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Location: on OK-78, one and a half miles south of Achille
Material: Granite
Topics: American Indians; Education; Government; Religion/Philosophy; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861
Bloomfield Academy, a seminary for Chickasaw girls, was established in 1853 by authority of the Methodist Missionary Board. The school was located on two different sites in Bryan County before it was moved to Ardmore in 1917. There it was renamed Carter Seminary in honor of Congressman Charles D. Carter.
Note: This marker was reported damaged.
Location: on US-70 at the eastern city limits of Bokchito
Material: Aluminum
Topics: American Indians; Education; Government; Territorial Period, 1861–1907; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861
This settlement was also called Choctaw City and was the site of Armstrong Academy, established by the Choctaw Nation in 1845. The Choctaw National Council met in the main hall of the academy for twenty years. Chahte Tamaha served as the Confederate capital during the Civil War. Delegates to a meeting of the United Nations of Indian Territory met here at the beginning of the Civil War to ally with the Confederacy. Armstrong Academy continued as a Choctaw boys school until a fire destroyed the building in 1919.
Location: on OK-199, thirteen miles east of Madill in Fort Washita Cemetery
Material: Granite
Topics: American Indians; Government
For 200 years, some of the most famous tribal leaders of the Chickasaw Nation came from this family. Their leadership abilities were well-known and utilized during negotiations with the federal government. The marker is a tribute to Charley Colbert, auditor of the Chickasaw Nation.
Location: on OK-91/N Franklin Street in Colbert
Coordinates: 33.853621, -96.502471
Material: Aluminum
Sponsor(s): Oklahoma Historical Society and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation
Topics: American Indians; Government; Social/Cultural; Transportation; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861
Colbert’s Ferry, authorized by the Chickasaw Nation, was located about three miles south of the present town of Colbert on the Red River. Benjamin F. Colbert owned the ferry, which was utilized by the Butterfield Overland Mail Route. The Colbert post office was established on November 17, 1853, by Walter D. Collins, postmaster.
Location: on River Road/E 2205 Road, approximately 2.5 miles south of Colbert
Coordinates: 33.818386, -96.516127
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 12 stations along a 197-mile route in Oklahoma, including Colbert’s Ferry. This marker commemorates the site of the Butterfield stage stop at Colbert’s Ferry.
Location: in Colbert Family Cemetery, approximately 2.5 miles south of Colbert
Coordinates: 33.817220, -96.515880
Material: Granite
Sponsor(s): Oklahoma Historical Society
Topics: American Indians; Early Statehood, 1907–1941; Territorial Period, 1861–1907; Transportation; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861
There are two low-lying granite markers at this location. One marker commemorates Colbert’s Ferry, which was operated by Benjamin F. Colbert and authorized by the Chickasaw Nation in 1853. It conveyed wagons, passengers, and livestock across the Red River. From 1857 to 1861, the ferry served as a stage station for the Butterfield Overland Mail Route. The other marker commemorates Colbert’s Toll Bridge, which was a wagon bridge constructed in 1874. It was destroyed almost one year later due to a flood and rebuilt in 1892. The bridge was rebuilt again after a flood in 1908 and served as a toll bridge until 1931.
Location: on US-69 on north side of Durant
Topics: American Indians; Early Statehood, 1907–1941; Government; Territorial Period, 1861–1907
The town of Durant was named for Dixon Durant, member of a prominent Choctaw-French family in the Choctaw Nation. The first Durant post office was established on February 20, 1879. Durant was home to one of the state's greatest leaders, Robert Lee Williams, a member of the constitutional convention, chief justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court, governor of Oklahoma, a federal district judge, and judge of the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Location: approximately one mile south of US-70 on Fisher Station Road (N 3685 Rd), southwest of Durant
Coordinates: 33.98553, -96.45440
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 12 stations along a 197-mile route in Oklahoma, including Fisher’s Station. This marker commemorates the site of the Butterfield stage stop at Fisher’s Station.
Location: on OK-22 west of Kenefic
Coordinates: 34.142933, -96.413283
Material: Aluminum
Sponsor(s): Oklahoma Historical Society and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation
Topics: Government; Military; Territorial Period, 1861–1907
Brigadier General Albert Pike built Fort McCulloch in 1862 as a major Confederate stronghold in Indian Territory. The post was named for Brigadier General Ben McCullough who was killed in the Battle of Pea Ridge. During the Civil War, the fort was home to 3,000 soldiers and eighteen pieces of artillery. The post was abandoned soon after Pike was relieved of his command in the fall of 1862.
Location: on OK-199 east of Lake Texoma bridge, thirteen miles east of Madill
Material: Originally aluminum; now granite
Topics: Government; Military; Territorial Period, 1861–1907
The site for Fort Washita was selected by the post's first commander, and later President of the United States, Zachary Taylor. US Army troops manned the fort from April 23, 1843, until it was abandoned to Confederate forces on May 1, 1861. After the Civil War, the fort was never again used as a military installation, but the post office remained open until May 1880.
