Historical Marker Program

Jones-Plummer Trail

Beaver County
Location: at Beaver County Fairgrounds in Beaver
Coordinates: 36.807175, -100.520516
Material: Granite
Sponsor(s): Beaver County Historical Society and the Oklahoma Historical Society
Topics: Indian and Frontier Trade; Territorial Period, 1861-1907; Transportation

C. E. (Ed) Jones and Joe Plummer blazed this trail in the early 1870s after establishing trading posts on Wolf Creek in central Ochiltree County, Texas. Supplies for the post were hauled by wagon from Dodge City, Kansas. Buffalo hides were a major trade item for Jones and Plummer. In 1880, James Lane built a sod house near the trail crossing at Beaver River and established a station to accommodate teamsters and cowboys.