Tishomingo, Oklahoma

Rivers & Roads in Song near Tishomingo

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

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

• Murray, William Henry David · Eohc

  You're driving through Oklahoma, and right here, you're passing through the territory that became this state, thanks in large part to the fiery orator known as 'Alfalfa Bill' Murray. Born in Texas, Murray made his way…

• Tishomingo · Eohc

  Right here, you're driving past Tishomingo, the former capital of the Chickasaw Nation! This city was the heart of the Chickasaw government from 1856 until Oklahoma statehood in 1907. Named for Chief Tishomingo, who…

• Te Ata · Eohc

  Right here, near Tishomingo, you're passing through the birthplace of Te Ata, a Native American storyteller whose name means 'Bearer of the Morning.' Born Mary Frances Thompson in 1895, she became a national and…

• Chickasaw · Eohc

  You're driving through the heart of Oklahoma, and right here, in what is now the Chickasaw Nation, is a story of a people finding their footing. After being forced from their ancestral lands, the Chickasaw arrived in…

• Four-H · Eohc

  Right here in Johnston County, you're driving through the birthplace of Oklahoma's 4-H program! Back in 1909, W. D. Bentley started a Boy's Corn Club with just fifty young farmers. The goal? To grow the best corn in the…

• Johnston, Douglas Henry · Eohc

  You're driving through what used to be the heart of the Chickasaw Nation, and right here, you're passing through the legacy of Douglas H. Johnston. He served as governor for an incredible stretch, from 1898 to 1939,…

• Johnston County · Eohc

  You're driving through Johnston County, and right here, in 1820, the U.S. government granted this land to the Choctaw. Many moved here in the 1830s, followed by the Chickasaw. In 1834, the Dodge-Leavenworth Expedition…

• Murray, Johnston · Eohc

  You're driving through Johnston County, heading towards Tishomingo, the final resting place of Johnston Murray. Born in 1902, he was the son of the famous 'Alfalfa Bill' Murray. Johnston himself served as Oklahoma's…

• Murray State College · Eohc

  You're driving through Tishomingo, the historic capital of the Chickasaw Nation. Right here is where Oklahoma's first legislature founded Murray State College back in 1908, originally as the Murray State School of…

• Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge · Eohc

  You're driving past Tishomingo, Oklahoma, and right here is the Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge. Established by presidential order in 1946, this place is a haven for hundreds of thousands of migratory birds each…

• Chickasaw Nation Capitol Building · 0.2 mi · Things to Do

  1898 granite capitol. Became the county courthouse after 1907 statehood. Reclaimed by the Nation in 1992.

• Bloomfield Academy · 0.2 mi · Things to Do

  Chickasaw girls boarding school founded 1852. Te Ata attended here before conquering the world stage.

• Chickasaw Nation Capitols · 0.2 mi · Scraped Hmdb

  You're driving through the heart of what was once the Chickasaw Nation, and this spot in Tishomingo was the center of their government. After being forcibly removed from their homelands in the Southeastern United States…

• Johnston County Courthouse · 0.2 mi · Things to Do

  Built after statehood when the Chickasaw capitol became the county seat.

• Te Ata Birthplace · 0.3 mi · Things to Do

  Chickasaw storyteller born Dec 3 1895. Performed for FDR at his 1933 inaugural dinner and for King George VI in 1939.

• Blake Shelton Tishomingo · 0.3 mi · Things to Do

  The Voice star bought a ranch here and made this town of 3000 his home base.

• Brown Spring · 0.3 mi · Things to Do

  The spring that determined where the Chickasaw capital would be sited in 1856.

• Tishomingo, OK · 0.5 mi

  Tishomingo, nestled in the Cross Timbers region of Oklahoma, carries a history etched into its slightly rolling landscape. As the capital of the Chickasaw Nation, its significance predates Oklahoma statehood; some…

• Tishomingo, OK · 0.6 mi

  Tishomingo, Oklahoma, nestled in the gently rolling terrain of Johnston County, owes its character to its history as the capital of the Chickasaw Nation. While agriculture and ranching have long been staples of the…

• The Chickasaw White House · 1.0 mi · Things to Do

  Governor residence built after the Trail of Tears. Center of Chickasaw governance.

