Confederate Commissary

The plaque cites an 1861 Confederate treaty with tribes in Indian Territory. Albert Pike, the Confederacy's commissioner to the tribes west of Arkansas, concluded nine treaties with Indian Territory nations between July and October 1861, among them the Choctaw and Chickasaw on July 12 and the Cherokee Nation, signed under John Ross, on October 7. The plaque does not say which agreement it means. It ties the rations issued here to civilians of the Choctaw, Cherokee and other nations to that diplomacy.

What the plaque says

Confederate Commissary Army supply headquarters for Northern Sub-district of Texas. Dispensed uniforms, clothing, blankets, harness, bridles, gear, saddles, food rations. Beef, pork and wild game were cooked in an Army mess kitchen furnace on this site. At least 7 brigades defending the northeastern frontier of Texas drew supplies here. To keep the 1861 Confederate treaty with friendly tribes in Indian Territory, food rations were issued here to civilians of the Choctaw, Cherokee and other nations fighting for the South. (1965)

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

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• Eisenhower Birthplace State Historic Site — 24 mi
  The small frame house beside the Katy tracks in Denison where Dwight Eisenhower was born in 1890, bought by townspeople in 1946 and given to Texas in 1958.
• Eisenhower State Park — 29 mi
  A bluff-top park on Lake Texoma opened in 1958 on land leased from the Corps of Engineers, in the Red River country of Fort Johnson, Colbert's Ferry and the Butterfield stages.

More markers nearby

• Constantine Lodge No. 13, A. F. & A. M. — steps away
• Site of Steger Opera House — steps away
• Fannin County — steps away
• First Christian Church of Bonham — steps away