Chickasaw Trail of Tears - Fort Washita - Bryan County, OK
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member QuarrellaDeVil
N 34° 06.272 W 096° 32.714
14S E 726440 N 3776467
A red granite Oklahoma Historical Marker stands near the California road map at historic Fort Washita, northwest of Durant, OK, providing some background about the passage of the Chickasaw through here on the Trail of Tears.
Waymark Code: WM19GV8
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 02/26/2024
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
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The marker reads:

During the late 1830s and early 1840s, Chickasaw Indians removed by the United States Government from Mississippi and Alabama passed near here on their way to a new homeland in present-day south-central Oklahoma. In 1837 alone, an estimated 6,000 Chickasaws traveled by various routes to lands purchased from the Choctaw Indians. This journey became known as the "Chickasaw Trail of Tears."
County: Bryan

Record Address::
Fort Washita Historic Site
3348 OK 199
Durant, OK USA
74701

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Date Erected: Unknown

Sponsor (Who put it there): Oklahoma Historical Society
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