• Murray State College · 1.2 mi · Things to Do

  Founded 1908 and named for Alfalfa Bill Murray. One of the oldest colleges in Oklahoma.

• Pennington Creek · 1.4 mi · Things to Do

  Spring-fed limestone creek running through town. Swimming holes and blue-green water.

• Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge · 3.2 mi · Things to Do

  Established 1946 on the Central Flyway. Bald eagles and thousands of geese each winter.

• Ravia · 4.3 mi · Eohc

  You're driving through Johnston County, near Tishomingo, and you're passing through Ravia. This town sprung up in 1894, named for Joseph D. Ravia, a Texan married into the Chickasaw Nation. By 1899, it was officially…

• Oil Springs · 5.4 mi · Eohc

  You're driving through Johnston County, and right here, you're passing through an area that was known for its natural oil springs, long before Oklahoma was even a state. Native Plains Indians knew about these seeps for…

• Milburn · 7.4 mi · Eohc

  Right here in Milburn, you're driving through a town that almost had a dozen names! When the railroad came through in the early 1900s, everyone wanted a say in naming the new townsite. The railroad company liked McLish,…

• White House of the Chickasaws · 8.1 mi · Scraped Hmdb

  Pull over here – this isn't just another house; it's the White House of the Chickasaws, a window into a nation's history. Built in 1895, this beautiful Queen Anne-style home was the residence of Chickasaw Nation…

• Emory, William Hemsley · 8.5 mi · Eohc

  You're driving through Johnston County, Oklahoma, near Emet, and right here is where a tough decision was made during the Civil War. In 1858, Major William Hemsley Emory was in command of forts in Indian Territory,…

• Madill · 11.8 mi · Eohc

  You're driving through Madill, Oklahoma, a town born from a railroad and a founder's vision. Back in 1900, William N. Taliaferro, who had farmed and ranched here since 1886, decided to lay out his lands as a townsite.…

• Fort Washita · 12.1 mi · Scraped Hmdb

  Pull over and step back in time! This is Fort Washita, established to keep the peace on the edge of a growing nation. In 1842, General Zachary Taylor, later President, founded the fort to protect the Choctaw and…

• Oakland · 12.2 mi · Eohc

  You're driving past Oakland, a Marshall County community that owes its name to a cluster of oak trees. Back in 1874, Capt. Richard Wiggs, a Confederate officer, settled here, building his home among the trees. He named…

• Mannsville · 12.4 mi · Eohc

  Right here in Mannsville, Oklahoma, the story of this town really took off in August of 1888 when it received its U.S. postal designation. Wallace A. Mann was the first postmaster, and the town honored his family with…

• Johnston County, OK · 12.8 mi

  Johnston County, Oklahoma, nestled within the rolling hills and wooded areas of the Cross Timbers ecoregion, bears the name of Douglas H. Johnston, a prominent governor of the Chickasaw Nation. This region, part of the…

• Penner Ranch · 13.9 mi · Eohc

  You're driving through the Mill Creek area, and right here is the Penner Angus Ranch, possibly the oldest family-operated ranch in Oklahoma! Its story starts way back in 1855, when Chickasaw Governor Cyrus Harris…

• Harris, Cyrus · 13.9 mi · Eohc

  You're driving through Johnston County, not far from Mill Creek. Right here, in the 19th century, lived Cyrus Harris, a pivotal leader of the Chickasaw Nation. Harris served an incredible five terms as governor, first…

• Mill Creek · 13.9 mi · Eohc

  You're driving through Johnston County, and right here is Mill Creek. This town owes its start to Cyrus Harris, the first governor of the Chickasaw Nation, who settled here back in 1855. He even operated a mill on the…

• Connerville, OK · 14.6 mi · Local history

  Connerville sits nestled in the heart of the Cross Timbers, where Oklahoma's Lowland South begins its slow rise toward the Arbuckle Mountains. This is land defined by its duality — scrubby post oak and blackjack oak…

• Marshall County · 15.5 mi · Eohc

  You're driving through Marshall County, and right here, a massive transformation happened. In 1944, the Denison Dam was completed, creating the enormous Lake Texoma. This lake didn't just change the landscape; it…

