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American Mutual Company
Oklahoma CountyLocation: 1001 North Pennsylvania Avenue in Oklahoma City
Coordinates: 35.478599, -97.548711
Material: Aluminum
Sponsor(s): Salvation Army, Central Oklahoma Area Command/Oklahoma Historical Society
Topics: Industrial Period, 1941–1982; Industry/Business; Retail
A pioneer of the warehouse club retail industry, American Mutual Company was established by the Homsey brothers and operated on this site from 1961 until 1987. The Homseys fought in court to give business owners the right to set their own prices without interference by producers, won in the Oklahoma Supreme Court on April 18, 1961, and thus changed Oklahoma’s retail environment.
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Andrew Solomon Layton
Oklahoma CountyLocation: on the grounds of the Wiley Post Building, 2100 North Lincoln Boulevard, Oklahoma City
Material: Granite
Topics: Early Statehood, 1907–1941; Education; Government; Social/Cultural; Urban Development
Oklahoma's premier pioneer architect, Layton designed the State Capitol (1914), the Oklahoma Historical Society building (1930), and other early Oklahoma City structures, including the Mid-Continent Life Insurance Building. Statewide, Layton and his associates designed more than a hundred buildings, including thirty-two buildings at six colleges (plus at least one in Texas), twenty-one government buildings, and more than forty schools. He also designed residences in a number of communities and even a subdivision in Ponca City for the Marland Company.
Birthplace of the Reflection Seismograph
Oklahoma CountyLocation: on grounds of Belle Isle Metropolitan Library, Oklahoma City
Coordinates: 35.525897, -97.556988
Material: Granite
Sponsor(s): Geophysical Society of Oklahoma City
Topics: Early Statehood, 1907–1941; Petroleum
Field tests that confirmed the validity of the reflection seismography method of prospecting for oil were conducted near this spot on June 4, 1921. The shot has virtually echoed around the world. This monument was erected to commemorate the golden anniversary of the event.
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The CCC and OKC Zoological Park and Amphitheater
Oklahoma CountyLocation: at Oklahoma City Zoo
Material: Granite
Topics: Early Statehood, 1907–1941; Government; Recreational/Service; Social/Cultural
This park was created between 1933 and 1936 by members of Civilian Conservation Corps No. 875 and 895. These companies were two of many such companies organized by the federal government during the Great Depression to provide useful employment for thousands of young men and to develop and save the nation's natural resources.
Central State College
Oklahoma CountyLocation: at intersection of Second Street and Boulevard in Edmond
Coordinates: 35.652670, -97.478190
Material: Aluminum
Sponsor(s): Oklahoma Historical Society and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation
Topics: Education; Territorial Period, 1861–1907
The Oklahoma Territorial Legislature established the school for the training of teachers in December of 1890. Known as Central State Teachers College, Central State College, and Central State University, the institution is now the University of Central Oklahoma. Old North, built in 1892, is the oldest building on campus.
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Civil War 10-Pounder
Oklahoma CountyLocation: on grounds of Wiley Post Building, 2100 North Lincoln Boulevard, Oklahoma City
Coordinates: 35.490258, -97.502327
Material: Other (Concrete with bronze plaque)
Sponsor(s): Oklahoma Historical Society
Topics: Early Statehood, 1907–1941; Military; Recreation/Service
This three-inch, muzzle-loading field cannon was used in battle by the New Jersey Volunteer Artillery and for entertainment by Pawnee Bill's Wild West show. Major Gordon W. Lillie (Pawnee Bill) gave the cannon to his long-time publicist Frank Stuart who kept it at his Nichols Hills home before bequeathing it to the Oklahoma Historical Society. The marker associated with the cannon was removed with the conversion of the Wiley Post Building to the Oklahoma Judicial Center. The cannon has since been moved to the Pawnee Bill Ranch and Museum.
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Columbia
Oklahoma CountyLocation: five miles east, at Lacey and Sheridan
Topics: Agriculture; Government; Mass Communication; Settlement Patterns; Transportation
Located five miles to the east in old Oklahoma Territory, this agricultural community was the site of a post office from February 21, 1890, to February 28, 1913. Named for a local merchant, Columbus Fash, the town disappeared after being bypassed by the railroad.
