HEAVENER RUNESTONE - Water Tank
N 34° 53.927 W 094° 35.340
15S E 354816 N 3862970
Heavener Runestone Water Tank Heavner, Oklahoma
Waymark Code: WM4Z7C
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 10/16/2008
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I was reading a book the other day that my dad had given me about the Legends and Myths of the Ozarks.
I read almost to the end when I ran across this article about a Stone in Oklahoma that pre-dated Columbus.
I thought that this must mean Columbus did not Discover America.
The Norsemen by the name known now as GLOME did in or around 600 A.D.
His nickname was GLOI and he owned land around Poteau Mountain his name carved into a ledge on a foothill of Cavanal Mountain at Poteau.
According to local legend and oral history the Heavener Runestone was found by a Choctaw hunting party in the 1830's.
Poteau Mountain on which it is located was named by the French trappers.
It was part of the Indian Territory ceded to the Choctaw Nation when they were removed from Mississippi to present day Oklahoma.
There is a lot more history to this place.
As always have fun be safe and
HAPPY.................................WAYMARKING
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