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Con. of post: delivered and stacked by contractor. Purchased under contract. hauled from the Washita Valley and Texas; delivered at the post by contractor. Beef. supplied by contract. slaughtered. Water and Wood the post is supplied with water from Medicine Bluff creek. Wood, supplied by contract and cut in the vicinity Post office and mail. Post office at the post J. S. Evans P. M. [M]ail Line to Fort Smith Ark and Baxter Springs Kas. via Arbuckle and Perryville P.N. Traders. Post Traders. John S. Evans appointed by the Secretary of War October 10th 1870 Cemetery. Cemetery is situated, one half a mile west of the Post. has not yet been laid out or enclosed. Nearest Rivers and Settlements Canadian River 60 miles North Washita River 30 [miles] North Red River 40 [miles] South. Arbuckle and Cherokee town I.T. about 75 miles East. Red River Station Texas 60 miles South East. Rail Road Nearest Railroad and telegraph station 320 miles