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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29CY_david-lee-walters_Canute-OK.html
David Lee Walters, 24th Governor of Oklahoma and first Governor from Western Oklahoma, was born in Canute on Nov. 20. 1951. Raised on a nearby farm, he attended schools in Canute and graduated from Canute High School as Valedictorian in 1969. He e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29CW_canute-centennial_Canute-OK.html
Town Chartered July 2, 1902 - Canute established
Oklahoma territory
Canute city lots sold by lottery for $10.00 per lot
1902 - 1st State Bank receives charter
1904 - Water well dug in in middle of main street with
windmill for horses rode …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29CI_st-francis-church_Canute-OK.html
St. Francis of Assisi Church, two miles south and two miles east of present day Canute, was an important outpost of the Roman Catholic Church in western Oklahoma. Founded by Father Steber in 1899, it served as "the mother parish of the west", from…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM298L_great-western-cattle-trail_Canute-OK.html
The Great Western Cattle Trail began at Bandera, TX. As the demand for beef increased in the east, returning Civil War soldiers headed wild longhorn cattle from south Texas and Mexico north to the railhead at Dodge City, KS. The first herd consist…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28WH_canute_Canute-OK.html
Early inhabitants of the area were plains Indians who followed and hunted the roaming herds of buffalo that grazed the rich grasslands of this area. evidence of several Indian encampments have been located on Trail Elk, Turkey and Oak Creeks as we…