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Location: on grounds of Atoka Museum and Civil War Cemetery, Atoka
Coordinates: 34.399863, -96.117413
Material: Aluminum
Sponsor(s): Oklahoma Historical Society and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation
Topics: American Indians; Government; Territorial Period, 1861–1907; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861
Named for Captain Atoka, Choctaw leader and signer of Treaty of Dancing Rabbit (1830). Atoka County was organized in the Choctaw Nation in 1854. The Atoka Agreement, which provided for allotment of lands in the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations, was signed in this city in 1897.
Location: four miles south of OK-7 bridge on Clear Boggy River in Boggy Depot State Park
Coordinates: 34.319595, -96.307177
Material: Concrete with bronze plaque
Sponsor(s): Oklahoma Historical Society
Topics: Transportation; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861
In 1857, Congress created the Butterfield Overland Mail Route to carry mail and passengers between St. Louis, Missouri, and Memphis, Tennessee, and points west. It was the first real transcontinental link between the Atlantic states and the Pacific Coast of the United States. There were twelve stations along a 197-mile route in Oklahoma, including Boggy Depot. This marker commemorates the site of the Butterfield stage stop in Boggy Depot.
Location: on OK-7 approximately 5 miles east of Wapanucka
Coordinates: 34.367578, -96.327843
Material: Granite
Sponsor(s): Oklahoma Historical Society and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation
Topics: American Indians; Government; Territorial Period, 1861–1907; Transportation; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861
Site of town noted for distinguished citizens in state history. First house built in 1837 by Cyrus Harris, later governor of Chickasaw Nation. Later capital of Choctaw Nation and site of an Overland Mail Stage stand to San Francisco (1858–61). Home of Principal Chief Allen Wright, Choctaw, who named Oklahoma in 1866. Rev. Cyrus Kingsbury, noted missionary, is buried here.
Note: This marker replaced a previous aluminum marker titled “Old Boggy Depot.”
Location: on grounds of Atoka Museum and Civil War Cemetery, Atoka
Coordinates: 34.399071, -96.116760
Material: Granite
Sponsor(s): Lake Atoka Reservation Association, Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust, City of Atoka, City of Oklahoma City
Topics: Transportation; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861
On September 16, 1857, the John Butterfield Company received a federal contract to transport mail from Missouri to San Francisco in under 25 days. Semi-weekly trips began a year later. Twelve relay stations lined the Butterfield Trail in Indian Territory. Three (Waddell’s Station, Geary’s Station and Boggy Depot) were in present-day Atoka County. The Butterfield Trail permitted early trans-continental communication and was vital to settling the West. But its impact was short-lived. Service was halted by the Civil War (1861–1865). Afterward, railroads transported mail more quickly, rendering the Butterfield Trail obsolete. Marker commemorates the 150th anniversary of the Butterfield Trail in Indian Territory.
Location: on grounds of Atoka County Courthouse in Atoka
Coordinates: 34.385550, -96.126833
Material: Granite
Sponsor(s): Atoka Historical Society
Topics: American Indians; Government; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861
In memory of Captain Atoka. Born about 1792. Died during Civil War. Signed the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek in 1830. Led band of Choctaws to this area, settling near Crystal in 1834. Captain Atoka was a noted athlete, Choctaw subchief and respected leader. Atoka County and the City of Atoka were named in his honor.
Location: on US-69 at the Confederate Memorial Museum on the east side of Atoka
Topics: Military
The cemetery contains graves of Confederate soldiers who fought in the Civil War.
Location: in Atoka (OHBC)
Topics: Religion/Philosophy
This church is the oldest white Baptist church in Oklahoma with continuous service. It was organized May 6, 1869.
Material: Granite
Topics: Transportation
This site was the location of a stage stand of Butterfield Overland Mail Route, under Act of Congress, March 3, 1857. The first mail stage arrived here in September 1858, en route to San Francisco. Service continued until the outbreak of the War Between the States.
