Shawneetown
N 33° 52.864 W 094° 49.820
15S E 330726 N 3750476
This Oklahoma historical marker is located on west Lincoln Road, south of Idabel, OK.
Waymark Code: WM4XQ4
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 10/10/2008
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The historic marker reads as follows:
SHAWNEETOWN
Many absentee Shawnee Indians migrated to this region from old Northwest Territory in early 1800's, settled and opened farms. A settlement of over 200 residents in vicinity became known as Shawneetown. Shawnees removed when land ceded to Choctaws in 1830. Choctaw Robert M. Jones farmed several hundred acres with black slaves here after removal of Choctaws from Mississippi. Post ofice established as Kulli Chuck Chu, 1882; became Culli Inla, 1886, and Shawneetown, August 16, 1892, with Robert M. Love (a descendant of Robert M. Jones) as postmaster. Sotre and post office were later moved north to higher ground away from river.
Oklahoma Historical Society
207-1995
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