Historical Marker Program

Kingfisher

Kingfisher County
Location: on US-81, present grounds of the post office in Kingfisher
Coordinates: 35.8643008,-97.9328127
Material: Aluminum
Sponsor(s): Oklahoma Historical Society and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation
Topics: Land Openings; Ranching; Social/Cultural; Territorial Period, 1861–1907; Transportation

This was the US Land Office site for filing claims at opening of "Old Oklahoma," April 22, 1889; also, at opening of Cheyenne and Arapaho lands on April 19, 1892. J. C. Robberts was first Register and J. V. Admire, first Receiver. First post office, Lisbon, established April 20, 1899; name changed to Kingfisher, July 18, 1889.

Kingfisher College

Kingfisher County
Location: on OK-33 on east side of Kingfisher
Coordinates: 35.856833, -97.906900
Material: Aluminum
Sponsor(s): Oklahoma Historical Society and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation
Topics: Early Statehood, 1907–1941; Education; Religion/Philosophy; Territorial Period, 1861–1907

The Congregationalists founded the Kingfisher College in 1890. When the school closed in 1922, its endowment was transferred to the University of Oklahoma to fund the Kingfisher Chair of Religion and Ethics.

Kingfisher Stage Station

Kingfisher County
Location: on OK-33, one mile west of Kingfisher
Coordinates: 35.860633, -97.941133
Material: Aluminum
Sponsor(s): Oklahoma Historical Society and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation
Topics: Government; Land Openings; Ranching; Settlement Patterns; Social/Cultural; Transportation; Urban Development

This stage stop on the old Chisholm Trail from 1867 to 1889 and the town were named for King Fisher, owner of the station. See Chisholm Trail.