Water Well -- Ft. Gibson OK
N 35° 48.213 W 095° 15.445
15S E 296024 N 3964511
A small plaque on this reconstructed draw well at the site of Fort Gibson OK proclaims that it was used by then-Lt. Jefferson Davis, of the US Army, while he was serving at Ft. Gibson in the 1830s during the Trail of Tears Indian removal.
Waymark Code: WMP4AT
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 06/28/2015
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Fort Gibson was an early Indian Territory fort near the border with Texas, which was at that time still part of Mexico.
Conditions at the fort were standard for the era, and included fresh water from this hand-dug water well. Soldiers used buckets to draw water up from the well, then carried the buckets around the fort to water horses, supply buildings, etc.
A plaque on the original fort water well reads as follows:
"ORIGINAL WELL
Used by
Jefferson Davis
as Adjutant
of the Fort
1833-1836"
US Army Lt. Jefferson Davis (later the President of the Confederacy during the Civil War) was in command of Fort Gibson during the Trail of Tears Indian removal operations carried out by the US Army.
For the Cherokee Indians, forced by the US Government from their homes in Georgia, Ft Gibson was the end of the Trail of Tears.
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