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Grand

Ellis County
Location: in Arnett vicinity, 11 miles south of Arnett on US-283
Material: Aluminum
Topics: Early Statehood, 1907–1941; Government; Settlement Patterns

Grand was the county seat of Day County in Oklahoma Territory until statehood, and the seat of Ellis County until 1908. Little remains today to indicate its importance in territorial and early statehood days.

Note: The marker is in poor condition, with faded paint and lettering.

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Marland’s Grand Home

Kay County
Location: at 1000 East Grand Avenue, Ponca City
Sponsor(s): Daughters of the American Revolution
Topics: Early Statehood, 1907–1941; Family/Household; Government; Industry/Business; Natural Resources; Petroleum

Plaques at the flagpole and on a bird bath recall the grandeur of the first home built by oilman E. W. Marland in 1916. Before he was elected governor of Oklahoma, Marland founded what became Conoco and at one time controlled 10 percent of the nation's oil production.

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