 pushmataha county is a county located in the southeastern part of the u.s. state of oklahoma. it was created at statehood from part of the choctaw nation, whose capital was at the town of tuskahoma. as of the 2010 census, the population was 11,572. its county seat is antlers. the county was named for an important choctaw chief. ==history==  ===administrative history=== * ca. 1000-1500: caddoan mississippian civilization at spiro mounds * 1492-1718: spain * 1718-1763: france * 1763-1800: spain * 1800-1803: france * 1803âpresent: united states :* 1824-1825: miller county, arkansas territory (eastern portion of the county) :* 1825-1907: choctaw nation of indian territory :* 1907-present: state of oklahomajohn w. morris, boundaries of oklahoma, pp. 4 & 14 ===prehistory and exploration=== during prehistoric times pushmataha county was the home during the middle woodland period of the fourche maline culture. over time, and possibly through contact with the middle mississippian culture to their northeast, the fourche maline became the caddoan mississippian culture. one of their most impressive sites was at spiro mounds, near spiro, oklahoma, whose trade territory easily encompassed the full extent of the kiamichi river and little river valleys.claudette marie gilbert and robert l. brooks,from mounds to mammothsâa field guide to oklahoma prehistory, page 74. north americaâs history changed forever in 1492 with the arrival of europeans under christopher columbus. within decades european explorers were ranging wide and far across the north american interior, seeking fame, treasures, and conquests on behalf of their empires.  franceâs bernard de la harpe explored the area of the modern pushmataha county in 1719. 
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