Pontotoc Creek Treaty - Pontotoc, MS
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
N 34° 14.867 W 088° 59.920
16S E 315951 N 3791438
The dealings that brought about the Trail of Tears,
Waymark Code: WMPZGV
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 11/17/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member jdwms_1950
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County of marker: Pontotoc County
Location of marker: S. Main St. (MS 41) & W. Marion St., Confederate Park, Pontotoc
Marker erected: 1946
Marker erected by: Mississippi Historical Commission

Marker text:

PONTOTOC CREEK
TREATY
S.E. about 7 miles is site of council house where on October 20, 1832, treaty was signed providing for cession of over 6 million acres to U.S. and removal of Chickasaws to West.

Date Installed:: 1946

Organization that placed the object:: Mississippi Historical Commission

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