Historical Marker Program

Camp Arbuckle

McClain County
Location: on OK-59 one mile west of Byars
Coordinates: 34.883452, -97.071545
Material: Aluminum
Sponsor(s): Oklahoma Historical Society and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation
Topics: American Indians; Military; Settlement Patterns; Transportation; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861

Camp Arbuckle was established in May 1850 by Captain R. B. Marcy and Company D, 5th Infantry. The site was visited in 1849 by Marcy while escorting gold seekers to California. The post was moved in 1851 to a permanent site in present Garvin County. Buildings were then occupied by Delawares under Black Beaver. A Delaware town known as Beaversville existed there until the Civil War.

Note: This marker could not be located and is presumed to no longer exist.