Kiamichi Country, Oklahoma
Tuskahoma, Bokchito, Kiamichi, Little River and Moon. Even the map reads like poetry in Southern Oklahoma, a timeless world where the gentle Ouachita mountains are shaded blue and rivers run wild. The name Ouachita comes from the Choctaw words Owa chito which means "big hunt" -- a tribute to the abundance of wildlife that still holds true. Deer, owls, raccoons, bobcats, red and gray fox and a hundred species of birds still flourish in the pristine wilderness; flying squirrels skitter along the treetops and black bears lumber out in spring to sun themselves on rocks. When the federal government relocated the Choctaw tribe to Indian Territory in the 1830s, Chief Pushmataha declared: "We have acquired from the U.S. here the best remaining territory west of the Mississippi." The natural barriers of the Winding Stair Mountains, the southern Kiamichis, the Jack Fork and San Bois Mountains created a remote world in southeastern Oklahoma, green and deep as the inside of an emerald. Moss beards the cypress trees that grow on the banks of the Mountain Fork River in Beavers Bend Resort Park and pine needles carpet the forest floor.
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Clayton Lake
Clayton Lake is a 95 acre hot spot for bass. Clayton Lake State Park is Open year round with 26 electric/water hookups, 33 primitive areas, restrooms/showers, sanitary dump station, picnic areas, group shelter, boat ramps/docks, swimming beach, and playground.
Clayton, OK RecreationOklahoma Prison Historical Museum
The Oklahoma Prison Historical Museum is the state's only museum detailing the history of Oklahoma's prison system. Exhibits include an actual ball and chain, "Ol Sparky," Oklahoma's electric chair, items owned by prisoners, and numerous historical photos.
McAlester, OK MuseumsFort Towson Historic Site
The ruins and artifacts at the site of Historic Fort Towson, listed on the National Register of Historic Places is all that remained when the Oklahoma Historical Society acquired the site in 1960. The fort was established in May 1824
Fort Towson, OK FortsMuseum of the Red River
The Museum of the Red River attracts both scholars and vacationers with its outstanding American Indian collections and informative exhibits. Local prehistory and early Indian history is featured, but the museum'
Idabel, OK MuseumsWildlife Heritage Center & Museum
The Wildlife Heritage Center Museum is a 3100
Antlers, OK Nature CentersBeavers Bend Cabins
Beavers Bend Resort Park also has 47 cabins located in wood groves overlooking the Mountain Fork River on Broken Bow Lake . The cabins can sleep from two to six people and come equipped with kitchen/
, OK CabinsBeavers Bend RV and Tent Camping
For the camper or RV owner, the Beavers Bend Resort Park maintains 15 primitive camping areas, six semi-modern areas (electric and water hookups), and two modern areas (electric, water, sewer hookups and nearby bath house and dump station). All sites have toilet facilities;
, OK CampingAntlers Tornado
On April 12 , 1945, at 5:20 pm, a tornado first touched down southwest of town near the Hall communtiy. At 5:45
Antlers, OK Monuments