• The Element Named After a Stink · 15.9 mi

  Most elements get dignified names from planets, places, or famous scientists. Bromine got named after a smell, and not a good one. When chemists isolated it back in the eighteen twenties, the stuff reeked. The French…

• Why a Boring Cliche Is Called a Bromide · 16.0 mi

  Ever heard someone call a tired old saying a bromide? That word traces straight back to chemistry, and to this town's namesake. For about a hundred years, from the late eighteen hundreds onward, bromide salts like…

• The Town Named for What's in the Water · 16.0 mi

  Bromide is a tiny town in south-central Oklahoma, and it is named for exactly what bubbles up out of the ground here: bromine-rich mineral water. Long before statehood, the Chickasaw knew these springs as medicine…

• One of Only Two Liquid Elements · 16.2 mi

  The element this town is named after pulls off something almost no other element can. Picture the periodic table. The vast majority of those elements are solid at room temperature. A handful are gases. But only two of…

• Bromide · 16.4 mi · Eohc

  You're driving through northeastern Johnston County, and right here is Bromide. It wasn't always called Bromide, though. Originally named Juanita, then Zenobia, it finally became Bromide in 1907, named for the mineral…

• Pontotoc, OK · 16.4 mi · Local history

  Pontotoc, Oklahoma, rests in the rolling hills of the Cross Timbers, a landscape where the South begins to meet the West. This area, now Johnston County, was once part of the Chickasaw Nation, their presence woven…

• Kingston · 16.5 mi · Eohc

  You're driving through Kingston, Oklahoma, right where highways 70 and 32 meet. This town has a bit of a split personality, born from a railroad switcheroo! It started in 1894, named for a local resident, Jeff King. But…

• Wapanucka · 17.4 mi · Eohc

  Right here in Wapanucka, you're driving through a place with roots stretching back to the Delaware people, who called this 'Eastern Land People.' In the 1850s, a unique school called the Wapanucka Female Manual Labour…

• Fort McCulloch · 18.0 mi · Scraped Hmdb

  Pull over here for a second and imagine this quiet spot buzzing with activity – it was once Fort McCulloch, a vital Confederate stronghold in Indian Territory. Built in 1862 by Confederate Brigadier General Albert Pike,…

• Johnston County, OK · 18.3 mi

  Johnston County, Oklahoma, nestled in the Cross Timbers, offers a landscape where the prairie begins its gentle rise into the Arbuckle Mountains. This meeting of biomes, a lowland South transition zone, gave the county…

• Nail's Station · 18.3 mi · Scraped Hmdb

  Imagine weary travelers, bouncing along in stagecoaches, finding respite right here. Nail's Station, also known as Blue River Station, was a vital stop on both the Butterfield Overland Mail route and the older Texas…

• Silo · 18.4 mi · Eohc

  You're driving through Bryan County, and right here is Silo. It started as a stop on a stagecoach route back in the 1800s, with a post office opening in 1893. It even had a hotel, but when that caught fire, the…

• Dickson · 18.4 mi · Eohc

  You're driving through eastern Carter County, and right here is the community of Dickson. It all started with a need for a school. In 1923, the Dickson Consolidated School District was formed, consolidating several…

• Mead · 19.1 mi · Eohc

  You're driving past Mead, Oklahoma, a town with roots stretching back to 1866. It started as a camp meeting ground for a band of Creeks, near two large springs. Presbyterian missionaries held services here, preaching in…

• Eaker, Ira Clarence · 19.2 mi · Eohc

  Right here in Kenefic, Oklahoma, is where a true pioneer of air power got his start. Ira Eaker moved here in 1912, and went on to become one of the "fathers" of the U.S. Air Force. You might know him as the commander of…

• Fort McCulloch · 19.2 mi · Eohc

  You're driving through Bryan County, not far from Kenefic, and you're passing the site of Fort McCulloch. This was the main Confederate stronghold in southern Indian Territory during the Civil War. Built by General…

• Kenefic · 19.2 mi · Eohc

  You're driving through Bryan County, near Caddo, and right here is Kenefic. This area was once a crucial stop on the Butterfield Overland Mail route, with Nail's Station right nearby from 1858 to 1861. Later, Fort…