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1909 Map of Tuskahoma

Name: 1909 Topographic Map of Tuskahoma
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1928
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1928

About this map

The Choctaw Council House stands as a central landmark in this study of the Choctaw Nation's heartland, reflecting the political and social geography of the region before Oklahoma statehood was fully realized. The map reveals a landscape defined by significant elevation changes and organized around the St Louis and San Francisco RR and the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific RR. These rail corridors fostered the growth of mining and timber towns like Wilburton, Talihina, and Red Oak.

South of the Potato Hills, the Kiamichi River valley provides a fertile corridor for settlements such as Clayton and Tuskahoma. The presence of Thessalonian Church and Peachland Chapel offers localized points of interest for genealogists tracing early community centers. The map also delineates the high ridges of Winding Stair Mountain and Buffalo Mountain, which dictated the winding paths of early roads and the placement of small outposts like Bengal and Damon.