Garvin, Oklahoma

Rivers & Roads in Song near Garvin

Songs written about the waterways and highways that run near Garvin.

47 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.

• Ridley, Jackie Linwood · Eohc

  Right here in Garvin, Oklahoma, was born Jackie Linwood Ridley, the brilliant mind behind breaking the sound barrier. While you're cruising down the highway, imagine this: it's <say-as interpret-as="date"…

• Garvin · Eohc

  You're driving through southeastern Oklahoma, passing through the community of Garvin. This place started as a trading post back in 1894, named for a former Choctaw chief. But Garvin really boomed when the railroad…

• Wheelock Church · 4.1 mi · Scraped Hmdb

  Pull over here a sec, you're not gonna believe this. This is the oldest surviving church in Oklahoma! It's called Wheelock Church. Back in the 1840s, the Choctaw Nation was re-establishing itself here after being forced…

• Wheelock Academy · 4.2 mi · Scraped Hmdb

  Pull over here for a minute; this unassuming spot was once a beacon of hope and education for young Choctaw women. Wheelock Academy began as a missionary school for Choctaw girls in 1832. Reverend Alfred Wright and his…

• Wright, Alfred · 5.6 mi · Eohc

  You're driving through southeastern Oklahoma, not far from Millerton. Right here, you're passing the site of the Wheelock Church, built between 1844 and 1846. This isn't just any old building; it's the oldest church…

• Millerton · 5.6 mi · Eohc

  You're driving through Millerton, a town that owes its existence to two things: timber and trains. Right here, in the early 1900s, was a booming hardwood sawmill town. It started as a place called Chula, but in 1902,…

• Wheelock Academy · 7.0 mi · Things to Do

  Choctaw girls boarding school founded 1832. One of the oldest schools west of the Mississippi.

• Freeman-Custis Expedition · 7.1 mi · Eohc

  You're driving through southeastern Oklahoma, maybe near Idabel, and you're passing through a place where history almost got made. Back in 1806, this was the edge of the known world! President Jefferson sent the…

• Idabel · 7.1 mi · Eohc

  You're driving through Idabel, and you might be wondering how this town got its name. It wasn't exactly straightforward! It started in 1902 as Purnell, named after a railroad official. But postal authorities rejected…

• Acrocanthosaurus Discovery Site · 7.3 mi · Things to Do

  A 40-foot predatory dinosaur skeleton was excavated in McCurtain County. Now at the Museum of the Red River.

• Idabel Frisco Station · 7.4 mi · Things to Do

  The Frisco Railroad created this town in 1902. Named for Ida and Belle the daughters of a Choctaw leader.

• Museum of the Red River · 8.3 mi · Things to Do

  World-class pre-Columbian and Native art in a town of 7000. Nobody expects this.

• Military Road Choctaw Trail of Tears · 8.5 mi · Things to Do

  The route 21000 Choctaw walked during removal in 1831-1833. Hundreds died along this road.

• Oklahombi, Joseph · 8.7 mi · Eohc

  You're driving through McCurtain County, not far from Wright City, where Joseph Oklahombi, a full-blood Choctaw, became a World War I hero. He was one of the original "Code Talkers," using his native tongue to relay…

• Choctaw Lumber Company · 8.7 mi · Eohc

  You're driving through McCurtain County, passing a place that was once the heart of a massive timber empire. Back in 1906, the Dierks brothers, already successful in the lumber business, arrived here. They established…

• Forestry · 8.7 mi · Eohc

  You're driving through southeastern Oklahoma, a region once covered in millions of acres of virgin pine. Right here, in McCurtain County, the Dierks brothers, pioneers of the lumber industry, established a major…

• Forestry Culture · 8.7 mi · Eohc

  You're driving through southeastern Oklahoma, the land of towering pines and a history deeply rooted in the timber industry. Back in the late 1800s and early 1900s, companies like the Dierks brothers' Choctaw Lumber…

• Wright City · 8.7 mi · Eohc

  You're driving through Wright City, Oklahoma, a town with a name that changed with the times. It started as Bismark around 1909, named by the Dierks Lumber Company after a town where they used to do business in…

• Crossroads, OK · 9.1 mi

  Crossroads, Oklahoma, nestled in the Ouachita Mountains of McCurtain County, might seem like just another quiet spot where the pines meet the hardwood forests. But this Lowland South community has seen its share of…

• Valliant · 9.5 mi · Eohc

  You're driving through Valliant, Oklahoma, and right nearby is a piece of history unique to the entire Indian Territory. Just outside of town once stood the Alice Lee Elliott Memorial Academy, a boarding school founded…

• Texas, Oklahoma and Eastern Railroad · 9.5 mi · Eohc

  Right here, you're driving past the legacy of the Dierks Lumber and Coal Company. In 1910, they chartered the Texas, Oklahoma and Eastern Railroad, a wholly owned subsidiary. This line, starting at Valliant and reaching…

• Little River National Wildlife Refuge · 10.4 mi · Things to Do

  15000 acres of bottomland hardwood. Only NWR in Oklahoma. Bald eagles nest here.

