Historical Marker Series

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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 earned degr…
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Cloud Creek #1 Washita River Basin Dedicated July 8, 1948 Rededicated July 3, 1998 Cloud Creek Dam No. 1 located 11 miles southeast of Cordell was the first of 1140 dams in the Washita river basin and the first of over 10.000 nationwide. It was built …
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No Man's Land. . You are now entering old "No Man's Land" Colorado/Kansas . 37th Parallel Texas State Line . 36° 30' parallel New Mexico . 103rd Meridian Cherokee Outlet . 100th Meridian Called "No Man's Land" until 1890 Known then …
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Camp Leavenworth. About 2 mi. South. Named for Gen. Henry Leavenworth who died near here July 21, 1834 while enroute from Ft. Gibson to Wichita Village in western Oklahoma for a peace conference with the Plains Indians. The expedition continued under Col. H…
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Dave Blue Trading Post. . . . Located 1 mi. S of here on Chisholm Cattle Trail, also called Arbuckle Cattle Trail, Blue hired Cherokees and Creeks to kill wild buffalo in early 1870s and to deliver the hides to Atoka for shipment east. …
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