Fort Gibson

Historical marker location:

Fort Gibson, Oklahoma

( Marker is on East Ash Avenue just east of Lee Street, on the left when traveling east.)

In the twenty-six years before the Civil War, more than a hundred West Point graduates served at Fort Gibson, including Confederate President Jefferson Davis. In 1841, the post was headquarters of Brigadier General and later President Zachary Taylor. Known as Fort Blunt and occupied by federal troops during the Civil War, the post was abandoned in 1890. See Fort Gibson.