Historical Marker Program

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Frederick

Tillman County
Location: four miles south of Tipton, Oklahoma on Hwy. 5
Sponsor(s): Tillman County Historical Society
Topics: Early Statehood, 1907–1941; Folklife; Government; Recreational/Service

Bud and Temple Abernathy, ages five and nine, rode alone on horseback from Crossroads Ranch near Frederick, Oklahoma, to New York City, leaving this vicinity on April 5, 1910. Jack Abernathy, father of the daring young boys, was a close friend of President Theodore Roosevelt and was planning to meet the President in New York City after a safari trip to Africa. His two young sons begged him to allow them to go ahead and travel the 2,000 miles on horseback to meet their dad and President Roosevelt.