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(October 14, 2012) Enlarge   Map Oklahoma Historical Society marker for Boggy Depot Stage Stand and a state park kiosk commemorating the Butterfield Trail. Boggy Depot Park, 8 mi. west of Tushka on Boggy Depot Road, Atoka County. OHS marker at right center of picture. The view is looking northeast

 

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More photos of Boggy Depot
2004 Painting: Butterfield Stage at Boggy Depot
 
Links:
1. Boggy Depot, Oklahoma - Wikipedia
2. Old Boggy Depot - Chronicles of Oklahoma
3. Battle Summary: Middle Boggy Depot, OK
4. Boggy Depot, Chickasaw Ghost Town
5. Boggy Depot Cemetery

  

(October 14, 2012) Enlarge Oklahoma Historical Society marker for Boggy Depot. Marker located at the extreme east edge of park property

     

(October 14, 2012) Enlarge OHS Boggy Depot marker

(October 14, 2012) Enlarge Trace of the Butterfield Road, east of the Boggy Depot marker, headed northeast to Geary's Station

     
(October 14, 2012) Enlarge From site of John Kingsbury Home to School House site, center looking east
 
(October 14, 2012) Enlarge From site of Gov. Allen's residence to Confederate Military Quarters/Post, center looking east
 

(October 14, 2012) Enlarge  Detail-1  Detail-2 Boggy Depot Butterfield Kiosk

 

(October 14, 2012) Enlarge  Detail-1  Detail-2  Boggy Depot Butterfield Kiosk

     
(October 14, 2012) Enlarge Boggy Depot Park  

(October 14, 2012) Enlarge  Map Trace of the Butterfield Trail on the grounds of the Confederate Museum at the north edge of Atoka, Atoka County. From here the trail continues southwest about a half-mile to the Middle Boggy River (wartime Middle Boggy) and on to Boggy Depot. The monument commemorates the 150th anniversary of the Butterfield Trail in Indian Territory


(March 2000) Enlarge
Before placement of monument

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Geary's Station was between Atoka and Waddell's Station. The actual site has been inundated by Atoka Reservoir
 
From Wikipedia: Geary's Station was a stage stand on the old Butterfield Overland Mail route in Indian Territory. Sometimes called Geary's Crossing, it was located on the east side of Little Boggy Creek (North Boggy Creek) in what is now Atoka County, Oklahoma. It was operated by A.W. Geary, an inter-married Choctaw. His wife Lucy was the sister of a Choctaw chief. The Choctaw Nation had awarded Geary the privilege of building a bridge and tollgate at the Little Boggy crossing on the Fort Smith-Boggy Depot Road in 1858, which later became the route of the Butterfield Overland Mail stage
 
Links:
1. Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture: Atoka
  A. Atoka County
  B. Ferries & Fords

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