Ken - As you are traveling east on Hwy 62 from Fort Gibson, exactly eight miles from Fort Gibson, you will find Manard Road. People from Fort Gibson call it 8 Mile Road. It is one mile inside the Cherokee County line. Coming from Tahlequah and going west toward Fort Gibson, it is eight miles from the 'old' Tahlequah city limits (where all the car dealerships are now) on the south end of Tahlequah. Again, eight miles from the 'old' city limits, you will find Manard Road. Go north on Manard Road, which, by the way is the only direction you can go on Manard Road from Hwy 62. This is a hilly and dangerous paved road. As you start the first incline, to your left, on the top of the hill and over in the brush is an abandoned cemetery called Reese Cemetery. Many early Cherokees are buried here. It is in a sad state of disrepair, and even sadder because the descendants live close by. As you come off the hill you will go down and up. Slow down. If you make this journey in the winter, you can see the old road beds off to your left and right under the grass, especially when the frost is just right. Go very slow at the white pipe fence at the top of the hill on the left and look off to the left (west) throught the new growth of pine trees. You will see the old cabin that I surmise is the old agency established by Bartholet and Heald. If it is not, it belonged to someone quite prosperous. Each floor joist is a single tree of native white oak and the building was pegged together. It isn't anything shabby and much more substantial than a typical settler's cabin. It has two 16 foot square pens with a fireplace on each end and a dogtrot in the middle. There is a hand dug well that is brick lined, and it had a smoke house and a wonderful cellar, again fully lined with rock. As I said, it was quite sturdy. The Oklahoma Archelogical Survey dated the house and chimney at about 1820-30. This building later became the local post office and then a residence. It is at the back of this house where the roads that you are speaking of converged. One came from Tahlequah and Eureka and one came from Park Hill and points south. They merged with the Gibson Road at this spot. Again, you can still see these old road beds, but you have to get out and walk the field, and you can't do that without permission. If you go past this place and take the first left at County Line Road, you will cross Manard Bayou at a low water slab. The ridge that is talked about in the official report where Taylor was killed runs NE to SW along to your right. As you continue west on County Line Road, you will cross 7 Mile Road. The battle occurred between 7 Mile and 6 Mile Road on your right all the way to Hwy 62 on your left. This is about a two square mile area. This entire area has been metal detected and pot dug to death. If you would like to get permission to walk some of these areas send me a personal email and I will see what I can do. Friends, relatives and co-workers own many of these sites. Hope this helps. Jennifer