Transcript Heavener Runestone

 Located in the State Park on Poteau Mountain near
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Heavener, Oklahoma
First discovered, according to oral history, by Choctaw
hunting party in the 1830’s (after they were forced here
on Trail of Tears)
8 mysterious symbols in huge slab of stone.
In a ravine, protected by overhanging cliffs
12 feet high and 16 inches thick
White men discovered in 1870’s
1913 discovered again by Carl F. Kemmerer
 Gloria Stewart
 Brought to the site by
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Carl Kemmerer
She dedicated 30
years of her life to
research on it
Determined the
inscription not made
by French, Spanish or
Indians. Possibly by
Vikings who could
have come up from
the Mississippi River
Originally thought
date was November 11,
1012.
Could be 400 years
older than that
Shawnee Runestone – dated November 24, 1024
Poteau Runestone