A close up of Google Maps shows the Dinosaur Quarry and Dinosaur Tracks near Kenton, Oklahoma.

At the top of the white ridge in the this picture you’ll see the shadow of the dinosaur bone statue at the quarry.

In this picture if you look below the geo-tag you can see the dinosaur track fossil. Look for the dots in a line.

No Marker Found

It's not often we have to use the No Marker Found graphic, but it does happen. Some historic markers get lost to the elements, construction, or vandalism. Even though that marker may not exist anymore the history behind is still there. So we make sure we include these missing markers in our Historic Places Database. Who knows that marker may even show back up someday.

Historic Places With Missing Information

Historic places listed in this report do not have any information in either description or directions. Please feel free to use this list to help us fill in missing information.

link: http://blogoklahoma.us/places_na.asp

Due to lack of activity, we'll be putting the book club portion of the GoodReads book group on hiatus. We're not going to end the book group completely. Look for new books to be added to the group's bookshelf from time to time. If things pick back up we'll relaunch the book club part of the group.

A very big thank you to everyone who participated.

Remember you can always get to this GoodReads Book Group by using the shortcut http://blogoklahoma.us/goodreads.

I found a marker using Google Maps street view. It's approximately 20 miles west of Broken Bow, Oklahoma on Highway 3. I believe its the Alikchi Court Ground marker, but the text is not readable from Google maps.

Can anyone in the McCurtain County area verify and share a clear picture of it?

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The Jenson Tunnel is Oklahoma's only railroad tunnel. It was built by the Frisco railway through the Choctaw nation between 1885 and 1887. The tunnel is approximately 1,180 feet long, with an average width of 14 feet and an average height of 20 feet. The tunnel remains in use today.

Our map location was a bit off for the Jenson Tunnel, so I corrected it. While exploring the area around the tunnel in Google Maps, I put it in Google Earth mode and was amazed at the 3D quality of the map. Below you'll see some screen captures of both the south and north sides of the Tunnel.

I tried to get the same results with the Google Earth app, but couldn't manage it. The Google Earth plugin at Google Maps just had a nicer 3D view.

If you're ever in La Flore County near the Oklahoma / Arkansas border north of Poteau, you might want to check out the Jenson Tunnel. It is an active railway. I do not advise you enter the tunnel. Just look at the entryways. Please keep your eyes and ears open, and never take any chances when it comes to your safety, especially around trains.

The 15th Great Backyard Bird Count starts this Friday! During February 17-20 we invite you to be part of a massive citizen-science effort across North America. Tens of thousands of fellow bird watchers will be counting birds and submitting their checklists to www.birdcount.org. Just watch birds for at least 15 minutes at any location and tally the highest number of each bird species you see at any one time. Submit a new checklist for each day and each new location where you count.

www.birdcount.org

Many times when we are looking for Oklahoma historical markers we'll journey across the border into our neighboring states. Sometimes its the most direct way to get to another part of Oklahoma, or we travel down a road until we cross a state line. On some of these excursions we'll find some really interesting historical markers.

While looking for the Doan's Crossing marker in the Jackson/Tillman county area we crossed the border into Texas and found their Doan's Crossing marker. Another time we traveled west out of Hollis in Harmon county to find a historical marker right on the Texas border.

Doan's Crossing on Red River (Texas)

Located on Texas Farm Road 924. East of U.S. 283. South of Oklahoma/Texas state line. (place | map)

100th Meridian Oklahoma/Texas State Line

Located 5 miles west of Hollis, Oklahoma, between the Oklahoma and Texas state line signs. South side of road in front of Oklahoma state sign. (place | map)

Camp Radziminski also has its tale of buried treasure. The tale has drawn hunters armed with evidence that a government payroll of fourty thousand dollars was shipped by wagon to the camp to pay the soldiers for several months' back salary. Some distance from the camp a bad of raiders seized the gold. Van Dorn's marksment lost little time in overtaking the robbers and shot them all. But when their bodies were examined, no gold was found. Local tradition says that somewhere about the environs of Otter Creek near the old military camp the payroll is still hidden.

Oklahoma Treasures and Treasure Tales By Steve Wilson

Camp Radziminski

A strange turn of events brought the subject of this story, Charles Radziminski, a Polish Revolutionary exile, to a lift of adventure and useful service in his adopted country....

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 38 (1960) Page 354 (PDF)