Council Grove
Oklahoma CountyLocation: near Northwest Tenth Street and East Overholser Drive in Oklahoma City
Coordinates: 35.479047, -97.663289
Material: Other (Stone with bronze plaque)
Sponsor(s): Daughters of the American Revolution
Topics: American Indians; Indian and Frontier Trade; Military; Territorial Period, 1861–1907; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861
Jesse Chisholm opened a trading post in Council Grove in 1858. Col. Bonneville escorted Congressman J. S. Phelps through Council Grove to meet with the Comanche in 1859. In 1865 Comanche and Kiowa met with Confederate leaders. Barracks were constructed on site to house soldiers to clear timber for the construction of Fort Reno in 1884. Council Grove opened to settlement in 1889.
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Council Grove
Oklahoma CountyLocation: 820 North MacArthur Boulevard in Oklahoma City
Coordinates: 35.475143, -97.618764
Material: Aluminum
Sponsor(s): WesTen District and the Oklahoma Historical Society
Topics: American Indians; Environmental/Cultural Ecology; Indian and Frontier Trade; Military; Ranching; Settlement Patterns; Territorial Period, 1861–1907; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861
Council Grove was heavily wooded with cottonwood and elm trees, creating an ideal meeting place for the Muscogee (Creek), Kiowa, and Comanche nations. Jesse Chisholm, a trader of Scottish and Cherokee descent, opened a trading post in Council Grove in 1858. Chisholm encouraged cattle rancher Montford T. Johnson (Chickasaw) to establish a ranch in the area. Vicey Hermon (or Harmon, Chickasaw) managed the ranch, also known as “Johnson’s Grove,” which became known as the first permanent settlement in present Oklahoma City. In 1874 the federal government established a military reservation within Council Grove to provide wood for the construction of Fort Reno. David Payne established a boomer camp in Council Grove in 1880. In 1885, William Couch announced his intentions to colonize present Oklahoma County near Johnson’s ranch, only to be removed by the US cavalry. All of Council Grove except for the military reservation was opened to settlement on April 22, 1889. The Council Grove military reservation opened to settlement in December 1899.
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Council Grove
Oklahoma CountyLocation: in Melrose Park in Oklahoma City
Coordinates: 35.471460, -97.651433
Material: Granite
Sponsor(s): Oklahoma Historical Society
Topics: Land Openings; Military; Territorial Period, 1861–1907
During the opening of the Unassigned Lands in 1889, several sections of land in Council Grove were closed to settlement. Wood from these sections was reserved for use by Fort Reno and was guarded by the US Cavalry. Once the fort had no more use for timber in the reserve, it was auctioned for settlement in 1899. One of the first schools in Oklahoma County was established near this marker’s location. A post office was established in June 1892 and operated until 1906.
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Council Grove School
Oklahoma CountyLocation: on grounds of Council Grove Elementary School, 7721 Melrose Lane, in Oklahoma City
Coordinates: 35.472130, -97.653110
Material: Other
Sponsor(s): Unknown
Topics: Early Statehood, 1907–1941; Education; Industrial Period, 1941–1982; Territorial Period, 1861–1907
One of the first schools in Oklahoma County was originally located on West Reno Avenue. It was later moved to the southeast corner of Melrose Lane and Council Road. A second school building was constructed in 1900. It was replaced by a brick structure in 1938. In 1959 the Council Grove School District joined with four other school districts to form the Western Heights Public School District. A new structure was built in 1962 to serve as an elementary school for the district. The present elementary school building was constructed in 2011.
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Delmar Garden
Oklahoma CountyLocation: on West Reno Avenue and South Western Avenue near the Oklahoma River in Oklahoma City
Material: Granite
Topics: Early Statehood, 1907–1941; Folklife; Recreational/Service; Social/Cultural; Territorial Period, 1861–1907
Once reportedly the largest amusement park west of the Mississippi River, Delmar Garden occupied 140 acres along the North Canadian River. The magnificent park, which boasted an outdoor theater, beer garden, dance hall, swimming pool, baseball park, and race track, opened barely a dozen years after Oklahoma City was carved out of a prairie. The park operated from 1902 to 1910 when a mosquito epidemic caused by high water closed the park. Apache Chief Geronimo once signed autographs here.
Edmond Right-of-Way Graves
Oklahoma CountyLocation: In railroad right-of way northeast of intersection of Kelley Avenue and 33rd Street in Edmond
Coordinates: 35.627104, -97.487186
Material: Granite
Topics: Folklore/Folklife; Social/Cultural; Territorial, 1861–1907; Transportation
Frank Mosier and Willie Davis were employees of the Southern Kansas Railroad laying rail through present-day Edmond in September 1886. They died in a fight two miles south of the first Edmond train station. Because they were railroad employees, the men were buried side-by-side on the west side of the railroad right-of-way. Frank Mosier’s grave was originally marked by a sandstone marker that read, “Frank Mosier, Died September 17, 1886, Age 22.” The grave of Willie Davis is marked by a simple metal cross presumably erected by his brother years after the consequential fight and burial occurred.
