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Stringtown
· Eohc
You're driving near Stringtown, and right here, in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1932</say-as>, this quiet community became the scene of a violent crime. Notorious outlaws Clyde Barrow and Ray Hamilton were…
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Middle Boggy, Battle of
· 5.4 mi · Eohc
You're driving through Atoka County, not far from where the Battle of Middle Boggy took place in February 1864. Union Colonel William Phillips, leading 1,500 men, was on a scorched-earth raid into Confederate territory.…
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Wright, Allen
· 5.4 mi · Eohc
Right here in what's now Atoka County, you're passing through a place where a pivotal moment in Oklahoma's history unfolded. In 1866, Allen Wright, a Choctaw leader and ordained minister, was elected Principal Chief of…
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Choctaw Oil and Refining Company
· 5.4 mi · Eohc
You're driving through Atoka County, and right here, in 1883, Choctaw tribal leaders were approached with a big idea: an oil company to lease tribal lands for exploration. New York's Dr. H. W. Faucett organized the…
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Downing, George Todd
· 7.2 mi · Eohc
Right here in Atoka, Oklahoma, you're passing through the hometown of Todd Downing, Oklahoma's first successful writer of detective novels! Downing was born in 1902 and went on to graduate from the University of…
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Murrow, Joseph
· 7.2 mi · Eohc
Right here in Oklahoma, you're driving past a place that was home to Father Murrow, a man who wore many hats. He was a Baptist missionary who organized over seventy-five churches and baptized thousands, mostly Native…
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Atoka
· 7.2 mi · Eohc
You're driving through Atoka, a town founded by Choctaw Indians in the 1850s. But right here, in 1858, was a stop on one of the most famous routes in America: the Butterfield Overland Mail! Imagine John Butterfield's…
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Atoka Agreement
· 7.2 mi · Eohc
Right here in Atoka, Oklahoma, history was made in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1897</say-as>. This was the site of the Atoka Agreement, a pivotal moment for the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations. After weeks of…
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Atoka County
· 7.2 mi · Eohc
Right here in Atoka County, you're driving through a place with deep Choctaw roots. Back in 1858, this area was a crucial stop on the famous Butterfield Overland Mail route. Imagine the stagecoaches rumbling through,…
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Telle, Alinton
· 7.2 mi · Eohc
Right here in Atoka, you're driving past the site of a true Oklahoma pioneer! Alinton Telle, a Choctaw lawyer and rancher, was a man of many firsts. He was one of the first in the area to import a Hereford bull, helping…
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Rodrigues, Rufino
· 9.5 mi · Eohc
Right here in Lehigh, you're passing through a town that remembers a true hero. On February 22, 1912, a young coal miner named Rufino Rodrigues risked everything. He discovered a fire deep in the Number Five Shaft and,…
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French
· 9.5 mi · Eohc
You're driving through southeastern Oklahoma, and right here, you're passing through a piece of history tied to the French. Long before statehood, French explorers like La Salle and de la Harpe were charting these…
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Wright, Muriel Hazel
· 9.5 mi · Eohc
You're driving through southeastern Oklahoma, near Lehigh, where Muriel Hazel Wright was born in 1889. Wright was a historian, a teacher, and an editor who dedicated her life to preserving Choctaw history and the…
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Lehigh
· 9.5 mi · Eohc
You're driving through Coal County, and right here is Lehigh, a town born from a simple discovery in a creek bed back in 1877. Originally called Boone, it was renamed Lehigh, after Pennsylvania's coal region, when the…
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Waddell's Station
· 9.7 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Imagine stagecoaches thundering past as you stand at the site of this Butterfield Overland Mail station in the old Indian Territory. This very spot, Waddell's Station, was a vital stage stand along the Butterfield…
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Phillips
· 9.8 mi · Eohc
You're driving past Phillips, a town born from the coal seams of Coal County. It started as a simple mining camp, named for Henry L. Phillips, who owned the store and the mine. When the post office opened in 1892, he…
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Coal County
· 10.4 mi · Eohc
You're driving through Coal County, the heart of Oklahoma's coal country. Back in the late 1800s, this land was booming. Eastern European immigrants flocked here, drawn by the promise of work in the coal mines. Towns…
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Coal-Mining Strikes
· 10.4 mi · Eohc
Right here in the heart of Oklahoma's coal country, you're driving past a place where history was forged in the heat of labor disputes. Back in 1894, miners here took a stand. When coal companies slashed wages by 25…
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Hurley, Patrick Jay
· 10.4 mi · Eohc
You're driving through the Choctaw Nation, not far from Coalgate, where Patrick Jay Hurley was born in 1883. He started his working life at age eleven, right beside his father in the coal mines. After his mother died…
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United States Post Office (Coalgate, Oklahoma)
· 10.4 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Pull over here at the Coalgate Post Office to see a piece of Oklahoma history you might otherwise miss! This isn't just any post office; it's home to a beautiful mural reflecting the area's Native American heritage. The…
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Coalgate
· 10.4 mi · Eohc
You're driving through Coalgate, Oklahoma, a town born from the earth itself. Back in 1889, this was just a coal-mining camp called Liddle. Imagine tents and company houses springing up around a single mine shaft. By…
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Gassaway, Percy Lee
· 10.4 mi · Eohc
You're driving through Coalgate, Oklahoma, where a man named Percy Lee Gassaway arrived around 1915, working in a pool hall. An attorney took notice and encouraged him to study law, despite Gassaway having only fifteen…
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Tushka
· 12.2 mi · Eohc
You're driving past Tushka, a town that's worn four names since it started as Peck Switch. It began as a railroad stop in 1872, but the first post office wasn't established until 1903. It was Peck, then Lewis, then…
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Benjamin Franklin Smallwood House
· 12.6 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Pull over here for a minute – this unassuming stone house was once the home of a pretty important guy in Choctaw history. This is the Benjamin Franklin Smallwood House. Smallwood was born in 1827 and became Principal…
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Boggy Depot, Oklahoma
· 18.0 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Pull over here; this unassuming spot was once the bustling heart of Indian Territory: Boggy Depot. Founded around 1846 by Choctaw Chief William LeFlore, Boggy Depot quickly became a vital trading post and stage stop. It…
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Caney
· 18.6 mi · Eohc
You're driving through Atoka County, right near the Union Pacific Railway line, and you're passing through the area that was once the town of Caney. It started in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1888</say-as>…
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Centrahoma
· 19.1 mi · Eohc
Right here, you're passing through Centrahoma, a town that's been hit twice by disaster, but bounced back! In 1905, a tornado ripped through, destroying the school and injuring seven children. Just four years later, in…
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Kiowa (town)
· 19.6 mi · Eohc
You're driving through Pittsburg County on Highway 69, and right here is Kiowa. This town owes its existence to a railroad camp. Back in 1872, the Katy Railway was pushing south through Indian Territory, and its workers…
