Looking for the Battle of Turkey Springs Marker
A few weekends back we went on a marker hunt around Freedom, OK. We found where we believe the marker for "Battle of Turkey Springs" should be. Unfortunately all that was there was a poll. The marker itself was gone. We think it was likely damaged and removed, or outright stolen.
This missing historical marker is located at a small rest area on the north side of the road a few miles east on U.S. 64 from the intersection of U.S. 64 and Highway 50 (known as Camp Houston) north of Freedom, Oklahoma. (Google Map)
Do you have any information on the "Battle of Turkey Springs" marker? If so could you please post in our forum.
The Battle of Turkey Springs
This missing historical marker is located at a small rest area on the north side of the road a few miles east on U.S. 64 from the intersection of U.S. 64 and Highway 50 (known as Camp Houston) north of Freedom, Oklahoma. (Google Map)
Do you have any information on the "Battle of Turkey Springs" marker? If so could you please post in our forum.
The Battle of Turkey Springs
The last armed conflict between the U.S. Cavalry and American Indians, in Indian Territory, present day Oklahoma, occurred on September 13 and 14, 1878. A band of Northern Cheyenne left the Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency near Fort Reno without permission and fled north and westward toward their former homelands on the Northern Plains. This exodus has known popularity as the Cheyenne Outbreak or Dull Knife's Raid. However, the Northern Cheyenne People were merely attempting to return to their home in Montana and Wyoming.Links:
The flight of these people brought about a pursuit by Companies G and H of the 4th U.S. Cavalry, stationed at Fort Reno, and under the command of Captain Joseph Rendlebrock. The Northern Cheyenne, led by Morning Star or Dull Knife and Little Wolf, fled through northwest Oklahoma. The Cavalry, upon learning of their departure twelve hours later, made a quick move to follow the Cheyenne. When the pursuers closed with the band, a seemingly inevitable battle took place in the rolling red hills and canyon north of the Cimarron River in Woods County -- approximately twelve miles north of present day Freedom, Oklahoma. This is known as the "Battle of Turkey Springs."
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