Manard

Cherokee County · on OK-82 south of Tahlequah, one mile east of the Cherokee-Muskogee County line

Named for early-day fur trader Pierre Manard, a member of the Chouteau family, the springs were identified as a Cherokee council ground prior to 1828. A trading post and agency were established in 1828 and 1837, respectively. Manard was the site of a Civil War skirmish on July 27, 1862, in which Federal troops and the Indian Home Guard routed Confederate forces. The Manard stage stop was the site of a hold up of the US Mail coach by the Cook gang on July 14, 1894, and the shooting of Joseph Glad by outlaw Jim French in late 1894. The Manard post office operated from 1883 to 1913. Manard School was established by 1863 and closed when consolidated with Fort Gibson schools in 1968.

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