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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM220R_the-civilian-conservation-corps-and-wichita-mountains-wildlife-refuge_Lawton-OK.html
The Civilian Conservation Corps was organized by President Franklin Roosevelt during the Great Depression. The program provided useful employment for nearly three million young men ages 17 to 26 and served to enhance and preserve our nation's natu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM220Q_chief-stumbling-bear-pass_Lawton-OK.html
Kiowa Chief Stumbling Bear who signed the Medicine Lodge Treaty, 1867, founded the first permanent settlement on Canyon Creek, southwest of here. First Government-built houses for Indians were erected in the settlement, 1877.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20CF_under-the-southern-cross-americal-23rd-infantry-division_Lawton-OK.html
The Americal (23rd) Infantry Division is unique in the annuals U.S. Army history. It was the only modern Army division that began with a name and no number assigned to it. Each time it was activated in war it grew out of a Task Force first. All th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1V2E_chief-ten-bears-historical_Lawton-OK.html
An advocate of peace and known for his eloquent words, Chief Ten Bears worked to negotiate harmony between the United States Government and his Comanche people. Tribal members held him in high regard and often chose him as their representative at …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JZM_proud-american_Lawton-OK.html
The M-107 SPG (Self-Propelled Gun) entering into the U.S. Army Service in 1963 as a replacement for 155MM M44 and M53 SPG's of the 1950's.
The M-107 SPG was soon pressed into service in South Vietnam as the U.S. Artillery's longest range weapon…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JZL_quinette-crossing_Lawton-OK.html
In memory of William H. Quinette, Post Trader, 1878-1915. Old crossing on road to Fort Cobb. General Sheridan's HQ mess tent was pitched here 10 Jan - 23 Feb 1869 when he founded Fort Sill.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JZH_post-guardhouse_Lawton-OK.html
This building was constructed in 1872-73 by the
"Buffalo Soldiers" of the 10th Cavalry Regiment, after the barracks and quarters of the Post were completed. Prior to this time, prisoners were kept in the basement of the Cavalry barracks immediat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JZE_col-jack-l-treadwell_Lawton-OK.html
Colonel Jack L. Treadwell epitomized the Army Value of Personal Courage perhaps as no other soldier in the history of the nation. During his 33 years of service, he earned every medal of valor possible for a member of the United States Army. For h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JZ6_camp-doniphan_Lawton-OK.html
In June 1917, on the prairie west and south of here, one of the great training grounds of the first World War was established. Named in honor of Missouri's Colonel Alexander W. Doniphan of Mexican War fame, the huge national army cantonment occupi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15DL_280mm-heavy-motorized-gun-m65_Lawton-OK.html
(left plaque)At 8:31 a.m. on 25 May 1953 this gun fired the world's first atomic artillery round, at Camp Desert Rock, Nevada. 19 seconds later and 7? miles distant, the shell that could wipe out an enemy division exploded on target with a roaring…