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Webbers Falls

Muskogee County
Location: US-64 approximately 1/2 mile west of the Arkansas River Bridge
Coordinates: 35.514834, -95.134161
Material: Granite
Sponsor(s): Oklahoma Historical Society and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation
Topics: American Indians; Indian and Frontier Trade; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861

Walter Webber, a Western Cherokee chief, established a trading post at the falls on the Arkansas River. “Rich Joe” Vann established a plantation in the area. The village of Webbers Falls was burned by Union soldiers in April 1863.

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