The End of the Trail |
Aptly named motel in Broken Bow |
Within two decades of the first Choctaw arrivals from their homelands at the Mississippi River to the unknown Indian Territory, the Wheelock Presybterian church was erected near the nation's first school. |
This atlas map from 1835 shows the locations of the original homelands of the Choctaws and Chickasaws. Click on the image to view it on a larger scale (Library of Congress). |
In 1814, the state of Louisiana was carved out of the Louisiana Territory, and the vast lands north of the boundary became the Missouri Territory. (LOC) |
In 1819, Arkansas Territory separated from Missouri Territory, and by 1824, the western portion of Arkansas Territory became the new Indian Territory (1826 Barry Lawrence Ruderman). Click on map to see a larger image. |
Wheelock Academy, founded in 1842, is now a National Historic Site. |
A marker commemorates the Choctaw Trail of Tears on the grounds of the Wheelock Academy. |
The Armstrong Academy, built in 1845, burned n 1921. (Durant Democrat) |