Historic Name: OLD MILITARY ROAD
Current Name: SAME
Address: 7 MI NORTH OF TALIHINA ON THE OUACHITA NATIONAL FOREST
City: TALIHINA VICINITY
County: LEFLORE Section: 25
Township: 4N
Range: 22E
Description of significance: THIS SITE CONTAINS A SEGMENT OF THE OLD MILITARY ROAD CONSTRUCTED IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA IN 1832, RUNNING FROM FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS, TO FORT TOWSON, INDIAN TERRITORY. THIS ROAD HELPED TO OPEN THE THIS AREA FOR THE MOVEMENT OF INDIANS TO THE SOUTHWEST, AS WELL AS HORSES AND GOODS TO FORT SMITH. THIS ROAD LOCATION WAS USED UNTIL ABOUT 1932, WHEN THE ROADBED WAS MOVED TO THE WEST. THE NOMINATED SECTION OF ROADBED REPRESENTS THE BEST PRESERVED SEGMENT OF THE ORIGINAL ROAD. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 10/22/1976.
Type: SITE
Historic Function: TRANSPORTATION: ROAD RELATED
Current Function: RECREATION AND CULTURE: OUTDOOR RECREATION: HIKING TRAIL
Area of Significance 1: TRANSPORTATION
Area of Significance 2: MILITARY/COMMERCE/ENGINEERING/INDUSTRY/POLITICAL
Architectural Style: None
Architect: UNKNOWN
Year Built: 1832
Original Site: YES
Condition: EXCELLENT
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: BAIRD, W. DAVID. "1972. PETER PITCHLYNN: CHIEF OF THE CHOCTAWS" UNIV. OF OK. PRESS, NORMAN; BEARS, EDWIN C. AND A. M. GIBSON. 1969. "FORT SMITH, LITTLE GIBRALTER ON THE ARKANSAS" UNIV OF OK PRESS, NORMAN;
Date Prepared: MARCH 30, 1972