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Temple Lea Houston

Woodward County
Location: Ninth Street (OK-34) and Main Street in Woodward
Coordinates: 36.436072, -99.390562
Material: Aluminum
Sponsor(s): City of Woodward
Topics: Law and Order; Territorial Period, 1861–1907

A native Texan, Temple Lea Houston arrived in Woodward in 1893. He practiced law, spoke to rapt audiences, participated in a gunfight with the Jennings borthers, and was tried and acquitted for manslaughter in the shooting death of Ed Jennings. He died in 1905 and is buried in Woodward.

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