The Battle of Twin Mounds or Round Mountain. Part of the Campaign of Confederate encroachment in the area, it was part of the "Trail of Blood on Ice." The date of the battle was Nov. 19, 1861. This marker was set in place in 1955 in Payne County about four miles west of Yale (1 mi north and 1/4 mile west of junction of OK-19 and OK51). The memorial marked the first battle of the Civil War in then Indian Territory. Some scholars believe the battle took place in Tulsa Co. (under the waters of Keystone Lake).
Combatants were a group of 9,000 Unionist (loyal) Creeks under Opothleyahola and 1,400 Confederate forces led by Col. Douglas Cooper. The battle was won by Cooper. Noted historian Angie Debo wrote a significant article on the site dispute concluding the evidence was in the favor of the Yale site. One of the corner pieces of that argument was a statement written, and forgotten in a Washington D.C. file , of a Native American recalling that time.
The Battle is remembered through reenactments of a winter encampment of the time period and is a highlight of the Yale community. Cost is minimal but dress warmly as the event occurs in February. The 2020 dates are Feb.14-16, 2020.
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