Edmond Station, Indian Territory
Oklahoma CountyLocation: on Broadway North of 2nd Street, Edmond
Material: Granite
Topics: Transportation
The Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad gave birth to Edmond, Oklahoma, in terms of location and name on April 22, 1889. During road construction it was known as Mile 103 or "Summit," a side stop on a high point (elev. 1198 feet) of the railway grade between the Cimarron and the North Canadian Rivers. On March 28, 1887, the stop was officially named "Edmond Station" for Edmond Burdick, the Santa Fe's traveling freight agent, and full train service began in June. The AT&SF's first coaling barn for the Unassigned Lands was located here. John N. Steen, the first permanent resident, completed the water well for the steam locomotives in May of 1888. The conical-covered well, pump house, water tower, depot, telegraph and express office that were along the railroad right-of-way from Third Street to north of west Second and the coaling barn near Fifth were "Edmond" before the land run. The name was retained by the '89ers who established the town around the station.
First Cultivated Tree
Oklahoma CountyLocation: Oklahoma Historical Society grounds
Topics: Folklife; Social/Cultural; Timber
Transplanted from Colonel A. P. Chouteau's post at Salina, Oklahoma's first permanent settlement, this tree is a descendant of the first trees planted in present-day Oklahoma by Chouteau in the early nineteenth century.
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First Public Schoolhouse in Oklahoma Territory
Oklahoma CountyLocation: near southwest corner of intersection at Second Street and Boulevard in Edmond
Coordinates: 35.652850, -97.478840
Material: Aluminum
Sponsor(s): Edmond Historic Preservation Trust
Topics: Education; Social/Cultural; Territorial Period, 1861–1907
The first public school in Oklahoma Territory, located in Edmond, opened on September 16, 1889. The schoolhouse also hosted church meetings and the first recorded wedding in Oklahoma County. Preservation of the schoolhouse was one of the first official Oklahoma Centennial projects.
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First Tornado Forecast
Oklahoma CountyLocation: on Tinker Air Force Base
Topics: Industrial Period, 1941–1982; Military; Natural Resources
On March 25, 1948, two Tinker Air Force Base officers issued the first tornado forecast several hours before a tornado struck the base. Major Ernest J. Fawbush and Captain Robert C. Miller developed tornado forecasting techniques still in use today. Their work brought national attention to warning the public of potential danger of severe weather.
Harrah
Oklahoma CountyLocation: on East Main Street at Museum
Sponsor(s): Harrah Historical Society
Topics: Urban Development; American Indians; Settlement Patterns; Territorial Period, 1861–1907; Transportation; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861
The present site of Harrah was first settled in 1876 by French-Potawatomi Indian, Louis Navarre. In 1892, E. W. Sweeney built a bridge at a strategic ford across the North Canadian River, increasing the settlement's prospects. The railroad's arrival in 1896 assured success. Entrepreneur, Frank Harrah, purchased eighty acres from Navarre of which a portion was used for development. A forty-acre tract was surveyed, platted, and officially entered as the town of Harrah on February 18, 1899. This marker stands within the original tract in the heart of the town's early business district.
Joseph Bradfield Thoburn
Oklahoma CountyLocation: in Rose Hill Cemetery in Oklahoma City
Coordinates: 35.533461, -97.534527
Material: Granite
Sponsor(s): Oklahoma Historical Society
Topics: Early Statehood, 1907–1941; Government; Social/Cultural
Joseph Thoburn (1866–1941), Oklahoma’s pioneer historian, was born in Bellaire, Ohio, and reared and educated in Kansas. Thoburn was secretary of the Oklahoma Commercial Club and the Oklahoma Territorial Board of Agriculture. He was the director of the Oklahoma Historical Society for 38 years and admitted to the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 1932. He was also active in religious, educational, and civic works. Thoburn was buried in an unmarked grave in Rose Hill Cemetery when he died in 1941. This monument was installed in 1956. The Oklahoma Historical Society secured more than $2,500 from more than 100 donors across the state to purchase the monument.
