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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ3L_andrew-hartley-payne_Claremore-OK.html
Andrew Hartley Payne (1907 - 1977) won the 1928 Great Transcontinental Footrace, began in Los Angeles 3/4/28, ended 3,422.3 miles later in NYC 5/26/28.
Andy, of Cherokee ancestry, graduated from Foyil High School, served 36 years as Clerk of Ok…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ3K_old-mail-route_Catoosa-OK.html
About ½ mile S-W is the site of Fort Spunky, a relay station on the Old Star Mail between St. Louis and California. After the War Between the States, Catoosa was founded as the post office with John Gunter Schrimsher (1835-1905) an uncle of Will …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ3J_route-66_Arcadia-OK.html
Whether motorists called Route 66 the Ozark Trail, the Will Rogers Highway, Main Street America or the Mother Road, all remember Arcadia's Round Barn. The well-known landmark was built in 1898 by W.H. Odor.
After the route was designated a nati…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVQL_post-chapel_Lawton-OK.html
The "Old" Post Chapel was constructed in 1875 by elements of the 11th Infantry and the 4th Cavalry under the command of General Ranald S. McKenzie. The sum of $2,500 was appropriated for the purchase of materials for the erection of a chapel & sch…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMU1H_fort-sill_Lawton-OK.html
Fort Sill was named by General Orders No. 25, HQ, Department of the Missouri, U.S. Army, on July 2, 1869. The post's name honors the memory of Brigadier General Joshua W. Sill, killed at the Battle of Stone River, Tennessee, in December, 1862. Pre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTE8_oklahomas-first-waterflood_Talala-OK.html
Injection of water into an oil reservoir to increase recovery was first attempted in Oklahoma on an oil lease 5.8 miles east of this location. From that effort, a recovery method previously used in eastern fields was adapted to conditions found in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS6G_sieling-park_Broken-Arrow-OK.html
Ida Sieling, widow of Henry Sieling and daughter of Herman Scheer, landscaped a run-down, city-owned plot of land across the street from her home into a beautiful botanical park. The Self Culture Club do-nated additional lots in 1938. Dieling Park…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS5E_will-rogers-memorial_Claremore-OK.html
Built by the People ofthe State of Oklahomain Tribute to Will RogersNative Son and World CitizenDedicated on November 4, 1938the anniversary of his birth
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS5D_will-rogers_Claremore-OK.html
"Live your life, so that whenever you lose you are ahead."Will Rogers
We honor the memory of Oklahoma's beloved native son. A modest, unspoiled child of the Plains, cowboy, actor, humorist and world traveler whose homely philosophy and superior…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS5C_howdy-folks_Claremore-OK.html
Well, here goes some scribblin' that's a little past due,But I reckon I'm always a-thinkin' 'bout you.
I've been readin' the papers in my own little way,And I see where you messed up my last birthday.
Through divine television I caught the d…