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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM152O_newkirk-kay-county-fair_Newkirk-OK.html
The Newkirk Kay County Fair was organized in 1896. Five dollar shares were sold in order to purchase property for the facilities, build a race track, grand stands and sheds. The share also gave free admittance to all shows and fairs for three year…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM152N_oklahoma-state-centennial-1907-2007_Newkirk-OK.html
A centennial tribute to the people who shared this land at the turn-of-the-century, and who still call it home today. They faced opportunties and obstacles together and were woven together in time. The spirit that fueled the dream then, and the de…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM152M_cherokee-allotments_Newkirk-OK.html
Newkirk owes its existence not simply to the opening of the Cherokee Outlet to homesteaders, but to the twenty-one allotments taken by the Cherokees in Kay County prior to the opening. The Outlet comprised eight million acres of prairie which was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM152L_first-national-bank_Newkirk-OK.html
This Roman Classic structure with a corner recessed entry and simple columns was built in 1899. The building was originally known as the Dilday building and is constructed with native limestone secured a few miles east of Newkirk. John Pierce had …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM152K_newkirk_Newkirk-OK.html
Newkirk was originally platted as the townsite of Lamoreux by the United States Land Office in 1893 as the county seat of "K" county. It was named after Silas W. Lamoreaux who was the head of the General Land Office in Washington, D.C., at the tim…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM152F_kay-county-war-memorial_Newkirk-OK.html
"...that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause which they gave the last full measure of devotion — that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain — that this nation, under God, shall …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM152E_land-of-hope_Newkirk-OK.html
This statue, "Land of Hope," depicts the courageous pioneers who staked their land claim in the "Land Run of the Cherokee Outlet" in 1893. This was created by sculptor, Bernadette Hess Carman, a native daughter, who generously donated her time and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1528_african-americans_Newkirk-OK.html
From the beginning, African-Americans settled and lived in Newkirk — although this was not true in most of the towns in Kay County. They settled primarily on the east side of town, building their own community which included churches, restau…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM151S_chief-joseph-of-the-nez-perce_Blackwell-OK.html
"Hear me my Chiefs, I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever."
With these words, Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce surrendered to Colonel Nelson A. Miles of the United States Army and thus be…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM151R_site-of-german-prisoner-of-war-camp-known-as-camp-tonkawa_Tonkawa-OK.html
FrontLegend [and POW Camp diagram]See other side for story
BackBetween October and December 1942 more than 900 construction workers labored 24 hours a day to build Camp Tonkawa on the quarter section immediately north of this marker SE? Sec 28-…