Below are a few corrections, clarifications and additions to "Price's Retreat in IT."

The Kansas City Southern railway along Sallisaw Creek, Price's path of retreat from Davis Mountain (Stilwell) to Dwight Mission (near the Arkansas River), was built in 1895.

Price crossed the Arkansas River on 11-7-1864, landing on the south side of the river at Pleasant Bluff (a geographic feature, the name of nearby Pleasant Creek, and the name of a riverboat (small steamboat) landing (by 1840) on the Arkansas River in the Choctaw Nation. The community of Pleasant Bluff had its name changed to Tamaha (Choctaw name for "town" ) in 1884. A local historical marker (OHS 1982) notes the historical sites of the old Tamaha Jail and Ferry Landing. I note a recent visit to Tamaha and post on these sites on 10-6-14 by Michael Manning.

As Price continued his retreat down the Texas Road, he came by the camp of BG Stand Watie at Sulphur Springs. BG Cooper also used this site near Little Boggy. Noted Oklahoma historian Grant Foreman notes in Chronicles of Oklahoma, Vol. 6, No. 1 of March 1928 that a nearby railroad stop was given a post office name of "Stringtown" along the new (1872) railroad on 8-17-1874; that the name of the post office was later changed to "Sulphur Springs" on 7-9-77; and then renamed "Stringtown" on 7-23-77. {Another name tradition is that the original name for the site was Springtown, for the nearby sulphur springs.} The official U.S. Post Office version is noted by Grant Foreman. In any case, Price retreated down US 69 from McAlester to Atoka on his way to Texas.

The Ft. Smith to Ft. Towson military road was commissioned and blazed in 1838 but was "built" and opened in 1839. It crossed OK highway 3 (on a NW-SE course to Doaksville) at the water tower located 1 miles east of Rattan, and the road passed between my father's and grandfather's ranches located north of Rattan.