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Atoka, Oklahoma

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.

Today this cemetery is still functioning and Confederate troops, Choctaw Chief Allen Wright, Rev. Cyrus Kingsbury, and prominent Indian leaders are joined by citizens from the area.

Visitors can still see the foundation of the old school house.

Located in Atoka County, Boggy Depot can be reached by traveling 11 miles west on SH-7 from Atoka, then 4 miles south on Park Lane, the first road west of the bridge over Clear Boggy Creek.

Boggy Depot State Park P.O. Box 1020 Atoka, Oklahoma 74525 580-889-5625

Attractions and Upcoming Events

Confederate Memorial Museum and Cemetery

The museum offers a unique look into the varied history of southeastern Oklahoma. From pre-historic bones, the Choctaw Trail of Tears and a stop on the Butterfield Stage Line, to homegrown talents Reba McEntire and the late Lane Frost, the museum and it'

Atoka, OK Museums

Historic Churches

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

Atoka, OK Historic Churches

Confederate Cemetery

The "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 known as the Muddy Boggy).

Atoka, OK Cemeteries

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

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

Things to do near Atoka, OK

Arbuckle Wilderness

Drive-through exotic animal theme park, food court, gift shop; seasonal rides and activities, games....

Museum of Southern History

Housed in 1880s church. ...

Confederate Cemetery

Old Federal Court Building

The old Federal Court Building is the County's oldest permanent structure and now houses the City Hall. ...

Eliza Cruce Hall Doll Museum