Garfield County

Garfield County, Oklahoma

Garfield County was named after President James A. Garfield.

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Buffalo Springs

Buffalo Springs On the Old Chisholm Trail, 1/3 mi. west. From this noted watering place came the name of "Bison," 1 mi. so., "Buffalo Springs" was the camp site of Pat Hennessey and h…

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Buffalo Springs Trading Post and Ranch

Buffalo Springs Trading Post and Ranch One half mile due west of the location stood Buffalo Springs Trading Post, Ranch, and Stagecoach stand. This sketch of the ranch was made by Adolph Hu…

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Cherokee Strip

Cherokee Strip Opened by Run, Sept. 16, 1983. On line here, 15,000 waited for carbine signal fired by cavalryman at High Noon, Lt. C. A. Hedekin, commanding Troop A., U.S. Cav. Race from…

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Douglas, (I.T.) Oklahoma

Douglas, 5 miles S.W. of Covington, OK, was first named Onyx but about 9 years later, with the promotion by the Frantz brothers of Enid of the building of the Santa Fe Railroad between Enid and…

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Northwestern Academy

Northwestern Academy Carrier, Oklahoma Territory 1898 Northwestern Academy was financed in part and sponsored by the Congregational Home Missionary Society of Boston, Massachusetts, thr…

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Run of '89 - North Boundary

Run Of '89 North Boundary. At the opening of "Old Oklahoma," April 22, 1889, this was the north line for the Run starting at 12 o'clock noon. Prairies and hills in the 2,000,000 acre tract, so…

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The Missouri Compromise

(36° 30' NORTH LATITUDE) This marker sits on the Missouri Compromise line which by an Act of Congress on March 6, 1820, enabled Missouri to be admitted to the Union as a Slave State. But, th…

  1. County information from Wikipedia.
  2. Population from U.S. Census Bureau, 2020.