Cookson Hills

The Cookson Hills are in the eastern part of Oklahoma. They are an extension of the Boston Mountains of Arkansas to the east and the southwestern margin of the Ozark Plateau. They lie generally between Stilwell, Oklahoma, Sallisaw, Oklahoma and Tahlequah, Oklahoma. The area became part of the Cherokee Nation in the early 1800s until 1907 when Oklahoma became a state. The region is a rugged dissected plateau with numerous peaks and ridges of 1,500 feet or higher. The Cooksons are drained by tributaries of the Arkansas River.

The depression-era bank robber Charles Arthur ("Pretty Boy" Floyd) was raised in the Cookson Hills.

References

• Kevin J. Ware and Richard A. Marston, Cookson Hills, Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture, Oklahoma Historical Society

External links

• Cookson Hills Area, TopoQuest