Old Mail Route

Rogers County · on the grounds of Blue Whale of Catoosa Park on OK-66, Catoosa vicinity

This marker commemorates a mail relay station on the stage road between Vinita and Tulsa known as Fort Spunky. A post office was at this station from 1880 until 1883, when the Catoosa post office was designated with John Schrimsher as postmaster.

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Marker data: Oklahoma Historical Society, Historical Marker Program. Marker texts and locations come from the Society's marker database, reproduced with the Society's written permission.
Sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. Carl R. Mathews
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Old Mail Route

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