Murray County OK Rivers & Streams

			Rivers & Streams of Murray County, Oklahoma
Falls Creek - Price's Falls - 1890 Cochran Creek Mill Creek Headwaters west of Hickory			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