Location: on US-69 near bridge over Middle Boggy Creek
Material: Granite
Topics: Military
On this site lie Confederate soldiers who died in battle, February 13, 1864. The Confederate encampment here at Middle (or Muddy) Boggy Crossing on the Boggy Depot Road was held by Lieutenant Colonel John Jumper, Seminole Battalion. Captain Adam Nail's Company A of First Choctaw and Chickasaw Cavalry and a detachment of the Twentieth Texas Regiment was suddenly attacked by Federal forces; three companies of Fourteenth Kansas Cavalry with Major Charles Willetts in command and a section of howitzers under Captain Solomon Kaufman. The Confederates, though poorly armed, made a firm stand in a kat fight of thirty minutes in which forty-seven of their men were killed and others wounded. Word of Confederate forces riding in from Boggy Depot (1.2 miles southwest) caused a harried retreat of the Federal troops toward Fort Gibson north.
Location: on grounds of Boggy Depot Cemetery in Boggy Depot Park
Coordinates: 34.322390, -96.312879
Material: Granite
Sponsor(s): Descendants of Allen Wright and the Oklahoma Historical Society
Topics: American Indians; Early Statehood, 1907–1941; Education; Industrial Period, 1941–1982; Social/Culture
Muriel Hazel Wright was born in Lehigh, Choctaw Nation, in 1889. Her grandfather, Allen Wright, was Chief of the Choctaw Nation from 1866 to 1870. During her forty-seven years with the Oklahoma Historical Society she held many positions including editor of The Chronicles of Oklahoma from 1955 to 1973. Other works include Oklahoma: A History of the State and Its People, The Story Of Oklahoma, Our Oklahoma, A Guide to the Indian Tribes of Oklahoma, The Oklahoma History, and Civil War Sites in Oklahoma. Muriel’s honors and awards include Oklahoma Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame of Famous American Indians, Oklahoma Historical Society Historians Hall of Fame, The University of Oklahoma Distinguished Service Citation, and Honorary Doctorate from Oklahoma State University
Note: This marker is not associated with Muriel Wright’s gravesite, which is in Oklahoma City.
Location: on grounds of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, 2013 South Mississippi Ave., Atoka
Coordinates: 34.361450, -96.144180
Material: Aluminum
Sponsor(s): Oklahoma Historical Society and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation
Topics: Religion/Philosophy; Territorial Period, 1861–1907
St. Patrick’s Church was built in 1872. Father Isidore Robot was the first resident priest and the first Prefect Apostolic of Indian Territory. Robot later founded Sacred Heart Mission in the Potawatomi lands east of present-day Asher.
Location: on west side of Boggy Depot State Park
Material: Aluminum
Topics: Transportation
Boggy Depot was a stop on the Butterfield Overland Mail Route. See Boggy Station.
Location: 1/2 mile north of southern entrance to Stringtown on Hwy 69
Sponsor(s): Gwin Walker
Topics: Law and Order
Near this place on August 5, 1932, Atoka County Sheriff C.G. Maxwell and Deputy Sheriff Eugene Moore were involved in a shoot-out with Clyde Barrow, Raymond Hamilton, Everett Milligan, and James Acker. (Although not known at the time, Bonnie Parker was also present.) The incident occurred when the two lawmen tried to arrest the men at a dance in Stringtown. As the lawmen approached, the foursome opened fire, killing Moore instantly and severely wounding Maxwell.
Location: on county road three miles west of Wesley
Material: Granite
Topics: Transportation
Waddell's Station was a stop on the Butterfield Overland Mail Route. See Boggy Station.
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Atoka
Atoka CountyLocation: on grounds of Atoka Museum and Civil War Cemetery, Atoka
Coordinates: 34.399863, -96.117413
Material: Aluminum
Sponsor(s): Oklahoma Historical Society and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation
Topics: American Indians; Government; Territorial Period, 1861–1907; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861
Named for Captain Atoka, Choctaw leader and signer of Treaty of Dancing Rabbit (1830). Atoka County was organized in the Choctaw Nation in 1854. The Atoka Agreement, which provided for allotment of lands in the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations, was signed in this city in 1897.
