Rivers & Streams of Murray County, Oklahoma

The Washita River is the largest tributary in the county. It forms the boundary of the northwest and southwest edge of the county. It was the most important stream running through the Chickasaw Nation. The river served as the boundary between Pickens District and Tishomingo District in the Nation.
The Battle of the Washita was fought up river in the winter of 1868.   
The first water powered grist mill was established at Pauls Valley on the Washita River shortly after the Civil War by a Choctaw named Zack Gardner. Pioneers such as Nathan Price established a mill near Dougherty at Price's Falls in the 1870's.  Cyrus Harris established a mill in far eastern Murray County on Cherokee Creek and the named changed to Mill Creek.

Other streams and creeks with approximate locations in the county are:
Big Sandy Creek - between Iona and Oak Grove
Branch Creek - 1/2 mi. SE of Buckhorn
Broad Hollow Creek - NE of Big Canyon
Buckhorn Creek - from SE of Sulphur to Arbuckle Lake
Chigley Sandy Creek - from Chigley to Washita N of Davis
Chili Creek - 1 mi. N of Drake
Cochran Creek - 3 mi. NE of Sulphur
Colbert Creek - Arbuckle Mtns - SW Murray county
Deel Creek - 3 mi. W of Dougherty
Denmark Creek - 2 mi. S of Big Canyon
Dry Creek - 1 mi. E of Buckhorn
Eight Mile Creek - 8 miles west of Ft. Arbuckle
Falls Creek - 7 mi. S of Davis, Baptist Assembly Grounds
Five Mile Creek - 5 miles west of Ft. Arbuckle
Garden Creek - Original name of Garrison Creek
Garrison Creek - Ran through Ft. Arbuckle
Guy Sandy - from Oak Grove to Arbuckle Lake
Hickory Creek - Arbuckle Mtns - SW Murray county 
Hogskin Creek - 2 mi. W of Oak Grove
Honey Creek - Arbuckle Mtns - Source of water for Turner Falls.
Jack Creek - 1 mi. NE of Big Canyon
Kickapoo Sandy Creek - 1 mi. NE of Joy
Little Hickory Creek - Arbuckle Mtns - SW Murray county
Little West Blue Creek - 1 NE of Hickory
Mill Creek - from NE of Hickory along eastern boundary of county
Old Mill Creek - Original name of Colbert Creek near Ft. Arbuckle
Oil Creek - 1/2 mi. E of Nebo
Pumpkin Creek - E. Murray Co. on old Turner Ranch
Rock Creek - NE of Sulphur to Lake Arbuckle
Spring Creek - Arbuckle Mtns - SW Murray county
Squirrel Creek - 4 miles E of Hennepin
Thomas Creek - Arbuckle Mtns - SW Murray county
Vines Branch - 1 mi. NW of Dougherty 
Wildhorse Creek - 2 miles NW of Davis

Falls Creek  -  Price's Falls - 1890

 

Cochran Creek

 

Mill Creek Headwaters  west of Hickory

 

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