Aunt Jane Our creepiness rating 💀💀💀💀💀
News On 6 reported in 2022 that two reenactors near a bridge saw a lantern-carrying woman with "no feet or head," according to longtime site manager Jim Argo. Aunt Jane, a headless ghost, is the best known; a security guard also described soldiers on horseback riding through the fence. Source: News On 6, 2022.
Facts below are drawn from the linked sources.
Real history
Zachary Taylor established the post in 1842. Federal forces left at the start of the Civil War, and Confederate troops burned the remaining buildings when the war ended. In 1962 the State of Oklahoma purchased the land and transferred it to the Oklahoma Historical Society, and restoration began (OHS Encyclopedia). The Chickasaw Nation bought the site from OHS in 2017 (Wikipedia).
Ghost stories
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Then and now
Public access
Open to the public The site is run as a historic site and museum by the Chickasaw Nation (Chickasaw Nation). Last checked: Nov 1, 2026.
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