TRANSPORTATION · HISTORICAL MARKER

Old Mail Route

Catoosa, Oklahoma
· Will Rogers Memorial Highway
Transportation
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About one-half mile southwest stood Fort Spunky, a relay station on the Old Star Mail route between St. Louis and California. After the War Between the States, Catoosa was founded as the post office, with John Gunter Schrimsher (1835-1905), an uncle of Will Rogers, serving as postmaster.
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