Fort Towson

Fort Towson
Fort Towson is located in Oklahoma
Fort Towson
Fort Towson is located in the United States
Fort Towson
LocationChoctaw County, Oklahoma, USA
Nearest cityFort Towson, Oklahoma
Coordinates34°1′40″N 95°15′23″W / 34.02778°N 95.25639°W / 34.02778; -95.25639
Built1830
NRHP reference No.70000531[1][2]
Added to NRHPSeptember 29, 1970

Fort Towson was a frontier outpost for Frontier Army Quartermasters along the Permanent Indian Frontier located about two miles (3 km) northeast of the present community of Fort Towson, Oklahoma. Located on Gates Creek near the confluence of the Kiamichi River and the Red River in present-day Choctaw County, Oklahoma, it was named for General Nathaniel Towson.[3]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "Oklahoma Historical Society State Historic Preservation Office".
  3. ^ Tolman, Keith. Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. "Fort Towson." Retrieved January 9, 2013.[1] Archived 2010-07-19 at the Wayback Machine