Sac & Fox Agency Marker

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Stroud in Lincoln County, Oklahoma — The American South (West South Central)

Sac & Fox Agency
4 mi. South

Sac & Fox Agency Marker Photo, Click for full size

By William Fischer, Jr., January 16, 2011

1. Sac & Fox Agency Marker

Inscription.
Established 1869 on reservation of Sac and Fox Indians who were moved here from Kansas. Reservation land allotted tribal members and surplus opened to White settlement in 1891. Noted members of the tribe include Chief Moses Keokuk, Dr. William Jones, anthropologist, and Jim Thorpe, internationally known athlete.

Erected 1949 by Oklahoma Historical Society and State Highway Commission.

Location. 35° 44.938′ N, 96° 39.29′ W. Marker is in Stroud, Oklahoma, in Lincoln County. Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (Oklahoma Route 66) and 2nd Avenue, on the left when traveling west on Main Street. Click for map. Marker is in Ed Smalley Centennial Park along Historic Route 66. Marker is in this post office area: Stroud OK 74079, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Stroud Area Veterans Monument (a few steps from this marker); Rock Cafe (within shouting distance of this marker); William Alfred Mensch Building (about 300 feet away, in a direct line); Murrah Federal Building Bombing (approx. 1.9 miles away); Trooper Larry Crabtree (approx. 1.9 miles away); Trooper Kenneth "Kenny" Osborn (approx. 1.9 miles away); Turner Turnpike (approx. 1.9 miles away); Davenport's Historic Broadway Avenue (approx. 6.8 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Stroud.

By William Fischer, Jr., January 16, 2011

2. Sac & Fox Agency Marker

At far right of photo

Also see . . .
1. Sac and Fox Tribes in "History of Lincoln County". (Submitted on April 20, 2011, by William Fischer, Jr. of Fort Scott, Kansas.)
2. Sac & Fox Nation. (Submitted on April 20, 2011, by William Fischer, Jr. of Fort Scott, Kansas.)

Credits. This page originally submitted on April 20, 2011, by William Fischer, Jr. of Fort Scott, Kansas. This page has been viewed 255 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 20, 2011, by William Fischer, Jr. of Fort Scott, Kansas.