Historical Marker Program

Choctaw Chief’s House

Choctaw County
Location: on grounds of house, two miles northeast of Swink
Coordinates: 34.023164, -95.181443
Material: Other (Concrete with bronze plaque)
Sponsor(s): Oklahoma Historical Society and the Daughters of the American Revoluntion
Topics: American Indians; Family/Household; Settlement Patterns; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861

Three concrete markers commemorate what was once known as Choctaw Chief’s House. This house was originally believed to have been constructed for Choctaw District Chief Thomas LeFlore in 1832 per terms of the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek (1830). Subsequent research uncovered that Chief LeFlore’s House likely stood west of Wheelock Mission in McCurtain County. See “Chief’s Old House.” Also see Louis Coleman, “The Choctaw Chief’s House: Oral Tradition and Historical Inaccuracies,” The Chronicles of Oklahoma 81, No. 4 (Winter 2003–04): 492–501. Markers’ sponsors include the Oklahoma Historical Society and Daughters of the American Revolution.