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Kicking Bird
Oklahoma CountyLocation: in Gracelawn Cemetery in Edmond
Material: Granite
Topics: Folklife; Government; Land Openings; Mass Communication; Settlement Patterns; Territorial Period, 1861–1907
Publisher and founder of the Edmond Sun, Milton W. "Kicking Bird" Reynolds was a nationally known newspaperman who promoted opening the Unassigned Lands in the 1880s. He made the Land Run of 1889 by train and is credited as being the first to call Oklahoma "Land of the Fair God." He was a member of Oklahoma's first territorial legislature. He died in 1890.
King Charles II Charter
Oklahoma CountyLocation: Oklahoma Historical Society grounds
Material: Granite
Topics: Empire Period, 1541–1803; Government; Settlement Patterns
The charter of 1663 granted a large section of land from the east coast to the west coast to eight Lords Proprietors and supporters of Charles II. Much of present-day Oklahoma is included in the proposed boundaries of this charter.
Kunc Family Homestead/Bradbury Corner Historical Marker
Oklahoma CountyLocation: on Second Street at the entrance to Holiday Inn Express
Topics: Agriculture; Early Statehood, 1907–1941; Industry/Business; Land Openings; Settlement Patterns; Territorial Period, 1861–1907; Transportation
James and Katherine Kunc and son, William, made the run and homesteaded a quarter section on the southwest corner of Second and Sooner on April 22, 1889. In 1923, Everett Bradbury purchased one acre of land on the northeast corner of the homestead and established a campground and filling station. This intersection was the junction of US Highway 66 and US Highway 77 and became known as Bradbury Corner.
Liberty Bell Replica
Oklahoma CountyLocation: on the grounds of the Oklahoma History Center, 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive, Oklahoma City
Coordinates: 35.493843, -97.498985
Material: Other
Sponsor(s): Oklahoma Historical Society
Topics: Government; Industrial Period, 1941–1982; Social/Cultural
For the 1950 US Independence Savings Bond Drive, the US government ordered one Liberty Bell replica for each state. Cast in France, this bell was transported around the state on a flatbed truck to promote the sale of savings bonds. The bell, along with a modest granite marker, was originally located at the Wiley Post Building in Oklahoma City. The bell was later moved to the grounds of the Oklahoma History Center. The granite marker has been replaced by an interpretive sign.
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Oklahoma Baptist Orphans Home
Oklahoma CountyLocation: at intersection of Waterford Boulevard and North and Pennsylvania Avenue in Oklahoma City
Coordinates: 35.534590, -97.547042
Material: Aluminum
Sponsor(s): Oklahoma Baptist Historical Commission
Topics: Early Statehood, 1907–1941; Education; Social/Cultural; Territorial Period, 1861–1907
In 1903, Rev. J. A. Scott founded an orphans home in Oklahoma City under the auspices of the Oklahoma and Indian Territories Baptist Conventions. In 1907 the facility moved to a location at the corner of Northwest 63rd Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. The campus comprised more than twenty buildings. The property’s name was changed to the Oklahoma Baptist Children’s Home in 1936. The property was later sold, and a new campus opened on South Western Avenue in Oklahoma City in June 1982.
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Oklahoma City DAR Chapter
Oklahoma CountyLocation: on grounds of St. Lukes Methodist Church in Oklahoma City
Coordinates: 35.484658, -97.516389
Material: Other (Stone with bronze plaque)
Sponsor(s): Daughters of the American Revolution
Topics: Recreational/Service; Social/Cultural; Territorial Period, 1861–1907
Oklahoma City Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, was organized at the home of Mrs. Robert P. Carpenter, 212 NW 15th Street, on December 14, 1904.
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Oklahoma City No. 1
Oklahoma CountyLocation: near the intersection of Southeast 59th and Bryant
Material: Granite
Topics: Early Statehood, 1907–1941; Industry/Business; Natural Resources; Petroleum
On December 4, 1928, the Oklahoma City No. 1 blew, opening Oklahoma's most productive oil and gas field and the sixth largest in the nation. It was drilled by the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company, a subsidiary of Cities Service Oil Company and the Foster Petroleum Company. The well was deeded to the State of Oklahoma as a historic site after producing over a million barrels of oil.
