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Waterhole Cemetery

McCurtain County
Location: on county road three miles south of Garvin
Topics: American Indians; Social/Cultural; Territorial Period, 1861–1907

One of the first community cemeteries in McCurtain County, Waterhole was used by two Choctaw families in the 1870s, but later became a burial ground for all races. Choctaw Principal Chief Isaac Garvin is buried here.


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