• Roitsch, Arnold E. A. · 11.1 mi · Historical Marker

  In this vicinity archeologists have located a large village and ceremonial center occupied between A.D. 1000 and A.D. 1700 by ancestors of the Caddo Indians. Sedentary farmers, the Caddos built villages and farms on…

• Brecheen, Harry David · 11.9 mi · Eohc

  You're driving through southeastern Oklahoma, not far from Broken Bow, the birthplace of baseball legend Harry "The Cat" Brecheen. Brecheen was a star pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, and he made history in the…

• Forest Conservation · 11.9 mi · Eohc

  You're driving through southeastern Oklahoma, an area that was once almost entirely forest. But by the early 1900s, logging entrepreneurs were stripping it bare. That is, until brothers Fred and John Dierks, owners of…

• Broken Bow · 11.9 mi · Eohc

  Right here in southeastern Oklahoma, you're passing through Broken Bow. It's a town with a surprising origin story. It wasn't named for any local Native American history, but instead for Broken Bow, Nebraska. That's…

• Jesse B. Bowman · 12.1 mi · Historical Marker

  Alamo defender Jesse B. Bowman was born in Tennessee about 1785. By 1811 he was living in Illinois where his son Joseph T. Bowman was born that year. Bowman and his family settled in Ouichita County, Arkansas, until it…

• Hamilton, Robert · 12.1 mi · Historical Marker

  In memory of Robert Hamilton - a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence - March 2, 1836 - Born in Blevard, Scotland - March 24, 1783 - Died in Red River County, Texas - 1843

• Jonesboro · 12.1 mi · Historical Marker

  (About a half mile NW was 19th century town) One of first ports of entry into Texas for Anglo-Americans. Opened early as 1814; heavily used by 1817. Named for 1819-21 ferry owner Henry Jones (1789-1861). Claimed by both…

• Houston, Sam · 12.1 mi · Historical Marker

  Near here at the Old Jonesboro Crossing, Sam Houston, an envoy of President Andrew Jackson first set foot on Texas soil, December 2, 1832.

• Broken Bow, OK · 12.1 mi · Local history

  Nestled in the Ouachita Mountains of McCurtain County, Broken Bow offers a sense of escape among the towering pines. It was named for a Choctaw chief, commemorating a broken bow, and officially incorporated in 1911. The…

• Gill, Jane Chandler · 12.1 mi · Historical Marker

  (January 1, 1782 - September 20, 1816) An Englishwoman who died soon after settling in Jonesboro. Her grave is one of Texas' oldest Caucasian burials.

• McCurtain County Wilderness Area · 14.5 mi · Eohc

  You're driving through McCurtain County, heading north of Broken Bow, and you're passing through the last sizeable expanse of virgin shortleaf pine and hardwood forest in the entire nation. This 14,000-acre area was set…

• Wheelock Mission and Academy · 14.5 mi · Eohc

  Right here in McCurtain County, you're passing by the site of Wheelock Academy, a place dedicated to educating Choctaw girls for over a century. It began in 1832 with missionaries Alfred and Harriet Wright, who served…

• Little River National Wildlife Refuge · 14.5 mi · Eohc

  You're driving through McCurtain County, and right here is the Little River National Wildlife Refuge. Established in 1987, this preserve protects vital wetlands and a surprising amount of wildlife. It's one of the few…

• Grobin Davis Site · 14.5 mi · Eohc

  Right here in McCurtain County, you're driving past the Grobin Davis Site, a place where ancient Oklahomans lived and worshipped over 700 years ago. This wasn't just a village; it was a major ceremonial center for the…

• Tuggle Springs Cemetery · 14.7 mi · Historical Marker

  You're driving through Clarksville, near Tuggle Springs Cemetery. Established around 1850 by farmer Andrew Jackson Tuggle, it officially became a burial ground in 1864 when a mother and infant died. The cemetery, named…

• Heroine (steamboat) · 16.1 mi · Eohc

  You're driving past Swink, Oklahoma, and right here, beneath your wheels, lies the forgotten wreck of the steamboat Heroine. Built in 1832, the Heroine was one of the first steamboats to brave the newly cleared Red…

• Swink · 16.1 mi · Eohc

  You're driving through Choctaw County, and right here is the story of Swink. Founded by David Randall Swink, who married into the Choctaw Nation, the town's first site had a problem: the land belonged to his young son,…

• Beavers Bend State Park · 17.6 mi · Things to Do

  Mountain Fork River trout fishing and old-growth pine in Oklahoma southeastern corner.

• Stewart, Paul · 17.6 mi · Eohc

  Right here in McCurtain County, you're passing through the area where Paul Stewart built a remarkable life. Born in Arkansas in 1892, Stewart moved to Indian Territory as a boy. By age thirteen, he was in the mercantile…

• Haworth · 17.6 mi · Eohc

  You're driving through Haworth, Oklahoma, a town that owes its existence to a railroad and a booming timber industry. Originally surveyed as Harrington in 1902 by the Choctaw Townsite Commission, its development really…

• Hochatown Ghost Town Site · 18.3 mi · Things to Do

  Submerged when Broken Bow Lake filled in 1970. Now a cabin resort boom town named after a drowned village.

• McCurtain County Wilderness Area · 18.6 mi · Things to Do

  14000 acres of old-growth forest. Black bears and the only wild population of red-cockaded woodpeckers in OK.

• Broken Bow Lake and Dam · 18.7 mi · Things to Do

  14200-acre lake in the Ouachita foothills. Clearest water in Oklahoma.

• New Haven Cemetery · 18.8 mi · Historical Marker

  You're driving past New Haven Cemetery, a final resting place for many area pioneers. The story here starts in 1859 when George M. Sargeant donated land for a church, school, and graveyard. The very first person laid to…

• Fort Towson · 19.3 mi · Scraped Hmdb

  Imagine life on the edge of civilization. That's exactly what Fort Towson was: a crucial outpost on the Permanent Indian Frontier. Established in 1824, Fort Towson served multiple purposes. It was a military post, a…