Our last stop on the Oklahoma tour is Fort Gibson. I found Fort Gibson very interesting, and I encourage you to visit if you are in the area. The historic Fort Gibson is located in the town of Fort Gibson, which is just east of Muskogee, over the Arkansas River. Muskogee is 50 miles southeast …
The Battle of Honey Springs, sometimes called the Affair at Elk Creek, occurred on July 17, 1863, at the Honey Springs Depot which was a storage facility for the Confederate Army in the area at the time. The depot was a stagecoach stop before the war and had good sources of water for travelers along …
The Huron Indian Cemetery, also known as the Wyandot National Burying Ground, is located at 631 Minnesota Ave, Kansas City, Kansas. Wyandot and Huron are simply different names for the same tribe. The cemetery occupies a stretch of land between the 7th Street Casino to the south and the Kansas City Library to the east. …
