Nail's Station

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Nail's Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nail's Station Location of Nail's Station in Oklahoma
Location	Bryan County, Oklahoma
Nearest city	Kenefic, Oklahoma
Coordinates	34°07′52.4″N 96°23′25.8″W / 34.131222°N 96.390500°W / 34.131222; -96.390500Coordinates: 34°07′52.4″N 96°23′25.8″W / 34.131222°N 96.390500°W / 34.131222; -96.390500
Built	1858
NRHP Reference #	72001059
Commerce	1850-1874
Transportation	1850-1874
Added to NRHP	June 29, 1972
Designated	June 29, 1972

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).

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

Butterfield Overland Mail 7th Division Stations

Colbert's Ferry Fisher's Nail's Boggy Depot Geary's Waddell's Blackburn's Pusley's Riddle's Holloway's Trahern's Walker's Fort Smith Source: "List of Butterfield Overland Mail Stations "Itinerary of the Route"". New York Times. October 14, 1858.

Butterfield Overland Mail in Indian Territory
Next station West Fisher's Station	14 miles	Nail's Station	17 miles	Next station East Boggy Depot

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