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George C. Sibley Expedition
Alfalfa County
Location: 1/2 mile east of junction of OK-8 and OK-11, north of Cherokee
Sibley, an Osage Indian agent, and two others were believed to be the first whites to view the Great Salt Plains on an expedition to the area in the summer of 1811. Sibley called the geological phenomenon "a perfect level plain covered in dry hot weather from two to six inches deep with a beautiful clean white salt."

Monument Boundary
Alfalfa County
Location: on the northwest corner of Sod House Museum grounds
Material: Granite

Sod House
Alfalfa County
Location: on OK-8, five miles north of Cleo Springs at Sod House Museum
Material: Granite
This is the only complete, restored, and intact sod house remaining in Oklahoma. As Oklahoma was settled, homesteaders cut long furrows of sod into blocks and stacked them to form walls. Openings were left for windows and doors. Thousands of sod houses once dotted the prairie but eventually were destroyed by the harsh climate of the Great Plains. This house, constructed by Marshall McCully, was protected by trees and a frame building.

Stella Friends Academy
Alfalfa County
Location: on OK-11, two miles east of junction with US-64, north of Cherokee
Material: Aluminum
A group of Quakers settled this part of the Cherokee Outlet in 1893. A primary school opened in a sod house and was named for the first teacher, Stella Howard. Within four years a high school was built. The school closed in 1922 after railroad expansion brought new towns and free schools into the area.

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