklahoma, Choctaw County, Fort Towson — Dorothy Jane Orton
Dorothy Jane Orton was the prime mover in urging the restoration of Old Fort Towson. Due to her untiring efforts her home community and the entire state became aware of the important of preserving Fort Towson as a part of Oklahoma's Historic . . . Map (db m239411) HM
12 Oklahoma, Choctaw County, Fort Towson — Evidence For A Tavern…
Archaeologists spent the summers of 1995, 1996, and 1997 digging to unravel the mysteries of this area. All that was visible before they began was a small, low, earth mound with a few protruding rocks and brick fragments. The archaeologists . . . Map (db m238283) HM
13 Oklahoma, Choctaw County, Fort Towson — 184 — Fort Towson
Established May, 1824, under command of Col. Matthew Arbuckle to guard this region of Spanish border. Headquarters of Gen. S.B. Maxey, U.S. Army. Abandoned at end of Civil War. In the vicinity, Doaksville was important trading center and one time . . . Map (db m52576) HM
14 Oklahoma, Choctaw County, Fort Towson — Fort Towson Landing
The Fort Towson Landing was south of here on the banks of the Red River. Also known as the Public Landing, from 1824 to 1854 it served as a receiving point for soldiers and supplies delivered by keelboats and steamboats. Traders from the Choctaw . . . Map (db m52578) HM
15 Oklahoma, Choctaw County, Fort Towson — Hospital and Commissary
The post hospital consisted of the main structure and a kitchen. A large, central fireplace heated the log building. Inside was a waiting room, office, large wardroom, smaller wardroom for the seriously ill, and a "dead room" or mortuary. The . . . Map (db m239662) HM
16 Oklahoma, Choctaw County, Fort Towson — Native American Patriots Memorial
Memorial To three Native American patriots who died in the vicinity of Fort Towson. Col. George Colbert was buried in this cemetery with military honors. The other two were buried also with military honors, but their graves are unknown, . . . Map (db m241589) WM
17 Oklahoma, Choctaw County, Fort Towson — Notice!
Many whites had settled in what is today southeastern Oklahoma prior to the removal of the Choctaws to Indian Territory following the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek in 1830. This unauthorized settlement was a problem during the initial . . . Map (db m238771) HM
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18 Oklahoma, Choctaw County, Fort Towson — Officers' RowCommanding Officer and Officer's Quarters
The three houses of "Officers' Row" were the domain of Army officers and their families. The commanding officer lived in the larger, middle house flanked by quarters for other officers on either side. The houses were built of hewn logs covered . . . Map (db m239532) HM
19 Oklahoma, Choctaw County, Fort Towson — Old Doaksville Cemetery
My father and mother are both buried in the old cemetery at Doaksville. It is more than one hundred and twenty-five years old and many of our family are buried there. Clemmie G. Sacra, 1937 The Doaksville cemetery has served the . . . Map (db m239285) HM
20 Oklahoma, Choctaw County, Fort Towson — Roads and Rivers19th-Century Transportation and Doaksville
"The famous old military road came in from Arkansas to Fort Towson near Doaksville, thence in a westerly direction to Armstrong Academy to Washita, Tishomingo, thence west to Fort Arbuckle." Matthew Walton James, 1937 [In 1879] . . . Map (db m237791) HM
21 Oklahoma, Choctaw County, Fort Towson — Stand Watie’s Surrender
Here at Doaksville, June 23, 1865, Brigadier General Stand Watie, Cherokee Indian, was the last Confederate General to surrender.Map (db m151958) HM
22 Oklahoma, Choctaw County, Fort Towson — Sutler Store
The post's sutler was a civilian storekeeper permitted by the Federal government to operate a trading house on or near a fort. His general merchandise business provided goods and services not regularly supplied by the military. It was also open to . . . Map (db m239504) HM
23 Oklahoma, Choctaw County, Fort Towson — The Doaksville Hotel
The public house is owned by Col. David Folsom one of the principal men in the Choctaw Nation. He keeps an excellent house on strictly temperance principles. He also owns the blacksmith shop. Rev. P.P. Brown, 1847 Hotels during the . . . Map (db m238382) HM
24 Oklahoma, Choctaw County, Fort Towson — The End of Doaksville
Economic and political changes to the region surrounding Doaksville caused this community to decline rapidly in late 1860s and 1870s. There is little archaeological evidence of sustained activity at this place after about 1870. In 1854, Fort . . . Map (db m239198) HM
25 Oklahoma, Choctaw County, Fort Towson — The Old Stone Jail
I remember the old stone jail at Doaksville, just a one-room affair with iron-barred slits for windows. I wondered when and by whom it was built. That old place was so interesting to me. Charles Washington Ervin, 1937 The Choctaw . . . Map (db m239185) HM
26 Oklahoma, Choctaw County, Fort Towson — The Preservation of Doaksville Reported unreadable
To commemorate the history of Doaksville, the first historical marker was placed in 1960. A second commemorative marker was placed in 1965 to acknowledge the 100th anniversary of General Stand Watie's surrender. At the end of the Civil War on June . . . Map (db m238464) HM
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27 Oklahoma, Choctaw County, Fort Towson — The Treaty of Doaksville, 1837
Prior to 1830, Mississippi was the Choctaw homeland. The Choctaw migration to a new western homeland began shortly after the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek was signed in 1830. The Choctaw people relocated to Indian Territory, traveling overland . . . Map (db m238148) HM
28 Oklahoma, Choctaw County, Fort Towson — Transportation Crossroads
During the early 1800's, present Southeastern Oklahoma was a major transportation crossroads. Roads connected Fort Towson in the Choctaw Nation to military installations to the North, South and West. On the Texas side of the Red River, Jonesboro was . . . Map (db m52580) HM
29 Oklahoma, Choctaw County, Fort Towson — Why The Mound?
The mounds at Doaksville were once thought to have formed when masonry buildings or chimneys collapsed. Over time, it was thought the resulting pile of rubble became covered with soil. However, when archaeologists excavated this site and the jail, . . . Map (db m239134) HM
30 Oklahoma, Choctaw County, Hugo — Dedicated to Vietnam Veterans"Lest We Forget"
For those who died in that terrible war: we bestow our highest honor, respect, and appreciation for they gave the supreme sacrifice. For those who are still missing: we hope and pray for their return home. To those who still suffer, . . . Map (db m61963) WM
31 Oklahoma, Choctaw County, Hugo — Goodland Mission
Begun 1848 by Rev. John Lathrop of American Bd. of Foreign Miss. Rev. O.P. Stark, Supt. (1850), built 1st church. Mrs. Stark opened 1st school here. Others in the service through 100 years include W.J.B. Lloyd, J.P. Gibbons, Bella M. Gibbons, Silas . . . Map (db m160362) HM
32 Oklahoma, Choctaw County, Sawyer — 188 — Spencer Academy
Noted school for boys, established by Choctaw Nation 1841; named for John C. Spencer, U.S. Sec. of War. Students who were later prominent leaders included Coleman E. Nelson, Allen Wright, Jackson McCurtain, Charles S. Vinson, B. F. Smallwood, . . . Map (db m147475) HM
 
 
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Mar. 28, 2024