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Shawnee Town

Hughes County
Location: on OK-12, one mile west of Atwood
Topics: American Indians; Settlement Patterns; Territorial Period, 1861–1907; Urban Development

The town was a settlement of Absentee Shawnee and Delaware on the California Road. The tribes had migrated from Ohio before 1800 and were allowed by the Choctaw National Council to remain in the area. The Absentee Shawnee occupied the site on the South Canadian River until 1857 when they moved northward to the Creek Nation and settled near Tecumseh in present Pottawatomie County.

Note: This marker was reported missing on 6/8/2023.

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