Will Rogers Memorial Highway
About ½ mile S-W is the site of Fort Spunky, a relay station on the Old Star Mail between St. Louis and California. After the War Between the States, Catoosa was founded as the post office with John Gunter Schrimsher (1835-1905) an uncle of Will Rogers as Post-Master.HM Number | HMZ3K |
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Additional Information | It was manufactured by the John Guntry & Co. Foundry of Tulsa, Oklahoma. The Fort was not a military outpost but a Post Office (Stage Stand) just north of Catoosa. It opened on January 9, 1880 and closed on February 5, 1883. It took its name from nearby Spunky Creek. The Star Mail was a Stage Coach mail, later replaced by the Railroad when it advanced west through what would become Oklahoma in 1907, and in those days were the Indian Territories. |
Series | This marker is part of the Postal Mail and Philately series |
Tags | |
Historical Period | 19th Century |
Historical Place | Fort |
Marker Type | Historic Building |
Marker Class | Historical Marker |
Marker Style | Free Standing |
Marker Number | A-21 |
Placed By | Mr. & Mrs. Carl R. Mathews. Matthews was a local businessman. |
Marker Condition | 7 out of 10 (2 reports) |
Date Added | Tuesday, October 14th, 2014 at 4:21pm PDT -07:00 |
Directions Information | West side of the 1957 alignment of Route 66, now OK-66 |
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UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 15S E 254284 N 4008892 |
Decimal Degrees | 36.19368333, -95.73268333 |
Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 36° 11.621', W 95° 43.961' |
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 36° 11' 37.2600" N, 95° 43' 57.6600" W |
Driving Directions | Google Maps |
Area Code(s) | 918 |
Can be seen from road? | Yes |
Closest Postal Address | At or near 2928-2998 OK-66, Catoosa OK 74015, US |
Alternative Maps | Google Maps, MapQuest, Bing Maps, Yahoo Maps, MSR Maps, OpenCycleMap, MyTopo Maps, OpenStreetMap |
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The marker is located on the right side of the entrance to the Catoosa Blue Whale, on the western side of Route 66.
It is located by a hedge.
May 3, 2015 at 3:13pm PDT by route66
I Have Some Information
The marker is next to the building located between the Blue Whale and Route 66. It is on the eastern side of it. (on the right side of the entrance).
It can be seen from Route 66, partially concealed by a hedge.
May 3, 2015 at 2:41pm PDT by route66
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