Port of the Plains

Port of the Plains is an Oklahoma historical marker in Rogers County.

Rogers County · approximately two miles north of Catoosa on the grounds of Rogers Point Park

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Head of navigation for the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System, the Tulsa Port of Catoosa is located one mile upstream from this marker. The McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System is a 448-mile channel stretching from the Mississippi River up the Arkansas and Verdigris Rivers to the Tulsa Port of Catoosa. Barges are raised a total of 420 feet via 17 locks and dams from the Mississippi to Catoosa, and the entire waterway connects with much of the nation’s 29,000 miles of inland waterways.

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