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Watie and Ridge

Delaware County
Location: US-59, two miles south of Grove
Coordinates: 36.540113, -94.773357
Material: Granite
Sponsor(s): Oklahoma Historical Society and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation
Topics: American Indians; Government; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861

Stand Watie and his cousin, John Ridge, were signers of the 1835 treaty that brought about the removal of the Cherokees from Georgia to Indian Territory. Ridge was killed by opponents of removal, but Watie escaped and became a general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.

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