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Chickasaw were forced to emigrate to the Indian Territory, they built their main town, Tishomingo. There they constructed a one-room log council house to serve as their capitol. In 1856, the Chickasaw built a two-story brick building that served as their capitol until 1898. The ravages of
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The museum is open Monday through Friday, 8 AM to 5 PM, and
Saturday, 10 AM through 4 PM. Tours are offered Tuesday through Friday from 10 AM through 4:30 PM. The largest exhibit presents Chickasaw government history from 1856 through 1907. Other featured exhibits include a replica of Governor
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The building continued to serve until
November 7, 1908, when Oklahoma officially became a state and the Chickasaw Nation was officially notified to vacate the premises. It remained vacant until 1910, when the Chickasaw Nation sold it to
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Despite the knowledge that the capitol would soon become useless because the Nation would become defunct, its leaders pursued construction of an imposing building as a memorial to the existence of the
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the Civil War and the aftermath of financial hard times left the 1856 building in a sorry state. The
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Johnston's office, the National Secretary's vault, a Chickasaw Governors portrait collection, a rotating photography exhibit, and the Chickasaw National Well, just outside the building.
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for use as a courthouse. It was added to the
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