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Fort Washita

Description: "Fort Washita Is Fading Into History", Durant Daily Democrat, May 31, 1959. Article concerning the history of the fort and the present condition of the buildings. Photographs of the buildings, in unrestored state, are included. Mentioned in the article are: locations of the buildings on the post, size of the post (about five miles long and two miles wide), travelers on the Marcy Trail, the Overland Mail route, use as Confederate post under Gen. Albert Pike, and abandonment in 1863.
Date: 1959
Partner: Ardmore Public Library
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