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Oklahoma City Oil Field
Oklahoma CountyLocation: northeast corner of the Flag Plaza at State Capitol
Material: Granite
Topics: Early Statehood, 1907–1941; Industry/Business; Natural Resources; Petroleum
The discovery of the famous Oklahoma City Oil Field was made by H. V. Foster, president of the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company, on December 4, 1928, when Oklahoma City No. 1 began production. Located at Southeast 57th Street and Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company Boulevard, this well marked the beginning of a great rush for "black gold" in the area. The site is now under the control of the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Oklahoma City Zoo
Oklahoma CountyLocation: at Oklahoma City Zoo, NE 50th and Eastern in Oklahoma City
Material: Granite
Topics: Recreational/Service; Social/Cultural; Territorial Period, 1861–1907
First in the southwest, the Oklahoma City Zoo was established in Wheeler Park in 1904. It was destroyed by the flood of 1923. It was then moved to Lincoln Park.
Oklahoma’s First Television Station Channel 4
Oklahoma CountyLocation: 444 East Britton Road in Oklahoma City
Coordinates: 35.564470, -97.507036
Material: Aluminum
Sponsor(s): KFOR and the Oklahoma Historical Society
Topics: Industrial Period, 1941 to 1982; Mass Communication; Modern Period, 1982 to present
Engineering pioneers launched the first television broadcast in Oklahoma on June 6, 1949, in Oklahoma City. Prior to the premiere of WKY-TV (Channel 4), citizens were limited to newspapers and radio to stay informed. Sporadic entertainment programming and news updates filled the early broadcast days on WKY-TV. Images were black-and-white until 1954, when Channel 4 became the first locally owned television station in the nation to transmit its own programs in color. In 1950, the station was the first in the nation to use a mobile unit to produce live broadcasts from the field. In 1952, the weather department issued what is now considered the first live on-air tornado warning. The station continued to break new ground in 1999 by transmitting Oklahoma’s first digital television signal. Channel 4 in Oklahoma City has operated under the call signs WKY-TV, KTVY, and KFOR.
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Overholser Mansion
Oklahoma CountyLocation: at the Henry and Anna Overholser Mansion, 405 Northwest 15th Street in Oklahoma City
Coordinates: 35.484908, -97.519374
Material: Other (Concrete with bronze plaque)
Sponsor(s): Oklahoma City Historical Preservation Commission
Topics: Early Statehood, 1907–1941; Family/Household; Urban Development
Henry Overholser arrived in Oklahoma City in 1889 and soon became a prominent civic leader. He worked tirelessly to bring several railroads to Oklahoma City and operated the Overholser Opera House for many years. The mansion for Henry and his wife, Anna, was completed in 1903. It became a showplace and the center of the city’s social and cultural life.
Payne Campsite
Oklahoma CountyLocation: near intersection of Stanton L. Young and Lindsey in Oklahoma City
Sponsor(s): Daughters of the American Revolution
Topics: Land Openings; Transportation; Water
A nearby spring provided water for cattlemen and Indians prior to settlement. The campground was a favorite of Captain David L. Payne, the early leader of the Boomer movement for opening the Unassigned Lands.
Robberson Steel Company
Oklahoma CountyLocation: at 1401 NW 3rd Street, Oklahoma City
Topics: Manufacturing
On this site in 1936 R. W. Robberson located the Robberson Steel Company, opening a new industrial area in Oklahoma City. Beginning his career in 1913 with John Kline, 110 N. Francis, he acquired ownership in 1928. His foresight and initiative have for sixty-four years contributed to the industrial growth and progress of Oklahoma.
Route 66
Oklahoma CountyLocation: on OK-66 in Arcadia, across from Round Barn
Coordinates: 35.661999, -97.325868
Material: Granite
Sponsor(s): Oklahoma Historical Society
Topics: Early Statehood, 1907–1941; Transportation
Whether motorists called Route 66 the Ozark Trail, the Will Rogers Highway, Main Street America or the Mother Road, all remember Arcadia's Round Barn. The well-known landmark was built in 1898 by W. H. Odor. After the route was designated a national highway in 1926, improvements were made to the 1917 roadbed. The original road between Edmond and Arcadia was constructed by convict labor. The highway through Arcadia was paved in 1929. Many Arcadia businesses catered to travelers' needs with gasoline stations, cafes, lodging facilities and a grocery and general store.
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Run of ’89 East Boundary
Oklahoma CountyLocation: on OK-66, four miles east of Arcadia
Coordinates: 35.663874, -97.248359
Material: Granite
Sponsor(s): Oklahoma Historical Society and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation
Topics: Land Openings; Territorial Period, 1861–1907
At the opening of the “Old Oklahoma,” April 22, 1889, this was the east line for the run starting at noon. Prairies and hills in the two-million-acre tract, west, were peopled by tens of thousands. Homes were planted and tent cities sprang up before nightfall.
