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Northeastern corner of the junction of Cincinnati Ave. and Main St. 34°01′15″N 95°15′55″W / 34.02087°N 95.26541°W / 34.02087; -95.26541 ( Willie W. Wilson Fort Towson
Fort Towson was a frontier outpost for Frontier Army Quartermasters along the Permanent Indian Frontier located about two miles (3 km) northeast of the present community of Fort Towson, Oklahoma. Located on Gates Creek near the confluence of the Kiamichi River and the Red River in present-day Choctaw County, Oklahoma , it was named for General ...
It was also intended to serve as a buffer between Plains Indians to the west and the Choctaw, who were slated for removal to the area from Mississippi. Named after Major General Nathaniel Towson (1784–1854) who served in the War of 1812 (1812–1815) and the Mexican–American War (1846–1848).
Fort Towson, now the Fort Towson Historic Site, 896 N 4375 Road in the town of Fort Towson, is 215 miles southeast of OKC, 175 miles south of Tulsa, in Choctaw County. The Fort Towson 200th ...
Fort Towson is a town in Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 510 at the 2010 census, a 15.1 percent decline from the figure of 611 recorded in 2000. [ 4 ] It was named for nearby Fort Towson , which had been established in May 1824 and named for General Nathan Towson , a hero of the War of 1812 . [ 5 ]
This list of cemeteries in Oklahoma includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea which are historical and/or notable.
Comanche Indian Mission Cemetery: Comanche Indian Mission Cemetery: February 4, 2014 : Henry Post Army Airfield, 4900 Area: Fort Sill: 13: Douglass School: Douglass School: November 25, 2008 : 102 E. Gore Boulevard
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