Choctaw Agency -- nr Spiro OK
N 35° 14.421 W 094° 35.716
15S E 354849 N 3900863
Second of two historic markers in a small pull-out along the US 271 east of Spiro OK
Waymark Code: WMN8J4
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 01/19/2015
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Second of two historic markers in a small pull-out along the US 271 east of Spiro OK tells the history of the Choctaw Agency. The marker reads as follows:
"CHOCTAW AGENCYT
LeFlore County
The first building to house Choctaw Indian agents at this location was completed in 1832. The village later was known as Skullyville where a new Choctaw constitution was adopted at a convention in 1857. Stage station for the Overland Mail to San Francisco 1858-1861. Leading Choctaws here included Tandy Walker, Edmund McCurtain, and Thos. D. Ainsworth."
County: LeFlore
Record Address::
US271 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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