Walker's Station


Choctaw Agency
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Nearest city	Spiro, Oklahoma
Coordinates	35°15′3″N 94°35′29″W / 35.25083°N 94.59139°W / 35.25083; -94.59139Coordinates: 35°15′3″N 94°35′29″W / 35.25083°N 94.59139°W / 35.25083; -94.59139
NRHP Reference #	72001074^[1]
Added to NRHP	May 05, 1972

Walker's Station was a stage stand on the old Butterfield Overland Mail route in Indian Territory. It was located at the old Choctaw Agency in Skullyville, in what is now Le Flore County, Oklahoma. The station was named for Tandy Walker, Choctaw chief, and later, Governor of the Choctaw Nation. The old Choctaw Agency building was his residence.

Walker's Station was added to the National Register of Historic Places (#72001074) in 1972.

References

↑ National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.

Shirk, George H. Oklahoma Place Names. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987: ISBN 0-8061-2028-2 .
Wright, Murial H.; George H. Shirk; Kenny A. Franks. Mark of Heritage. Oklahoma City: Oklahoma Historical Society, 1976.
Wright, Muriel H. "The Butterfield Overland Mail One Hundred Years Ago", Chronicles of Oklahoma 35:1 (January 1957) 55-71 (accessed August 23, 2006).

Butterfield Overland Mail in Indian Territory
Next station West Trahern's Station	16 miles	Walker's Station	15 miles	Next station East Fort Smith

Butterfield Overland Mail 7th Division Stations

Colbert's Ferry Fisher's Nail's Boggy Depot Geary's Waddell's Blackburn's Pusley's Riddle's Holloway's Trahern's Walker's Fort Smith Source: "List of Butterfield Overland Mail Stations "Itinerary of the Route"". New York Times. October 14, 1858.

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