Skullyville

Skullyville (HM17T6)

Location: Spiro, OK 74959 Le Flore County
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Country: United States of America
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N 35° 15.036', W 94° 35.615'

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Skullyville was founded in 1832 while removal of Choctaws to what is now Oklahoma was in process. First Choctaw Agency in the West was established here with Major F.W. Armstrong as agent.

The name Skullyville was derived from Choctaw word "Iskuli" meaning a piece of money. It was here Choctaws received annuity payments hence referred to the place as "Money Town" or Skullyville.

There were three districts in the Choctaw Nation with Skullyville being the capitol of one.

Catlin, the artist, stopped here for a time in 1834. When Chickasaws moved west in 1838 many I landed from boats at Fort Coffee and went through Skullyville to new homes farther west. The Seminoles also came this way going west.

With establishment of Butterfield - Overland Mail Route between St. Louis and San Francisco, 1858, one of the stations was at Skullyville and operated by Tandy Walker.

This center of Choctaw culture and political life began to decline at close of Civil War and when old agency building was destroyed by fire in 1947, Skullyville became only a memory.
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HM NumberHM17T6
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Year Placed1968
Placed ByOklahoma Historical Society
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Date Added Thursday, October 2nd, 2014 at 7:31am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)15S E 355021 N 3901998
Decimal Degrees35.25060000, -94.59358333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 35° 15.036', W 94° 35.615'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds35° 15' 2.16" N, 94° 35' 36.90" W
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Area Code(s)918
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 10570 Spring Rd, Spiro OK 74959, US
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