No Sign of Bigfoot in Hochatown

HOCHATOWN, OKLAHOMA — The original Hochatown, named for a Choctaw family, is now submerged, flooded when the Mountain Fork River was dammed to form Broken Bow Lake. Like all land in America, it was first inhabited by Native Americans — in this case, members of the Choctaw tribe. Similar to Broken Bow, a few miles south, Hochatown grew in the early 20th century around the Choctaw Lumber and Coal Company (now Dierks Forests). Once the surrounding virgin forest was largely cleared, the lumber company relocated. The post office closed in 1963. The cemetery and church were relocated to higher ground;...

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