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Coleman Theatre

Ottawa County
Location: at 103 North Main Street, Miami
Topics: Arts, Early Statehood 1907–1941

The Coleman Theatre, built in 1929 as a vaudeville/movie theatre palace, has hosted many legendary performers. Never closed, it holds the original Mighty Wurlitzer Pipe Organ that has entertained generations. Programs and acts of all types are still performed regularly.



Entering Indian Territory

Ottawa County
Location: on US-69 Alternate just south of Kansas-Oklahoma border
Topics: American Indians, Settlement Patterns, Westward Expansion 1803–1861

This area was granted to the Quapaw tribe in 1833. Nearby, members of twenty other tribes received lands from the federal government.



Gateway Sign

Ottawa County
Location: on Main Street (Route 66) south of downtown Miami
Coordinates: 36.871467, -94.877467
Material: Aluminum
Note: UD,TN,ES
Topics: Urban Development, Transportation, Early Statehood 1907-1941

A replica of a sign originally constructed in the 1900's that spanned Central and C Street adjacent to the railroad station. For many years this sign welcomed visitors to downtown Miami. The original sign was removed during the 1930's. Today's replica welcomes visitors to a revitalized downtown Miami.



Historic Route 66 Highway Ribbon Road

Ottawa County
Location: off Hwy. 69-one mile north of Narcissa, 1/2 mile after the water tower, turn right
Topics: Transportation



Modoc Cemetery

Ottawa County
Location: 1/4 mile south of Hwy 10C in Ottawa
Topics: American Indians, Settlement Patterns, Social/Cultural, Government

All that remains of the original 4,000-acre Modoc Reservation is this 4 1/2 acre cemetery, the final resting place of Scarfaced Charley, Shacknasty Jim, James Long, Long George, and other leaders of California's Modoc War. Fought over 100 years ago in lava beds near Tulelake, California, this full-scale military campaign against "Captain Jack" and his band is famous in annals of Indian Wars. Today, the rolls of the vanishing Modoc contain only fifty-two descendants of those who peacefully exiled to the Quapaw Agency as prisoners-of-war in November 1873.



Ozark Trail

Ottawa County
Location: near intersection of Central and Main Streets, Miami
Topics: Transportation, Social/Cultural, Early Statehood 1907–1941

The Ozark Trails Movement, founded in 1913, played an early role promoting east-west highways and the future US 66 in Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico. This obelisk was originally located in the intersection of Main and Central Street. It was constructed in 1920 and removed in the late 1920s as a traffic hazard.



Picher Mining Field

Ottawa County
Location: 1 1/2 mile south of Picher at Junction 69 north and 66 east and west
Topics: Mining, Early Statehood 1907–1941, Industrial Period 1841–1892, Military

From 1917 to 1967 Picher Mining Field yielded 450 million tons of ore, 21 million tons of concentrate, 11 million tons of metal; from 1921 to 1946, it was known as the world's largest and richest lead and zinc field. Picher Mining Field and people who worked here produced key materials for World Wars I and II and the Korean Conflict.



Seneca Agency

Ottawa County
Location: on US-60 near Missouri border west of Seneca, Missouri
Material: Aluminum
Note: Marker reported missing
Topics: American Indians, Government, Settlement Patterns, Westward Expansion 1803–1861

The federal government established this agency in 1832 for the Seneca and remnants of seven other tribes who had been relocated in Indian Territory from Ohio.



The British Plot, G.A.R. Cemetery

Ottawa County
Location: GAR Cemetery, 129 5th Ave, Miami OK
Material: Aluminum
Topics: Military, Social/Cultural, Early Statehood 1907–1941

During WWII 1941-1945, the Spartan School of Aeronautics, British Flying Three was established in Miami, OK to train British Pilots without the rest of interference. Miami's roster included 2124 Royal Air Force cadet and 117 United cadets of which 1493 pilots were awarded RAF wings. 15 British cadets lost their lives in training and interred here. Each year in October, G.A.R, Cemetery holds an annual British Flyers Remembrance ceremony to honor the lives of these 15 British cadets and to educate the public, young and old, to continue their legacy. Lest we forget.



Wyandot Tribe

Ottawa County
Location: on OK-137 in Twin Bridges State Park, .2 mile north of US-60
Material: Granite
Topics: American Indians, Westward Expansion 1803–1861, Government

The Wyandots moved from Kansas to the north side of the Seneca Reservation in Indian Territory in the 1850s but did not control their own affairs until passage of the Oklahoma Indian Welfare Act of 1936.



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