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Atoka, Oklahoma

  • Confederate Cemetery

    Confederate CemeteryThe "burying ground" was first used by emigrants traveling on the Butterfield Stage road who camped at a spring, which was later called "Harkins' Spring," just north of the Middle Boggy River (today k...
    Confederate Cemetery

  • Boggy Depot Cemetery

    Boggy Depot CemeteryAdjoining Boggy Depot Townsite is the 1830s Middle Boggy Battlefield Site and Cemetery. The townsite and cemetery are listed on the National Register of Historic Places and on the Oklahoma's list of O...
    Boggy Depot Cemetery

Attractions and Upcoming Events

Butterfield Stage Line

Standing at the forefront of the old Butterfield road imagine the stage coach hustling along the old wooden fence line up the well-ridden ruts that are still visible today and coming to an abrupt halt at the rest stop. The Butterfield Overland Mail route directed its route to Boggy Depot in 1858

Atoka, OK Railroad History

Boggy Depot Cemetery

Adjoining Boggy Depot Townsite is the 1830s Middle Boggy Battlefield Site and Cemetery. The townsite and cemetery are listed on the National Register of Historic Places and on the Oklahoma's list of Oldest Historical Places.

Atoka, OK Cemeteries

Outdoor Art

Atoka, OK Arts

Boggy Depot Townsite

Prelude to a State Boggy Depot's contribution to Oklahoma outlasted all her structures, for it was the source of the state's name. Chief Allen Wright, principal chief of the Choctaw Nation, suggested the word "Oklahoma" (meaning "Red People") in 1866

Atoka, OK Historic Towns

Historic Churches

M.E. Church - 1915 2nd Street, 1

Atoka, OK Historic Churches

Things to do near Atoka, OK

Masonic Lodge

Discovery Well

The area's first oil well. ...

R.C. Longmire Lake

This lake was constructed in 1989. Named after the late R.C. Longmire who among others, saw the need for another water supply...

McSwain Musical Theatre

Charles B. Goddard Arts Center