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Fort Sill

Comanche County
Location: on Sheridan Road, just inside Key Gate at Fort Sill
Topics: Government; Military; Territorial Period, 1861–1907

The US Army post was named in 1869 for Brigadier General Joshua W. Sill, killed in the Battle of Stone River, Tennessee, during the Civil War. The frontier post was previously referred to as "Camp on Medicine Bluff Creek" or "Camp Wichita.

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Fort Sill Indian School

Comanche County
Location: on I-44 between Fort Sill and Lawton
Material: Aluminum
Topics: American Indians; Education; Religion/Philosophy; Territorial Period, 1861–1907

Quaker teacher Reverend Josiah Butler opened the school for Kiowa, Apache, and Comanche children in February of 1871.

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