Loading map...

1901 Map of Alikchi

Name: 1901 Topographic Map of Alikchi
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1915
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1915

About this map

Old Spencer Academy and Oak Hill Academy stand as central landmarks in this Choctaw Nation landscape, documented by surveyors C.F. Urquhart and W.B. Corse just before the turn of the century. The terrain is defined by the winding paths of the Kiamichi River and the Little River, where river crossings like Rook Chimney Ferry provided vital transit points in a region without rail infrastructure.

Settlement patterns center on the historic sites of Doaksville and Fort Towson in the south, while the northern reaches are dominated by an intricate drainage system including Cloudy Creek and Black Fork. The map preserves the geography of the Indian Territory era, showing the network of trails and wagon roads that connected the settlement of Alikchi to outlying creek valleys such as Terrapin Creek and Caney Creek.