Johnnie, Here's a couple of the answers I received from the other list when I asked if Ft Gibson was ever in AR and thought you might be interested. I've lived near Ft. Gibson all my life and never knew that. Never too old to learn!! :) Pat Pat, YES, it was. Parts of the Indian Territory were included in Arkansas. I saw a map of the Indian Territory just this last Saturday at the Ardmore library that showed the Arkansas county line stretching across about the Eastern 1/4 part of I.T. It took in about the eastern part of IT by about 75 miles. All of this section except the far NE corner around Miami were included in the county. I was amazed when I saw it and took a good look at it. The time period of this map was about the 1830's or 1840's if I remember correctly. When the line for the boundary of Oklahoma and Arkansas was surveyed, that funny little jog in the boundary was made to keep Ft. Smith in Arkansas. No kidding! Remember that parts of Arkansas was also Indian land after the removals so I would imagine that many years passed before they got all this straightened out. So, the counties in Arkansas as they are now is NOT the way they were during this time period. Counties were added and removed and changed in size, you name it. Dennis Muncrief Murray County CC "Historical Atlas of Oklahoma", pg 21 It appears that Fort Gibson was within Crawford Co AR Territory. What is now McCurtain Co OK and west to near Fort Towson were within "Old" Miller Co AR Territory. From this map, Crawford Co seems to have extended just south of the Kiamichi River and north to the Missouri border. Fort Gibson was on the western most boundary, being barely inside it. This map is undated. "In 1824 an act of Congress fixed the western boundary of AR Terr. on a line forty miles west of the SW corner of MO." "Surveyed by John C Brown, the new AR boundary cut through the lower Kiamichi near the stream's mouth and crossed west of the Three Forks area. The act was a clear violation of the Treaty of Doak's Stand." TLNealy