Waddell's Station was a stage stand on the old

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route in

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. It was located in what is now Atoka County, Oklahoma. It is sometimes confused with Roger's Station, a post-Civil War stage stand and post office, which was three miles (5 km) in an easterly direction from Waddell's. Waddell's Station was added to the

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(#72001054) in 1972.

Sources

*Shirk, George H. ''Oklahoma Place Names''. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987: . *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). Buildings and structures in Atoka County, Oklahoma Butterfield Overland Mail in Indian Territory Stagecoach stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Oklahoma Transport infrastructure completed in 1858 National Register of Historic Places in Atoka County, Oklahoma Stagecoach stations in Oklahoma {{Oklahoma-NRHP-stub