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Nail's Station
Nearest city: Kenefic, Oklahoma Built: 1858 Governing body: Private NRHP Reference#: 72001059[1] Added to NRHP: June 29, 1972 Nail's Station was a stage stand on the old Butterfield Overland Mail route and the Texas Road in Indian Territory. Sometimes called Blue River Station or Nail's Crossing, it was located on the east side of Blue River in what is now Bryan County, Oklahoma. It was operated by Joel H. Nail, a member of a prominent Choctaw family.
Nail's Station was added to the National Register of Historic Places (#72001059) in 1972.
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
Sources
- Shirk, George H. Oklahoma Place Names. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987: ISBN 0-8061-2028-2 .
- Wright, Murial H.; George H. Shirk; Kenny A. Franks. Mark of Heritage. Oklahoma City: Oklahoma Historical Society, 1976.
- Wright, Muriel H. "The Butterfield Overland Mail One Hundred Years Ago", Chronicles of Oklahoma 35:1 (January 1957) 55-71 (accessed August 19, 2006).
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Boggy DepotCategories:- Buildings and structures in Oklahoma
- Bryan County, Oklahoma
- Butterfield Overland Mail in Indian Territory
- National Register of Historic Places in Oklahoma
- Indian Territory
- Stagecoach stops
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