doaksville: For History Buffs Relocating to Fort Towson,OK. - 02/06/08 11:30 PM
Doaksville,named for Josiah Doak, was founded between 1824- 1831. Doak had been co-owner of the Mississippi trading post where a Choctaw removal treaty was negotiated in 1820. He and his brother preceded the Choctaws to what is now SE Oklahoma. Doaksville was the Choctaw Indian Nation Capital from 1850 until 1863. It was the largest town in the Choctaw Indian Nation.
The very last Confederate general to surrender, ending the Civil war, happened at Doaksville when General Stand Watie (the only Indian to become a field general in The civil war) surrendered June 23, 1865,nine weeks (4 comments)
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