Location: on OK-199, thirteen miles east of Madill in Fort Washita Cemetery
Material: Granite
Topics: American Indians; Government; Military; Territorial Period, 1861–1907; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861
General Cooper was appointed as the US Indian agent to the Choctaws in 1853 and to the Chickasaws in 1856. He consolidated the two agencies and moved them to Fort Washita. When the Civil War began, Cooper's friend, Confederate President Jefferson Davis, appointed him Choctaw-Chickasaw agent for the Confederacy. As commander of the Choctaw-Chickasaw Confederate mounted riflemen, he saw much action. He later was promoted to commander of the Indian Territory Military District, C.S.A., and was named Superintendent of Indian Affairs by President Davis. He died at Fort Washita in 1879 and is buried in an unmarked grave.
Location: near Douglas Cooper monument at Fort Washita
Material: Granite
Sponsor(s): Sponsored by the Julia Jackson Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy
Topics: American Indians; Military; Social/Cultural; Territorial Period, 1861–1907
Sponsored by the Julia Jackson Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the nearby granite marker honors Douglas Hancock Cooper, the first Confederate agent for the Choctaws and Chickasaws and later commander of the Choctaw-Chickasaw Mounted Rifles.
Location: north of Nails Crossing Road and east of the Blue River, southwest of Kenefic
Coordinates: 34.13108, -96.39078
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 12 stations along a 197-mile route in Oklahoma, including Nail’s Crossing. This marker commemorates the site of the Butterfield stage stop at Nail’s Crossing.
Note: Marker is on private property and is not visible from the road
Location: at entrance to Pioneer Cemetery in Durant
Sponsor(s): Daughters of the American Revolution
Topics: American Indians; Government; Social/Cultural; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861
The Pioneer Cemetery was first used as a burial plot for family members of Fisher Durant, who settled the area following removal of the Choctaws from Mississippi in 1834. Also in the cemetery is the grave of Dixon D. Durant, founder of the town of Durant.
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Bloomfield Academy
Bryan CountyLocation: on OK-78, one and a half miles south of Achille
Material: Granite
Topics: American Indians; Education; Government; Religion/Philosophy; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861
Bloomfield Academy, a seminary for Chickasaw girls, was established in 1853 by authority of the Methodist Missionary Board. The school was located on two different sites in Bryan County before it was moved to Ardmore in 1917. There it was renamed Carter Seminary in honor of Congressman Charles D. Carter.
Note: This marker was reported damaged.
Chahte Tamaha
Bryan CountyLocation: on US-70 at the eastern city limits of Bokchito
Material: Aluminum
Topics: American Indians; Education; Government; Territorial Period, 1861–1907; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861
This settlement was also called Choctaw City and was the site of Armstrong Academy, established by the Choctaw Nation in 1845. The Choctaw National Council met in the main hall of the academy for twenty years. Chahte Tamaha served as the Confederate capital during the Civil War. Delegates to a meeting of the United Nations of Indian Territory met here at the beginning of the Civil War to ally with the Confederacy. Armstrong Academy continued as a Choctaw boys school until a fire destroyed the building in 1919.
Colbert Family
Bryan CountyLocation: on OK-199, thirteen miles east of Madill in Fort Washita Cemetery
Material: Granite
Topics: American Indians; Government
For 200 years, some of the most famous tribal leaders of the Chickasaw Nation came from this family. Their leadership abilities were well-known and utilized during negotiations with the federal government. The marker is a tribute to Charley Colbert, auditor of the Chickasaw Nation.
Colbert’s Ferry
Bryan CountyLocation: on OK-91/N Franklin Street in Colbert
Coordinates: 33.853621, -96.502471
Material: Aluminum
Sponsor(s): Oklahoma Historical Society and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation
Topics: American Indians; Government; Social/Cultural; Transportation; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861
Colbert’s Ferry, authorized by the Chickasaw Nation, was located about three miles south of the present town of Colbert on the Red River. Benjamin F. Colbert owned the ferry, which was utilized by the Butterfield Overland Mail Route. The Colbert post office was established on November 17, 1853, by Walter D. Collins, postmaster.
Colbert’s Ferry
Bryan CountyLocation: on River Road/E 2205 Road, approximately 2.5 miles south of Colbert
Coordinates: 33.818386, -96.516127
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 12 stations along a 197-mile route in Oklahoma, including Colbert’s Ferry. This marker commemorates the site of the Butterfield stage stop at Colbert’s Ferry.
