Fort Coffee -- nr Spiro OK
N 35° 14.421 W 094° 35.716
15S E 354849 N 3900863
One of two state historic markers in a small roadside pull-out along US 271 east of Spiro OK
Waymark Code: WMN8J0
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 01/19/2015
Views: 6
The text of he marker reads as follows:
"FORT COFFEE
LeFlore County
Named in honor of General John Coffee of Tennessee, Fort Coffee was established by the 7th Infantry on June 16, 1834, on the southern bank of the Arkansas River. Because of relative peace in the area, the fort was abandoned four years later. In 1842, the Choctaw Council established the Fort Coffee Academy for boys. Confederate forces used the barracks during the Civil War. However, federal troops overran the post in October of 1863 and burned the main buildings."
County: LeFlore
Record Address::
US 271 E of Spiro OK
Spiro, OK
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Date Erected: 1995
Sponsor (Who put it there): Oklahoma Historical Society
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