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Chief Pushmataha

Wagoner County
Location: on US-69, 1/4 mile north of Arkansas River bridge
Material: Granite
Topics: American Indians; Recreational/Service; Social/Cultural; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861

Chief Pushmataha led a Mississippi Choctaw hunting expedition to the area in January of 1807 and attacked armed men under the leadership of French trader Joseph Bogy. Pushmataha County, in southeastern Oklahoma, is named for this great Choctaw leader.

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