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Chahta Tamaha Choctaw capital and Armstrong Academy
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Buttons and buckles
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: Large cents, trade items, slate pencils.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), Unknown (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1844-1921 mission academy and Choctaw capital
The town grew around Armstrong Academy, a mission school for Choctaw boys opened in 1844 with a trading post, blacksmith, church and gristmill spring, and it served as the Choctaw Nation capital from 1863 to 1883. After the capital moved to Tuskahoma the community declined, and the academy burned in 1921 and was never rebuilt.View source →
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