Fort Towson Landing - Fort Towson, OK
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The Snowdog
N 34° 01.060 W 095° 15.242
15S E 291867 N 3766405
One of two pink granite historical markers on the south side of Highway 70 in Fort Towson, Oklahoma.
Waymark Code: WM155QB
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 10/21/2021
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This is one of two pink granite historical markers on the south side of Highway 70. There is enough room to pull entirely off of the highway to view the markers. The text on this marker is
FORT TOWSON LANDING
The Fort Towson Landing was south of here on the banks of the Red River. Also known as the Public Landing, from 1824 to 1854 it served as a receiving point for soldiers and supplies delivered by keelboats and steamboats. Traders at the Choctaw settlement of Doaksville and local planters received goods and transported cotton to New Orleans. The cotton went to textile mills in Great Britain and the eastern United States, helping to fuel the Industrial Revolution. Commercial navigation on the upper Red River continued until the early 1900s when railroads surpassed it as an economical mode of transportation.
County: Choctaw
Record Address::
US 70
Fort Towson, OK United States
73735
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Sponsor (Who put it there): Oklahoma Historical Society
Date Erected: Not listed
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