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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 ...
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.
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]
The Ouachita National Forest, Oklahoma's only national forest, is also in this area. Choctaw Country also houses "The World's Highest Hill," a 1,999-foot peak near Poteau, as the official designation for a "mountain" is land that is 2,000-feet or taller. [3] The region contains Oklahoma's largest lake by surface area, Lake Eufaula.
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 ...
Robert S. Kerr Airport (IATA: RKR [2], ICAO: KRKR, FAA LID: RKR) is a city-owned, public-use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) south of the central business district of Poteau, a city in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, United States. [1]
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.
Twyman Park, on West Street in Poteau in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, has structures built in a Works Progress Administration project in 1937. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. The listed area is 20 acres (8.1 ha) in size and has two contributing buildings and four contributing structures. [1]