Colbert’s Ferry and Toll Bridge
Bryan CountyLocation: in Colbert Family Cemetery, approximately 2.5 miles south of Colbert
Coordinates: 33.817220, -96.515880
Material: Granite
Sponsor(s): Oklahoma Historical Society
Topics: American Indians; Early Statehood, 1907–1941; Territorial Period, 1861–1907; Transportation; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861
There are two low-lying granite markers at this location. One marker commemorates Colbert’s Ferry, which was operated by Benjamin F. Colbert and authorized by the Chickasaw Nation in 1853. It conveyed wagons, passengers, and livestock across the Red River. From 1857 to 1861, the ferry served as a stage station for the Butterfield Overland Mail Route. The other marker commemorates Colbert’s Toll Bridge, which was a wagon bridge constructed in 1874. It was destroyed almost one year later due to a flood and rebuilt in 1892. The bridge was rebuilt again after a flood in 1908 and served as a toll bridge until 1931.
Durant
Bryan CountyLocation: on US-69 on north side of Durant
Topics: American Indians; Early Statehood, 1907–1941; Government; Territorial Period, 1861–1907
The town of Durant was named for Dixon Durant, member of a prominent Choctaw-French family in the Choctaw Nation. The first Durant post office was established on February 20, 1879. Durant was home to one of the state's greatest leaders, Robert Lee Williams, a member of the constitutional convention, chief justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court, governor of Oklahoma, a federal district judge, and judge of the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Fisher’s Station
Bryan CountyLocation: approximately one mile south of US-70 on Fisher Station Road (N 3685 Rd), southwest of Durant
Coordinates: 33.98553, -96.45440
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 12 stations along a 197-mile route in Oklahoma, including Fisher’s Station. This marker commemorates the site of the Butterfield stage stop at Fisher’s Station.
Fort McCulloch
Bryan CountyLocation: on OK-22 west of Kenefic
Coordinates: 34.142933, -96.413283
Material: Aluminum
Sponsor(s): Oklahoma Historical Society and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation
Topics: Government; Military; Territorial Period, 1861–1907
Brigadier General Albert Pike built Fort McCulloch in 1862 as a major Confederate stronghold in Indian Territory. The post was named for Brigadier General Ben McCullough who was killed in the Battle of Pea Ridge. During the Civil War, the fort was home to 3,000 soldiers and eighteen pieces of artillery. The post was abandoned soon after Pike was relieved of his command in the fall of 1862.
Fort Washita
Bryan CountyLocation: on OK-199 east of Lake Texoma bridge, thirteen miles east of Madill
Material: Originally aluminum; now granite
Topics: Government; Military; Territorial Period, 1861–1907
The site for Fort Washita was selected by the post's first commander, and later President of the United States, Zachary Taylor. US Army troops manned the fort from April 23, 1843, until it was abandoned to Confederate forces on May 1, 1861. After the Civil War, the fort was never again used as a military installation, but the post office remained open until May 1880.
General Douglas Hancock Cooper
Bryan CountyLocation: on OK-199, thirteen miles east of Madill in Fort Washita Cemetery
Material: Granite
Topics: American Indians; Government; Military; Territorial Period, 1861–1907; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861
General Cooper was appointed as the US Indian agent to the Choctaws in 1853 and to the Chickasaws in 1856. He consolidated the two agencies and moved them to Fort Washita. When the Civil War began, Cooper's friend, Confederate President Jefferson Davis, appointed him Choctaw-Chickasaw agent for the Confederacy. As commander of the Choctaw-Chickasaw Confederate mounted riflemen, he saw much action. He later was promoted to commander of the Indian Territory Military District, C.S.A., and was named Superintendent of Indian Affairs by President Davis. He died at Fort Washita in 1879 and is buried in an unmarked grave.
Julia Jackson Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy
Bryan CountyLocation: near Douglas Cooper monument at Fort Washita
Material: Granite
Sponsor(s): Sponsored by the Julia Jackson Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy
Topics: American Indians; Military; Social/Cultural; Territorial Period, 1861–1907
Sponsored by the Julia Jackson Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the nearby granite marker honors Douglas Hancock Cooper, the first Confederate agent for the Choctaws and Chickasaws and later commander of the Choctaw-Chickasaw Mounted Rifles.
Nail’s Crossing
Bryan CountyLocation: north of Nails Crossing Road and east of the Blue River, southwest of Kenefic
Coordinates: 34.13108, -96.39078
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 12 stations along a 197-mile route in Oklahoma, including Nail’s Crossing. This marker commemorates the site of the Butterfield stage stop at Nail’s Crossing.
Note: Marker is on private property and is not visible from the road
Pioneer Cemetery
Bryan CountyLocation: at entrance to Pioneer Cemetery in Durant
Sponsor(s): Daughters of the American Revolution
Topics: American Indians; Government; Social/Cultural; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861
The Pioneer Cemetery was first used as a burial plot for family members of Fisher Durant, who settled the area following removal of the Choctaws from Mississippi in 1834. Also in the cemetery is the grave of Dixon D. Durant, founder of the town of Durant.
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