Historical Marker Program

Delaware Mount

Pontotoc County
Location: approximately one-half mile south of Latta Public School on Latta Road (NS 3540), Ada vicinity
Coordinates: 34.747054, -96.705307
Material: Aluminum
Sponsor(s): Oklahoma Historical Society and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation
Topics: American Indians; Environmental/Cultural Ecology; Transportation; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861

This plateau dividing the headwaters of the Muddy Boggy and Clear Boggy Creeks and the valleys of Sandy Creek and the Canadian River has been referred to as Delaware Mount. Black Beaver’s band of Delaware were permitted to settle in the area by the Choctaw National Council in 1844. The plateau became a landmark for travelers on the California Road between 1849 and 1853.