Fort Towson is a town in Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States.

[6] The fort was first established to protect the southern border of the Indian Territory against Spanish colonies to the south.

After Indian Removal and the resettlement of the Choctaw in the area, the fort was revived to protect Doaksville, a mile to the west.

Fort Towson Landing was located at the head of navigable waters of the Red River.

Fort Towson was the site of the surrender of the last Confederate land forces in the American Civil War.

On June 23, 1865, Brigadier General Stand Watie, a Cherokee chief, agreed to terms and took his Choctaw Battalion out of the war.