FIRST Elected Chickasaw Chief in Indian Territory - Enville, OK
N 33° 58.904 W 096° 59.242
14S E 685916 N 3761955
An Oklahoma Historical Marker at the intersection of Enville-Ran Road and OK 32 notes Edmund Pickens as the first elected Chickasaw chief in Indian Territory.
Waymark Code: WMR5YZ
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 05/14/2016
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The marker is dual-sided, with identical text on each side:
(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
FIRST - Classification Variable: Person or Group
Date of FIRST: 01/01/1841
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