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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1158_delhi_Sayre-OK.html
In 1888 Thomas and Millie Price were one of the first families to settle in this portion of old Greer Co, now Beckham Co. Price built a cotton gin ½ mi. east of Delhi in 1903. The one-roomed Delhi Academy was established in 1921. The Academy …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZMY_rileys-chapel_Tahlequah-OK.html
First Annual Indian Mission Conference of the Methodist Church was held in Oklahoma at Riley's Chapel, Oct. 23, 1844, Bishop Thomas A. Morris presiding. Conference area was west to the Rocky Mts., east to Ark.-Mo. line. Rev. Thomas Bertholf, missi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZMW_park-hill-press_Tahlequah-OK.html
Established July, 1837, Rev. S.A. Worcester, Supt. Over 25 million pages were printed in Indian languages and in English by 1861. Printers and translators were John F. Wheeler, John W. Candy, Edwin Archer, Stephen Foreman. Near site are graves of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZMT_park-hill_Tahlequah-OK.html
Center of Cherokee culture was one mile east on Park Hill Creek; Home of Chief John Ross, Samuel Austin Worcester, Elias Boudinot, other pioneers and The Mission Press which printed millions of pages for the benefit of the Cherokee people. Nearly …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZKO_the-battle-of-ingalls_Stillwater-OK.html
On the morning of September 1, 1893 the area around this sign was the scene of one of the fiercest gunfights in the history of the state. Ingalls at the time was the hideout of the Bill Doolin gang. It included Arkansas Tom, Bitter Creek Yocum, an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZJT_the-battle-of-wooster-mound_Pawhuska-OK.html
Near this site on August 8, 1903, U.S. Deputy Marshal Wiley G. Haines, Chief of Osage Indian Police Warren Bennett, and Constable Henry Majors ended the career of the notorious outlaw gang known as the Martin brothers. The outlaws were wanted for …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZJP_u-s-marshals-monument_Stillwater-OK.html
In memory ofU.S. MarshalsDick Speed, Tom Houston,Lafe ShadleyWho fell in the line of dutySept. 1, 1893by Dalton and Doolin gang
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZJL_outlaw-battle_Stillwater-OK.html
A battle at Ingalls, Sept. 1, 1893, between a Dalton-Doolin gang and U.S. marshals was a climax in bringing law and order to Oklahoma and Indian territories. Three marshals and two residents were killed; several persons were wounded; one outlaw wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZJ2_manard_Tahlequah-OK.html
Site of Manard Settlement on Bayou Menard. Named for Pierre Menard (1766-1844. Menard, an early day fur trader, merchant and member of the Chouteau family. Served as the first territorial governor of Illinois.
Springs at Manard identified as a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZIF_fort-washita_Durant-OK.html
Site selected and named 1842, by Gen. Zachary Taylor, lster Pres. of U.S. Fort established 1842 by 2nd Dragoons, occupied by several rifle, infantry, cavalry, and artillery companies. Built to protect the Chickasaw and Choctaw Indians from the Pla…