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Saint Patrick’s Church
Oklahoma CountyLocation: approximately 1/2 mile west of intersection of N Council Road and Sorghum Mill Road, Oklahoma City vicinity
Coordinates: 35.711143, -97.666078
Material: Other (Bronze plaque)
Sponsor(s): Oklahoma Historical Society
Topics: Religion/Philosophy; Territorial Period, 1861–1907
As a mission of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Edmond, St. Patrick was reportedly the first rural church of any denomination to be built in the Unassigned Lands following the Run of 1889, with the cornerstone being placed in 1891. Known by several names over the years (Kerry Patch, Deer Creek, and Lockridge), the church was abandoned in the 1930s and no longer stands.
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Temple B’Nai Israel
Oklahoma CountyLocation: 50 Broadway Circle, Oklahoma City
Sponsor(s): Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life; Jewish American Society for Historical Preservation.
Topics: Ethnic Diversity; Religion/Philosophy; Territorial Period, 1861–1907
Jews have lived in Oklahoma since the mid-nineteenth century. In 1903, Jews in Oklahoma City organized Temple B'Nai Israel. During its first few years, the congregation met at several local churches. The synagogue, located at 50 Broadway Circle, was dedicated on January 17, 1908. Temple B'Nai Israel remained in this building until 1955, when they moved to a new synagogue on North Pennsylvania Street. Temple B'Nai Israel affirmed the American principals of freedom of religion and assembly in Oklahoma.
Tinker Air Force Base
Oklahoma CountyLocation: on Avenue D, west of building 1, TAFB
Topics: Government; Industrial Period, 1941–1982; Military
Established in March 1942 as the Oklahoma City Air Depot for the maintenance and repair of B-17, B-24, and B-29 bombers and named for Oklahoma Native Major General Clarence L. Tinker in October 1942. The base has provided important logistical support for the US war efforts in Korea, Vietnam and the Middle East.
USS Oklahoma Anchor
Oklahoma CountyLocation: in Campbell Park in Oklahoma City
Coordinates: 35.481645, -97.5137817
Material: Granite
Sponsor(s): Oklahoma City Community Foundation
Topics: Early Statehood, 1907–1941; Government; Military
This anchor was one of three that were added during the US Navy’s modernization of the USS Oklahoma in 1927. Manufactured in 1919 by Baldt Anchor Company in Chester, Pennsylvania, the anchor weighs 19,860 pounds. Thanks to the efforts of Rear Admiral John E. Kirkpatrick, the USS Oklahoma anchor has had a home in Oklahoma City since 1960. Originally located near the Civic Center, the anchor was moved to its current location in Campbell Park in 2005.
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Washington Irving’s Camp
Oklahoma CountyLocation: at intersection of OK-66 and Anderson Road in Arcadia
Coordinates: 35.665398, -97.318593
Material: Stone with bronze plaque; Aluminum
Sponsor(s): Arcadia Public School and Oklahoma City Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution; Oklahoma Historical Society and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation
Topics: Arts; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861
There are two markers at this location, each commemorating a campsite of Washington Irving and his party in October 1832 during his tour of the prairies. Irving hunted wild horses near the location of these markers. The event was later described in A Tour on the Prairies.
Wiley Post
Oklahoma CountyLocation: in Memorial Park Cemetery in Oklahoma City
Coordinates: 35.604896, -97.490721
Material: Granite
Sponsor(s): Wiley Post Centennial Committee
Topics: Early Statehood, 1907–1941; Social/Cultural; Transportation
Wiley Hardeman Post, born on November 22, 1898, in Texas, moved to Oklahoma at an early age and grew up on a farm near Maysville. Post and navigator Harold Gatty flew around the world in eight days in 1931. In 1933 Post became the first person to fly solo around the world. He designed a special pressure suit to experiment with high-altitude flying and is credited with discovering the jet stream. Post and fellow Oklahoman Will Rogers died in an aviation accident on August 15, 1935. Post is buried in Memorial Park Cemetery near this marker.
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Will Rogers Park
Oklahoma CountyLocation: in Will Rogers Park, 3500 North Portland, Oklahoma City
Topics: Early Statehood, 1907–1941; Government; Recreational/Service; Social/Cultural
Civilian Conservation Corps Companies 872, 875,and 895 built this vast city park during the Great Depression from 1933 to 1942. The young men planted trees and built roads and nurseries. The park is widely known for its flower gardens.
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