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Antlers Tornado
Pushmataha County
Location: on OK-3 at the railroad depot in Antlers
On April 12, 1945, a tornado dipped down in Antlers, killing 86 people and leaving 1,500 homeless. The tornado continued on a deadly track to the northeast.

Choctaw Capitol
Pushmataha County
Location: on US-271, 1 1/2 miles west of Tuskahoma
Material: Aluminum
The first Choctaw capitol, Nanih Waiya, was completed in 1838. The first Choctaw constitution was written here in 1834. At Nanih Waiya are buried the bones of the Choctaws who died en route to Indian Territory from their ancestral homeland in Mississippi in the 1830s.

Choctaw Nation Capitol Building
Pushmataha County
Location: on OK-2, one mile north of US-271 junction
The last Choctaw capitol was erected here in 1884. The tribal government was housed in the building until statehood. The Choctaw Nation's headquarters are now located in Durant.

Hardy Creek
Pushmataha County
Location: Hwy-271, 7.6 miles south of Clayton, Oklahoma
Sponsored by: Leona Mars, Granddaughter
Thomas Hardy, a Choctaw Indian from Nashoba, Oklahoma, camped at this creek bank before and after he went to Clayton, Oklahoma, to buy supplies. People started identifying this creek as Hardy Creek.

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