Historical Marker Program

Camp Comanche

Comanche County
Location: on US Highway 62, two miles south of Caddo-Comanche County line
Coordinates: 34.825773, -98.387418
Material: Aluminum
Sponsor(s): Oklahoma Historical Society and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation
Topics: American Indians; Military; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861

Camp Comanche was set up near a large Comanche village by the First Dragoons under Colonel Henry Dodge on July 16, 1834, while en route from Fort Gibson to Plains tribes. Seventy-five Dragoons and noted artist George Catlin were too ill to travel farther with the expedition. The camp was evacuated on July 28, upon Dodge’s return from peace councils with the Plains Indians.

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