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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG6V_elliott-academy_Valliant-OK.html
Established here in 1869 as Oak Hill Industrial Academy by Presbyterian Board of Missions as boarding school for children of Choctaw Freedmen. Academy succeeded small school begun in 1860 by ex-slave and Presbyterian Minister Charles W. Stewart to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG6T_clear-creek-water-mill_Valliant-OK.html
Water powered grist mill in operation on clear creek early as 1819 by white settlers in old Miller County, Arkansas Territory. New mill built in 1837 by Choctaw Joel Kemp. A later owner, Choctaw John Wilson, replaced crude undershot wheel with tur…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG6S_garland-cemetery_Haworth-OK.html
Small cemetery nearby contains graves of Choctaw chief Samuel Garland (1862 - 64) and family members including his mother-in-law, Sophie Pitchlynn. Peter Pitchlynn, son of Sophie and John Pitchlynn, was chief 1864 — 66. Garland migrated from…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG6Q_military-road-choctaw-trail-of-tears_Broken-Bow-OK.html
Cut from Washington, Ark., to Fort Towson in 1831 for removal of Choctaws from Miss., became known is Choctaw Trail of Tears after thousands of suffering Indians used it to reach new lands. Road served as major east-west artery for Choctaw Nation …