Historical Marker Program

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First Military Road

Le Flore County
Location: on US-271 on Winding Stair Mountain about eight miles northeast of Talihina
Material: Granite
Topics: Government; Indian and Frontier Trade; Mass Communication; Military; Territorial Period, 1861–1907; Transportation

Here, between 1874 and 1890, supply wagons, a daily stagecoach and the US mail moved over this earliest-known trail from Dodge City, Kansas, to Fort Elliott, Texas. The fort, first known as Cantonment on Sweetwater was established after the Kiowa, Comanche, and Cheyenne attack on Adobe Walls in June of 1874.

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Fort Smith/Fort Towson Military Road

Le Flore County
Location: on OK-1 east of US-271 junction
Material: Aluminum
Topics: Indian and Frontier Trade; Military; Settlement Patterns; Transportation; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861

Over rugged terrain and through raging streams, Colonel Robert Bean blazed this frontier road which was constructed by Captain John Stuart in 1832. It was used to carry supplies and emigrants from Fort Smith to Fort Towson.

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Fort Supply – Fort Reno Military Road

Woodward County
Location: Ninth Street (OK-34) and Jefferson Avenue in Woodward
Coordinates: 36.442806, -99.390556
Material: Other (Stone pedestal)
Sponsor(s): Unknown
Topics: Indian and Frontier Trade; Military; Territorial Period, 1961–1907; Transportation

A supply road was established between Fort Supply and the Cheyenne-Arapaho Agency in Darlington in 1870. The road was an extension of the Fort Dodge (KS)–Fort Supply road and extended to Fort Reno in 1875. The road provided an important transportation route before the construction of railroads.

Note: This marker no longer exists (removed c. 2023). It was identical to the Fort Supply – Fort Reno Military Road marker south of Mooreland on OK-50.

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Military Road

McCurtain County
Location: on US-70 at chamber of commerce office in Broken Bow
Topics: American Indians; Settlement Patterns; Transportation

Cut from Washington, Arkansas, to Fort Towson in 1831 for removal of Choctaws from Mississippi, the road became known as the "Trail of Tears" after thousands of suffering Indians used it to reach the new land. The road served as a major east-west artery for the Choctaw Nation until early 1900s. Important early settlement along the road were Harris Mill, Eagletown, Lukfata, Wheelock, and Clear Creek. Segments of the road are still visible.

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Military Road Crossing From Fort Supply

Ellis County
Location: on US-283, six miles south of Shattuck

A military road from Dodge City, Kansas, via Fort Supply to Fort Elliott, Texas, carried supply wagons and a daily stagecoach through this area from 1874 to 1890.

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Military Road Crossing from Fort Supply

Ellis County
Location: on OK-15, 1/2 mile east of Gage

See Military Road Crossing from Fort Supply.

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