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Military Road Choctaw Trail of Tears
· 9.6 mi · Things to Do
The route 21000 Choctaw walked during removal in 1831-1833. Hundreds died along this road.
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Hochatown Ghost Town Site
· 9.7 mi · Things to Do
Submerged when Broken Bow Lake filled in 1970. Now a cabin resort boom town named after a drowned village.
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Byington, Cyrus
· 9.7 mi · Eohc
Right here in McCurtain County, you're passing through the heart of a linguistic revolution! Cyrus Byington, a missionary originally trained as a lawyer, dedicated 31 years of his life to the Choctaw people, starting in…
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Eagletown
· 9.7 mi · Eohc
You're driving through southeastern Oklahoma, not far from the Arkansas border. Right here, you're passing through Eagletown, a place that became a vital hub for the Choctaw Nation after their forced removal from…
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Freeman-Custis Expedition
· 9.7 mi · Eohc
You're driving through southeastern Oklahoma, maybe near Idabel, and you're passing through a place where history almost got made. Back in 1806, this was the edge of the known world! President Jefferson sent the…
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Pitchlynn, Peter Perkins
· 9.7 mi · Eohc
You're driving through McCurtain County, near where Eagletown stands today. Right here, in the mid-1800s, lived Peter Pitchlynn, a powerful Choctaw leader. After the forced removal west, he became a key figure in…
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Idabel
· 9.7 mi · Eohc
You're driving through Idabel, and you might be wondering how this town got its name. It wasn't exactly straightforward! It started in 1902 as Purnell, named after a railroad official. But postal authorities rejected…
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Wheelock Academy
· 10.3 mi · Things to Do
Choctaw girls boarding school founded 1832. One of the oldest schools west of the Mississippi.
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McCurtain County Wilderness Area
· 10.4 mi · Things to Do
14000 acres of old-growth forest. Black bears and the only wild population of red-cockaded woodpeckers in OK.
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Idabel Frisco Station
· 10.5 mi · Things to Do
The Frisco Railroad created this town in 1902. Named for Ida and Belle the daughters of a Choctaw leader.
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Acrocanthosaurus Discovery Site
· 10.6 mi · Things to Do
A 40-foot predatory dinosaur skeleton was excavated in McCurtain County. Now at the Museum of the Red River.
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Museum of the Red River
· 11.3 mi · Things to Do
World-class pre-Columbian and Native art in a town of 7000. Nobody expects this.
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Ridley, Jackie Linwood
· 12.1 mi · Eohc
Right here in Garvin, Oklahoma, was born Jackie Linwood Ridley, the brilliant mind behind breaking the sound barrier. While you're cruising down the highway, imagine this: it's <say-as interpret-as="date"…
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Garvin
· 12.1 mi · Eohc
You're driving through southeastern Oklahoma, passing through the community of Garvin. This place started as a trading post back in 1894, named for a former Choctaw chief. But Garvin really boomed when the railroad…
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Stewart, Paul
· 13.8 mi · Eohc
Right here in McCurtain County, you're passing through the area where Paul Stewart built a remarkable life. Born in Arkansas in 1892, Stewart moved to Indian Territory as a boy. By age thirteen, he was in the mercantile…
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Haworth
· 13.8 mi · Eohc
You're driving through Haworth, Oklahoma, a town that owes its existence to a railroad and a booming timber industry. Originally surveyed as Harrington in 1902 by the Choctaw Townsite Commission, its development really…
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Wheelock Academy
· 14.5 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Pull over here for a minute; this unassuming spot was once a beacon of hope and education for young Choctaw women. Wheelock Academy began as a missionary school for Choctaw girls in 1832. Reverend Alfred Wright and his…
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Wheelock Church
· 14.6 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Pull over here a sec, you're not gonna believe this. This is the oldest surviving church in Oklahoma! It's called Wheelock Church. Back in the 1840s, the Choctaw Nation was re-establishing itself here after being forced…
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Oklahombi, Joseph
· 15.5 mi · Eohc
You're driving through McCurtain County, not far from Wright City, where Joseph Oklahombi, a full-blood Choctaw, became a World War I hero. He was one of the original "Code Talkers," using his native tongue to relay…
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Choctaw Lumber Company
· 15.5 mi · Eohc
You're driving through McCurtain County, passing a place that was once the heart of a massive timber empire. Back in 1906, the Dierks brothers, already successful in the lumber business, arrived here. They established…
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Forestry
· 15.5 mi · Eohc
You're driving through southeastern Oklahoma, a region once covered in millions of acres of virgin pine. Right here, in McCurtain County, the Dierks brothers, pioneers of the lumber industry, established a major…
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Forestry Culture
· 15.5 mi · Eohc
You're driving through southeastern Oklahoma, the land of towering pines and a history deeply rooted in the timber industry. Back in the late 1800s and early 1900s, companies like the Dierks brothers' Choctaw Lumber…
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Wright City
· 15.5 mi · Eohc
You're driving through Wright City, Oklahoma, a town with a name that changed with the times. It started as Bismark around 1909, named by the Dierks Lumber Company after a town where they used to do business in…
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Wright, Alfred
· 16.5 mi · Eohc
You're driving through southeastern Oklahoma, not far from Millerton. Right here, you're passing the site of the Wheelock Church, built between 1844 and 1846. This isn't just any old building; it's the oldest church…
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Millerton
· 16.5 mi · Eohc
You're driving through Millerton, a town that owes its existence to two things: timber and trains. Right here, in the early 1900s, was a booming hardwood sawmill town. It started as a place called Chula, but in 1902,…
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Valliant
· 19.9 mi · Eohc
You're driving through Valliant, Oklahoma, and right nearby is a piece of history unique to the entire Indian Territory. Just outside of town once stood the Alice Lee Elliott Memorial Academy, a boarding school founded…
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Texas, Oklahoma and Eastern Railroad
· 19.9 mi · Eohc
Right here, you're driving past the legacy of the Dierks Lumber and Coal Company. In 1910, they chartered the Texas, Oklahoma and Eastern Railroad, a wholly owned subsidiary. This line, starting at Valliant and reaching…
