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Walker's Station was a stage stand on the old
Butterfield Overland Mail Butterfield Overland Mail (officially the Overland Mail Company)Waterman L. Ormsby, edited by Lyle H. Wright and Josephine M. Bynum, "The Butterfield Overland Mail", The Huntington Library, San Marino, California, 1991. was a stagecoach service i ...
route in
Indian Territory The Indian Territory and the Indian Territories are terms that generally described an evolving land area set aside by the Federal government of the United States, United States Government for the relocation of Native Americans in the United St ...
. It was located at the old Choctaw Agency in
Skullyville Skullyville (also spelled Scullyville) is an unincorporated rural community in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, United States. It is approximately one mile east of Spiro and southwest of Fort Smith, Arkansas. The community is within the Fort Smith, Ar ...
, in what is now
Le Flore County, Oklahoma LeFlore County is a county along the eastern border of the U.S state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 50,384. Its county seat is Poteau. The county is part of the Fort Smith metropolitan area and the name honors a Choct ...
. The station was named for
Tandy Walker Tandy may refer to: Companies * Tandy Corporation, a leather supply company which became the RadioShack Corporation in 2000 ** Tandy Computers *** Tandy Color Computer, released in 1980 *** Tandy 2000, a computer released in 1983 *** Tandy 1000, a ...
, Choctaw chief, and later, Governor of the Choctaw Nation. The old Choctaw Agency building was his residence. Wright, Muriel H
"The Butterfield Overland Mail One Hundred Years Ago"
, ''Chronicles of Oklahoma'' 35:1 (January 1957) 55-71 (accessed August 23, 2006). Walker's Station was added to the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
(#72001074) in 1972.


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Buildings and structures in Le Flore County, Oklahoma Stagecoach stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Oklahoma Butterfield Overland Mail in Indian Territory National Register of Historic Places in Le Flore County, Oklahoma Stagecoach stations in Oklahoma {{Oklahoma-NRHP-stub