Historical Marker

Atoka

258 North Highway 69, Atoka, OK. In front of the Confederate Cemetery and Museum. · Atoka · Atoka

Oklahoma marker

Inscription

Named for Capt. Atoka, Choctaw leader and

signer of Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, 1830,

providing Choctaw removal from Mississippi to Indian Ter. Atoka County organized in Choctaw Nation 1854. Important Atoka Agreement with U.S. to close Choctaw and Chickasaw govts., signed in this City, 1897.

Location

Address258 North Highway 69, Atoka, OK. In front of the Confederate Cemetery and Museum.
CityAtoka
CountyAtoka
StateOklahoma
Coordinates34.400023, -96.117604

Sources

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