Alexander Posey

Historical marker location:

Eufaula, Oklahoma

( Marker is at the intersection of Selmon Road (State Highway 9) and 2nd Street, on the right when traveling west on Selmon Road.)

Marker installed: 1972

This famous Creek poet and journalist's life prematurely ended when he drowned in the North Canadian River near Eufaula on May 27, 1908. Alexander Posey was the editor of newspapers, a member of the Dawes Commission, and widely known for his poems such as "Ode to Sequoyah.".