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unusual facts about Blue County, Choctaw Nation



Antlers Frisco Depot and Antlers Spring

The railroad, which was built north to south through the mountains and virgin timberlands of the Choctaw Nation of the Indian Territory, brought civilization to the wilderness—three passenger trains operated daily in each direction, plus two freight trains, making for a total of ten trains per day.

Blue County, Choctaw Nation

Its county seat was Caddo, Indian Territory—the present-day Caddo, Oklahoma.

Hitchcock County, Sequoyah

Hitchcock County, with Hugo as its county seat, was proposed, in general, to take the place of Kiamitia County (Kiamichi County), Choctaw Nation, which would be abolished with the advent of Sequoyah statehood.

Mayhew, Indian Territory

Mayhew, Indian Territory, located two miles north of present-day Boswell, Oklahoma, was the seat of government of the Pushmataha District of the Choctaw Nation, in the Indian Territory.

Steve Burrage

A member of the Choctaw Nation, he is the brother of former U.S. District Court Judge Michael Burrage, and the uncle of State Senator Sean Burrage.

Sulphur Springs, Indian Territory

Sulphur Springs was a Choctaw Indian community formerly existing in the Choctaw Nation of Indian Territory.


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