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spaces] During 1861-1865, Coal Co, as part of the Choctaw-Chickasaw nations, saw many Confederate Cherokee refugees as the Civil War wove back and forth across the Indian Territory. This area provided troops to the Confederacy.

Coal County was the site of much coal activity during the middle and latter 19th century, second only to Pittsburg County in Oklahoma. Many people of all nationalities immigrated into the area because of the work and got their start there. This county was a part of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations. At the time, Ben F. Smallwood, Principle Chief of the Choctaw lived on a farm in the area. These coal mining camps were the start of many of the towns in Coal County.

The decades have seen drought and recession, hard times and lean years, coal companies shut down and oil wells sealed up. They've also brought happy times, football seasons, Fourth of Julys, the pioneers dying, and new babies. These coal miners and the Choctaw Nation have left a great Coal County heritage.



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