This site, 3.5 miles N.W. is where Col. Jas. McIntosh, 2nd Ark. Mtd. Rifles, routed Loyal Union Indian forces, Dec. 26, 1861. The battle started with fire from the Indian line on Patriot's Hill, 2 Mi. S.W. The Loyal Indians finally fled into Kansas. — — Map (db m216344) HM
Established by Rev. John Murdock, under auspices of Friends Society, 1882. This noted school was attended by both Indian and white children. In this vicinity, was home of Wm. C. Rogers, last elected principle chief of Cherokee Nation, 1903 to 1917. . . . — — Map (db m7356) HM
Skiatook, became as many communities did in rural America around the turn of the century. It started in 1872 as a general store or trading post owned by W.C. Rogers, who was elected last Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation in 1903. The site was . . . — — Map (db m284487) HM
