Atoka, OK
N 34° 23.994 W 096° 07.046
14S E 764985 N 3810266
Oklahoma Historical Marker providing a 'sound byte' of information about Atoka, OK, and its namesake, Choctaw Captain Atoka. Located in front of the parking lot of the Confederate Museum, here in Atoka.
Waymark Code: WMMCWM
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 09/01/2014
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The marker has identical text on both sides, and it says:
Named for Capt. Atoka, Choctaw Leader and signer of Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, 1830, providing Choctaw removal from Mississippi to Indian Ter. Atoka County organized in Choctaw Nation. Important Atoka Agreement with U.S., to close Choctaw and Chickasaw govts., signed in this City, 1897.
Oklahoma Historical Society and State Highway Commission 1949
County: Atoka
Record Address::
258 N US 69
Atoka, OK USA
74525
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Date Erected: 1949
Sponsor (Who put it there): Oklahoma Historical Society and State Highway Commission
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