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Chickasaw Nation Capitols
· 4.1 mi · Scraped Hmdb
You're driving through the heart of what was once the Chickasaw Nation, and this spot in Tishomingo was the center of their government. After being forcibly removed from their homelands in the Southeastern United States…
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Pennington Creek
· 4.1 mi · Things to Do
Spring-fed limestone creek running through town. Swimming holes and blue-green water.
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Brown Spring
· 4.1 mi · Things to Do
The spring that determined where the Chickasaw capital would be sited in 1856.
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Johnston County Courthouse
· 4.1 mi · Things to Do
Built after statehood when the Chickasaw capitol became the county seat.
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Chickasaw Nation Capitol Building
· 4.2 mi · Things to Do
1898 granite capitol. Became the county courthouse after 1907 statehood. Reclaimed by the Nation in 1992.
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Te Ata Birthplace
· 4.2 mi · Things to Do
Chickasaw storyteller born Dec 3 1895. Performed for FDR at his 1933 inaugural dinner and for King George VI in 1939.
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Blake Shelton Tishomingo
· 4.2 mi · Things to Do
The Voice star bought a ranch here and made this town of 3000 his home base.
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Tishomingo, OK
· 4.3 mi
Tishomingo, nestled in the Cross Timbers region of Oklahoma, carries a history etched into its slightly rolling landscape. As the capital of the Chickasaw Nation, its significance predates Oklahoma statehood; some…
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Murray State College
· 4.4 mi · Things to Do
Founded 1908 and named for Alfalfa Bill Murray. One of the oldest colleges in Oklahoma.
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Tishomingo, OK
· 4.5 mi
Tishomingo, Oklahoma, nestled in the gently rolling terrain of Johnston County, owes its character to its history as the capital of the Chickasaw Nation. While agriculture and ranching have long been staples of the…
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The Chickasaw White House
· 4.7 mi · Things to Do
Governor residence built after the Trail of Tears. Center of Chickasaw governance.
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Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge
· 6.7 mi · Things to Do
Established 1946 on the Central Flyway. Bald eagles and thousands of geese each winter.
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Oil Springs
· 7.4 mi · Eohc
You're driving through Johnston County, and right here, you're passing through an area that was known for its natural oil springs, long before Oklahoma was even a state. Native Plains Indians knew about these seeps for…
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Mannsville
· 8.8 mi · Eohc
Right here in Mannsville, Oklahoma, the story of this town really took off in August of 1888 when it received its U.S. postal designation. Wallace A. Mann was the first postmaster, and the town honored his family with…
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Oakland
· 10.7 mi · Eohc
You're driving past Oakland, a Marshall County community that owes its name to a cluster of oak trees. Back in 1874, Capt. Richard Wiggs, a Confederate officer, settled here, building his home among the trees. He named…
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Madill
· 10.8 mi · Eohc
You're driving through Madill, Oklahoma, a town born from a railroad and a founder's vision. Back in 1900, William N. Taliaferro, who had farmed and ranched here since 1886, decided to lay out his lands as a townsite.…
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Milburn
· 11.4 mi · Eohc
Right here in Milburn, you're driving through a town that almost had a dozen names! When the railroad came through in the early 1900s, everyone wanted a say in naming the new townsite. The railroad company liked McLish,…
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Penner Ranch
· 11.9 mi · Eohc
You're driving through the Mill Creek area, and right here is the Penner Angus Ranch, possibly the oldest family-operated ranch in Oklahoma! Its story starts way back in 1855, when Chickasaw Governor Cyrus Harris…
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Harris, Cyrus
· 11.9 mi · Eohc
You're driving through Johnston County, not far from Mill Creek. Right here, in the 19th century, lived Cyrus Harris, a pivotal leader of the Chickasaw Nation. Harris served an incredible five terms as governor, first…
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Mill Creek
· 11.9 mi · Eohc
You're driving through Johnston County, and right here is Mill Creek. This town owes its start to Cyrus Harris, the first governor of the Chickasaw Nation, who settled here back in 1855. He even operated a mill on the…
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White House of the Chickasaws
· 12.0 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Pull over here – this isn't just another house; it's the White House of the Chickasaws, a window into a nation's history. Built in 1895, this beautiful Queen Anne-style home was the residence of Chickasaw Nation…
