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Chisholm Trail Lookout (Monument Hill)

Jefferson County
Location: on E1910 Rd (Monument Rd) two miles east of Addington
Coordinates: 34.245275, -97.922307
Material: Other (Concrete obelisk with granite plaques)
Sponsor(s): Pickens County Cowpunchers Association/Oklahoma Centennial Commission
Topics: Ethnic Diversity; Ranching; Territorial Period, 1861–1907; Transportation

The Pickens County Cowpunchers Association organized support for the construction of a memorial on Monument Hill east of Addington to commemorate cowboys who worked along the Chisholm Trail. Monument Hill was a prominent local landmark for drovers along the trail. The concrete obelisk on site was dedicated in April 1941. Granite plaques honoring Jesse Chisholm and members of the cowpunchers association were added in the early 1980s. The Oklahoma Centennial Commission sponsored the replacement of the granite plaques in 2007. The gravesite of Tom Lattimore, a Black cowboy and ranch hand, is nearby.

San Bernardo

Jefferson County
Location: on OK-32, one mile north of Petersburg
Material: Aluminum
Topics: American Indians; Empire Period, 1541–1803

Oklahoma's oldest town on the Red River was a great, fortified village of the Wichita Indians. The French trading post on the north bank of the river was named for Governor Bernardo de Galvez in 1778 when Oklahoma was part of Louisiana.


Southwest Bible College

Jefferson County
Location: on OK-5 on east edge of Hastings (OBHC)
Topics: Early Statehood, 1907–1941; Education; Religion/Philosophy; Settlement Patterns; Social/Cultural

A Baptist college was founded in Hastings in 1907. The school later moved to Mangum. Its library became the core for the library at Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee.


Waurika

Jefferson County
Location: on US-70 in Waurika
Material: Aluminum
Topics: American Indians; Government; Settlement Patterns; Territorial Period, 1861–1907

Waurika is the only county seat located in Oklahoma on the 98th Meridian. The post office was opened on June 28, 1902. The west side of town was the Kiowa-Comanche reservation, part of Oklahoma Territory, while land east of the line was Pickens County in the Chickasaw Nation.



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