Eagletown
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ggmorton
N 34° 02.505 W 094° 37.478
15S E 350034 N 3767975
A marker on the main highway going into Eagletown, OK.
Waymark Code: WM6GH8
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 05/31/2009
Views: 23
Eagletown
First settlement by Choctaws after arrival from Mississippi over "Trail of Tears" 1832. Bethabara Mission established here by missionary Loring S. Williams who was postmaster when Eagle Town post office opened July 1, 1834. Court ground for Eagle County, Choctaw Nation, here 1850 - 1906. Named changed to Eagletown December 16, 1892. Rev. Cyrus Byington established Stockbridge Mission east of river in 1835 and there produced monumental Choctaw grammar and dictionary giving Choctaws written language. Iyanubbi Female Seminary near Stockbridge operated 1843-61. Present town platted 1921 by Dierks brothers.
Oklahoma Historical Society
197 - 1995
County: McCurtain
Record Address::
Hwy 70
Eagletown, OK USA
Web site if available: [Web Link]
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Date Erected: 1995
Sponsor (Who put it there): Oklahoma Historical Society
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