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Alexander Posey

McIntosh County
Location: off OK 9 in Posey Park, in Eufaula
Coordinates: 35.288483, -95.585067
Material: Aluminum
Sponsor(s): Oklahoma Historical Society and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation
Topics: American Indians; Arts; Government; Mass Communication; Territorial Period, 1861–1907

This famous Creek poet and journalist's life prematurely ended when he drowned in the North Canadian River near Eufaula on May 27, 1908. Alexander Posey was the editor of newspapers, a member of the Dawes Commission, and widely known for his poems such as "Ode to Sequoyah."

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