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Emory, William Hemsley
· 12.4 mi · Eohc
You're driving through Johnston County, Oklahoma, near Emet, and right here is where a tough decision was made during the Civil War. In 1858, Major William Hemsley Emory was in command of forts in Indian Territory,…
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Johnston County, OK
· 14.0 mi
Johnston County, Oklahoma, nestled within the rolling hills and wooded areas of the Cross Timbers ecoregion, bears the name of Douglas H. Johnston, a prominent governor of the Chickasaw Nation. This region, part of the…
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Dickson
· 14.6 mi · Eohc
You're driving through eastern Carter County, and right here is the community of Dickson. It all started with a need for a school. In 1923, the Dickson Consolidated School District was formed, consolidating several…
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Marshall County
· 14.9 mi · Eohc
You're driving through Marshall County, and right here, a massive transformation happened. In 1944, the Denison Dam was completed, creating the enormous Lake Texoma. This lake didn't just change the landscape; it…
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Fort Washita
· 15.0 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Pull over and step back in time! This is Fort Washita, established to keep the peace on the edge of a growing nation. In 1842, General Zachary Taylor, later President, founded the fort to protect the Choctaw and…
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Connerville, OK
· 15.6 mi · Local history
Connerville sits nestled in the heart of the Cross Timbers, where Oklahoma's Lowland South begins its slow rise toward the Arbuckle Mountains. This is land defined by its duality — scrubby post oak and blackjack oak…
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Gene Autry Oklahoma Museum
· 16.4 mi · Historical Marker
The town of Berwyn, Oklahoma renamed itself Gene Autry in 1941 in honor of the singing cowboy star who was born nearby.
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Kingston
· 16.9 mi · Eohc
You're driving through Kingston, Oklahoma, right where highways 70 and 32 meet. This town has a bit of a split personality, born from a railroad switcheroo! It started in 1894, named for a local resident, Jeff King. But…
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Suggs, Sidney
· 17.3 mi · Eohc
You're driving through southern Oklahoma, and right here, in what's now Gene Autry, Sidney Suggs arrived in 1895. He'd soon buy the Ardmoreite newspaper, bringing the first linotype machine to Indian Territory and…
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Gene Autry (town)
· 17.3 mi · Eohc
You're driving through Carter County, and right here is the town of Gene Autry. But did you know it wasn't always named after the famous singing cowboy? It started as Lou in 1883, then became Dresden, then Berwyn. When…
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Pontotoc, OK
· 17.3 mi · Local history
Pontotoc, Oklahoma, rests in the rolling hills of the Cross Timbers, a landscape where the South begins to meet the West. This area, now Johnston County, was once part of the Chickasaw Nation, their presence woven…
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The Element Named After a Stink
· 18.6 mi
Most elements get dignified names from planets, places, or famous scientists. Bromine got named after a smell, and not a good one. When chemists isolated it back in the eighteen twenties, the stuff reeked. The French…
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Why a Boring Cliche Is Called a Bromide
· 18.7 mi
Ever heard someone call a tired old saying a bromide? That word traces straight back to chemistry, and to this town's namesake. For about a hundred years, from the late eighteen hundreds onward, bromide salts like…
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The Town Named for What's in the Water
· 18.7 mi
Bromide is a tiny town in south-central Oklahoma, and it is named for exactly what bubbles up out of the ground here: bromine-rich mineral water. Long before statehood, the Chickasaw knew these springs as medicine…
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One of Only Two Liquid Elements
· 18.8 mi
The element this town is named after pulls off something almost no other element can. Picture the periodic table. The vast majority of those elements are solid at room temperature. A handful are gases. But only two of…
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Johnston County, OK
· 19.1 mi
Johnston County, Oklahoma, nestled in the Cross Timbers, offers a landscape where the prairie begins its gentle rise into the Arbuckle Mountains. This meeting of biomes, a lowland South transition zone, gave the county…
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Bromide
· 19.1 mi · Eohc
You're driving through northeastern Johnston County, and right here is Bromide. It wasn't always called Bromide, though. Originally named Juanita, then Zenobia, it finally became Bromide in 1907, named for the mineral…
