Nail's Station

Nail's Station was a stage stand on the old Butterfield Overland Mail route and the Texas Road in Indian Territory. Sometimes called Blue River Station or Nail's Crossing, it was located on the east side of Blue River in what is now Bryan County, Oklahoma. It was operated by Joel H. Nail, a member of a prominent Choctaw family.

Nail's Station was added to the National Register of Historic Places (#72001059) in 1972.

References

Sources

• Shirk, George H. Oklahoma Place Names. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987: ISBN 0-8061-2028-2 .
• 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).

v t e National Register of Historic Places in Bryan County, Oklahoma Achille Bloomfield Academy Site Bokchito Armstrong Academy Site Caddo Caddo Community Building Colbert Colbert's Ferry Site Durant Bryan County Courthouse Durant Downtown Historic District Robert E. Lee School Oklahoma Presbyterian College State Highway No. 78 Bridge at the Red River Robert Lee Williams Public Library J. L. Wilson Building Carriage Point (Fisher's Station) Roberta School Campus Kenefic Fort McCulloch Nail's Station Nida Fort Washita See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Bryan County, Oklahoma and List of National Historic Landmarks in Oklahoma