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The Poteau post office opened in 1887 and the Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad (acquired by the Kansas City Southern Railway in 1900) began serving the town in 1896. [8] In 1900, the Federal Court of Indian Territory was moved from Cameron, Oklahoma to Poteau. The Poteau News was first published in 1905. Other modern improvements during ...
The Poteau River originates 2 miles (3.2 kilometers) south of Bee Mountain near Waldron, Arkansas, and converges with the Arkansas River at Belle Point, where it serves as a border between Oklahoma and Arkansas for a short distance. Tributaries of the Poteau River include the Fourche Maline, the Brazil Creek, and the Sans Bois Creek. [9]
LeFlore County is a county along the eastern border of the U.S state of Oklahoma.As of the 2020 census, the population was 48,129. [1] Its county seat is Poteau. [2] The county is part of the Fort Smith metropolitan area and the name honors a Choctaw family named LeFlore. [3]
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in LeFlore County, Oklahoma, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map.
The Poteau stone was found by schoolboys in 1967 near Poteau in Le Flore County, Oklahoma.. Tompsen also examined this stone, and writes that it is carved into sandstone and is 15 inches long and shows little weathering.
Fourche Maline's confluence with the Poteau River is now submerged in Lake Wister, about 6 miles (9.7 km) south of the confluence. The distance from origin to confluence is about 37 miles (60 km) [3] Oklahoma Historian Muriel Wright translated the French name as meaning "treacherous fork" in English. [4]
The LeFlore County Courthouse, on Courthouse Square in Poteau in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, was built in 1926. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [1] It is a three-story yellow brick building. Large windows on its front are separated by brick pilasters. It was deemed "significant because of its importance to the ...
Mena, Arkansas; Heavener, Poteau, and Talihina, Oklahoma Cedar Lake is in Le Flore County, Oklahoma inside the Ouachita National Forest . Considered a part of Indian Nations National Scenic and Wildlife Area, it is about 12 miles (19 km) south of Heavener, Oklahoma , and 40 miles (64 km) west of Mena, Arkansas .