Choctaw Agency

Choctaw Agency (HM1N14)

Location: Ridgeland, MS 39157 Madison County
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Country: United States of America
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N 32° 25.828', W 90° 9.199'

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U.S. agents like Silas Dinsmoor lived among the Choctaw and represented their interests while implementing U.S. policy. His duties included surveying and preventing illegal settlement on Choctaw land. He also encouraged the Choctaw to be more dependent on modern farming practices. He was tasked to collect tribal debts owed to American companies and insure that the Choctaw were paid for land ceded to the U.S. The agency moved four times to stay within the shrinking boundaries of the Choctaw Nation. It was located here, along the Natchez Trace, from 1807 until just after the Treaty of Doak's Stand in 1820.
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HM NumberHM1N14
Series This marker is part of the Natchez Trace series
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Placed ByNational Park Service
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Tuesday, August 18th, 2015 at 5:03pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)15S E 767667 N 3591719
Decimal Degrees32.43046667, -90.15331667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 32° 25.828', W 90° 9.199'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds32° 25' 49.68" N, 90° 9' 11.94" W
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Area Code(s)601
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling West
Closest Postal AddressAt or near Natchez Trace Pkwy, Ridgeland MS 39157, US
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