Boggy Depot (Butterfield Overland Mail)
Atoka CountyLocation: four miles south of OK-7 bridge on Clear Boggy River in Boggy Depot State Park
Coordinates: 34.319595, -96.307177
Material: Concrete with bronze plaque
Sponsor(s): Oklahoma Historical Society
Topics: Transportation; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861
In 1857, Congress created the Butterfield Overland Mail Route to carry mail and passengers between St. Louis, Missouri, and Memphis, Tennessee, and points west. It was the first real transcontinental link between the Atlantic states and the Pacific Coast of the United States. There were twelve stations along a 197-mile route in Oklahoma, including Boggy Depot. This marker commemorates the site of the Butterfield stage stop in Boggy Depot.
Boggy Depot (Old Boggy Depot)
Atoka CountyLocation: on OK-7 approximately 5 miles east of Wapanucka
Coordinates: 34.367578, -96.327843
Material: Granite
Sponsor(s): Oklahoma Historical Society and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation
Topics: American Indians; Government; Territorial Period, 1861–1907; Transportation; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861
Site of town noted for distinguished citizens in state history. First house built in 1837 by Cyrus Harris, later governor of Chickasaw Nation. Later capital of Choctaw Nation and site of an Overland Mail Stage stand to San Francisco (1858–61). Home of Principal Chief Allen Wright, Choctaw, who named Oklahoma in 1866. Rev. Cyrus Kingsbury, noted missionary, is buried here.
Note: This marker replaced a previous aluminum marker titled “Old Boggy Depot.”
Butterfield Trail in Indian Territory
Atoka CountyLocation: on grounds of Atoka Museum and Civil War Cemetery, Atoka
Coordinates: 34.399071, -96.116760
Material: Granite
Sponsor(s): Lake Atoka Reservation Association, Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust, City of Atoka, City of Oklahoma City
Topics: Transportation; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861
On September 16, 1857, the John Butterfield Company received a federal contract to transport mail from Missouri to San Francisco in under 25 days. Semi-weekly trips began a year later. Twelve relay stations lined the Butterfield Trail in Indian Territory. Three (Waddell’s Station, Geary’s Station and Boggy Depot) were in present-day Atoka County. The Butterfield Trail permitted early trans-continental communication and was vital to settling the West. But its impact was short-lived. Service was halted by the Civil War (1861–1865). Afterward, railroads transported mail more quickly, rendering the Butterfield Trail obsolete. Marker commemorates the 150th anniversary of the Butterfield Trail in Indian Territory.
Captain Atoka
Atoka CountyLocation: on grounds of Atoka County Courthouse in Atoka
Coordinates: 34.385550, -96.126833
Material: Granite
Sponsor(s): Atoka Historical Society
Topics: American Indians; Government; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861
In memory of Captain Atoka. Born about 1792. Died during Civil War. Signed the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek in 1830. Led band of Choctaws to this area, settling near Crystal in 1834. Captain Atoka was a noted athlete, Choctaw subchief and respected leader. Atoka County and the City of Atoka were named in his honor.
Confederate Cemetery
Atoka CountyLocation: on US-69 at the Confederate Memorial Museum on the east side of Atoka
Topics: Military
The cemetery contains graves of Confederate soldiers who fought in the Civil War.
First Baptist Church
Atoka CountyLocation: in Atoka (OHBC)
Topics: Religion/Philosophy
This church is the oldest white Baptist church in Oklahoma with continuous service. It was organized May 6, 1869.
Geary’s Station
Atoka CountyMaterial: Granite
Topics: Transportation
This site was the location of a stage stand of Butterfield Overland Mail Route, under Act of Congress, March 3, 1857. The first mail stage arrived here in September 1858, en route to San Francisco. Service continued until the outbreak of the War Between the States.
