Old Military Road

The Old Military Road site near Talahina, Oklahoma is a segment of the historic military road built in 1832 from Fort Smith, Arkansas to Fort Towson, Oklahoma. The road opened a means for commerce and otherwise facilitated development of the Oklahoma Territory.

Old Military Road
LocationNorth of Oklahoma Highway 1, at Old Military Road picnic site, 7 miles northeast of Talihina, Oklahoma in the Ouachita National Forest
Coordinates34°47′46″N 94°56′38″W
Area9 acres (3.6 ha)
Built1832
Built byWar Department, Bureau of Indian Affairs
NRHP reference No.76002155[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 22, 1976

The War Department and the Bureau of Indian Affairs jointly developed the road. A Captain John Stuart directed it. The route was laid out by frontiersman Robert Bean who had a young Jesse Chisholm assisting.[2]

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