ers , ▁and ▁Ant lers . ▁ ▁Other ▁communities ▁along ▁the ▁rail road ▁between ▁these ▁points ▁later ▁van ished ▁or ▁are ▁today ▁only ▁place ▁names , ▁such ▁as ▁K ell ond , ▁Stanley ▁and ▁K iam ichi . ▁ ▁For ▁dec ades ▁the ▁F ris co ▁constit uted ▁the ▁greatest ▁fe at ▁of ▁engineering ▁and ▁man made ▁structure ▁in ▁P ush m ata ha ▁County . ▁Work ers ▁moved ▁and ▁sh aped ▁huge ▁amounts ▁of ▁earth ▁to ▁form ▁its ▁elev ated ▁road bed , ▁and ▁constructed ▁numerous ▁wooden ▁tr est les ▁over ▁cre eks ▁and ▁rivers . ▁Once ▁in ▁place ▁the ▁rail road ▁attract ed ▁commerce ▁and ▁industry , ▁where ▁white ▁men ▁in ▁the ▁Indian ▁Territ ory ▁hoped ▁to ▁st ake ▁a ▁claim . ▁ ▁B id ▁for ▁self - det erm ination ▁Although ▁the ▁Five ▁Civil ized ▁Trib es ▁of ▁the ▁Indian ▁Territ ory ▁opposed ▁being ▁incorpor ated ▁within ▁a ▁United ▁States ▁state , ▁by ▁the ▁turn ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁century , ▁state hood ▁of ▁some ▁sort ▁appeared ▁in ev itable . ▁ ▁A ▁group ▁of ▁leaders ▁from ▁the ▁Five ▁Civil ized ▁Nations ▁– ▁Cho ct aw , ▁Ch ero kee , ▁Ch ick as aw , ▁Creek , ▁and ▁Sem in ole ▁– ▁met ▁at ▁Mus k og ee ▁in ▁an ▁attempt ▁to ▁se ize ▁the ▁initi ative ▁and ▁fashion ▁a ▁state ▁from ▁the ▁Indian ▁Territ ory , ▁a ▁juris diction ▁to ▁be ▁controlled ▁by ▁Native ▁Americans . ▁ ▁Their ▁meeting , ▁which ▁came ▁to ▁be ▁known ▁as