Middle Boggy Battle Site
Atoka CountyLocation: on US-69 near bridge over Middle Boggy Creek
Material: Granite
Topics: Military
On this site lie Confederate soldiers who died in battle, February 13, 1864. The Confederate encampment here at Middle (or Muddy) Boggy Crossing on the Boggy Depot Road was held by Lieutenant Colonel John Jumper, Seminole Battalion. Captain Adam Nail's Company A of First Choctaw and Chickasaw Cavalry and a detachment of the Twentieth Texas Regiment was suddenly attacked by Federal forces; three companies of Fourteenth Kansas Cavalry with Major Charles Willetts in command and a section of howitzers under Captain Solomon Kaufman. The Confederates, though poorly armed, made a firm stand in a kat fight of thirty minutes in which forty-seven of their men were killed and others wounded. Word of Confederate forces riding in from Boggy Depot (1.2 miles southwest) caused a harried retreat of the Federal troops toward Fort Gibson north.
Muriel H. Wright
Atoka CountyLocation: on grounds of Boggy Depot Cemetery in Boggy Depot Park
Coordinates: 34.322390, -96.312879
Material: Granite
Sponsor(s): Descendants of Allen Wright and the Oklahoma Historical Society
Topics: American Indians; Early Statehood, 1907–1941; Education; Industrial Period, 1941–1982; Social/Culture
Muriel Hazel Wright was born in Lehigh, Choctaw Nation, in 1889. Her grandfather, Allen Wright, was Chief of the Choctaw Nation from 1866 to 1870. During her forty-seven years with the Oklahoma Historical Society she held many positions including editor of The Chronicles of Oklahoma from 1955 to 1973. Other works include Oklahoma: A History of the State and Its People, The Story Of Oklahoma, Our Oklahoma, A Guide to the Indian Tribes of Oklahoma, The Oklahoma History, and Civil War Sites in Oklahoma. Muriel’s honors and awards include Oklahoma Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame of Famous American Indians, Oklahoma Historical Society Historians Hall of Fame, The University of Oklahoma Distinguished Service Citation, and Honorary Doctorate from Oklahoma State University
Note: This marker is not associated with Muriel Wright’s gravesite, which is in Oklahoma City.
Oklahoma’s First Catholic Church
Atoka CountyLocation: on grounds of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, 2013 South Mississippi Ave., Atoka
Coordinates: 34.361450, -96.144180
Material: Aluminum
Sponsor(s): Oklahoma Historical Society and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation
Topics: Religion/Philosophy; Territorial Period, 1861–1907
St. Patrick’s Church was built in 1872. Father Isidore Robot was the first resident priest and the first Prefect Apostolic of Indian Territory. Robot later founded Sacred Heart Mission in the Potawatomi lands east of present-day Asher.
Old Boggy Depot
Atoka CountyLocation: on west side of Boggy Depot State Park
Material: Aluminum
Topics: Transportation
Boggy Depot was a stop on the Butterfield Overland Mail Route. See Boggy Station.
Stringtown Shoot-Out
Atoka CountyLocation: 1/2 mile north of southern entrance to Stringtown on Hwy 69
Sponsor(s): Gwin Walker
Topics: Law and Order
Near this place on August 5, 1932, Atoka County Sheriff C.G. Maxwell and Deputy Sheriff Eugene Moore were involved in a shoot-out with Clyde Barrow, Raymond Hamilton, Everett Milligan, and James Acker. (Although not known at the time, Bonnie Parker was also present.) The incident occurred when the two lawmen tried to arrest the men at a dance in Stringtown. As the lawmen approached, the foursome opened fire, killing Moore instantly and severely wounding Maxwell.
Waddell’s Station
Atoka CountyLocation: on county road three miles west of Wesley
Material: Granite
Topics: Transportation
Waddell's Station was a stop on the Butterfield Overland Mail Route. See Boggy Station.
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