Edmund Pickens - Enville, OK
N 33° 58.904 W 096° 59.242
14S E 685916 N 3761955
Oklahoma Historical Marker noting the civic career of Edmund Pickens, the first elected Chickasaw chief in Indian Territory. Marker is located in Enville at the intersection of Enville-Ran Road and OK 32.
Waymark Code: WMR5XY
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 05/14/2016
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The marker has identical text on both sides, and it says:
(Ok-chan-tubby)
Site of home and grave 1 mile southeast on Graveyard Bluff. Born 1789, migrated with Chickasaw from Mississippi in 1837. First elected Chickasaw chief in Indian Territory. Pickens County named for him. As a Chickasaw Commissioner, signed Treaties of 1852, 1855 and 1866. On July 12, 1861, signed Treaty of Friendship and Alliance between Choctaw/Chickasaw Nations and Confederacy. Died ca. 1868.
Keel Cemetery Association Oklahoma Historical Society 1987
County: Love
Record Address::
Enville-Ran Road and OK 32
Enville, OK USA
73448
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Date Erected: 1987
Sponsor (Who put it there): Keel Cemetery Association/Oklahoma Historical Society
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