National Register Record for CHOCTAW AGENCY-WALKER STATION

Historic Name: CHOCTAW AGENCY-WALKER STATION
Current Name: OLD SKULLYVILLE
Address: I MILE NE OF SPIRO
City: SPIRO VICINITY            County: LEFLORE
Section: SE 1/4 OF THE NE 1/4 OF THE SW 1/4 SECTION 18           Township: 9N           Range: 26E          
Description of significance: THE CHOCTAW AGENCY-WALKER STATION SITE, ALSO KNOWN AS OLD SKULLYVILLE, WAS AN IMPORTANT CHOCTAW TOWN BEGINNING IN THE MID-1800S. SETTLED SHORTLY AFTER REMOVAL, THIS COMMUNITY WAS SETTLED BY FULL AND PART BLOOD CHOCTAWS AND WAS THE DISTRIBUTION SITE FOR FEDERAL AID. IT WAS HOME TO NUMEROUS WELL KNOWN CHOCTAW FAMILIES, SUCH AS THE MCCURTAINS. WITH THE ORGANIZATION OF THE BUTTERFIELD OVERLAND MAIL, THE COMMUNITY BECAME AN IMPORTANT STOP ON THE ROUTE, KNOWN AS WALKER STATION. ALL THAT REMAINS TODAY IS A PIPE ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOCAL SPRING AND A GRAVEYARD. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 5/5/1972.

Type: SITE
Historic Function: DOMESTIC: VILLAGE SITE
Current Function: AGRICULTURE/SUBSISTENCE
Area of Significance 1: ETHNIC HERITAGE: NATIVE AMERICAN
Area of Significance 2: TRANSPORTATION
Architectural Style: None
Architect: None
Year Built: None            Original Site: YES
Condition: RUINS
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: FOREMAN, GRANT, "THE CALIFORNIA OVERLAND MAIL ROUTE THROUGH OKLAHOMA," THE CHRONICLES OF OKLAHOMA VOL IX (1931); MORRISON, WB "THE DAGA OF SKULLYVILLE" THE CHRONICLES OF OKLAHOMA VOL XVI (1938); WRIGHT, MURIEL H. CON'T
Date Prepared: JUNE 1971