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The Armstrong Academy

also know as " The Academy "
Second U.S. Post Office in Indian Territory 1850.
Choctaw Nation Indian Territory from 1844 to 1920
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Chahte Tamaha
Bryan County
Location: on US-70 at the eastern city limits of Bokchito
Material: Aluminum
This settlement was also called Choctaw City and was the site of Armstrong Academy, established by the Choctaw Nation in 1845. The Choctaw National Council met in the main hall of the academy for twenty years. Chahte Tamaha served as the Confederate capital during the Civil War. Delegates to a meeting of the United Nations of Indian Territory met here at the beginning of the Civil War to rally with the Confederacy. Armstrong Academy continued as a Choctaw boys school until a fire destroyed the building in 1920. Capital of the Choctaw Nation in Indian Territory for 20 years. Above background is a painting done by Kay Wiley Smith of Bokchito Ok in 1983 for a contest entered in and used on the cover of The Bryon County History Book.
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Capturing the History of one of the most important locations in the Choctaw Nation Indian Territory

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Capital of the Choctaw Nation from 1861 to 1881
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Choctaws visting the Academy ruins
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Choctaw Nation Visiting the Armstrong Academy ruins November 11, 2019
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