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Near Stroud in Lincoln County, Oklahoma — The American South (West South Central)
Trooper Larry Crabtree
Dec. 3, 1943 - Apr. 4, 1977

— In Memory Of —
 
Trooper Larry Crabtree Memorial Photo, Click for full size
By William Fischer, Jr., October 22, 2011
1. Trooper Larry Crabtree Memorial
 
Inscription.

Joined the
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
in 1964

Trooper Crabtee was killed on April 4, 1977 by a single shotgun blast fired by a sixteen year-old driver at Mile Fifty Eight. Trooper Crabtee had stopped the driver for illegally entering the Turner Turnpike.

 
Location. 35° 45.122′ N, 96° 41.323′ W. Marker is near Stroud, Oklahoma, in Lincoln County. Click for map. Marker is at the I-44 Service Plaza near Milepost 178. Marker is in this post office area: Stroud OK 74079, United States of America.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Trooper Kenneth "Kenny" Osborn (here, next to this marker); Turner Turnpike (here, next to this marker); Murrah Federal Building Bombing (within shouting distance of this marker); William Alfred Mensch Building (approx. 1.8 miles away); Sac & Fox Agency (approx. 1.9 miles away); Stroud Area Veterans Monument (approx. 1.9 miles away); Rock Cafe (approx. 1.9 miles away); Davenport's Historic Broadway Avenue (approx. 5.3 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Stroud.
 
Trooper Larry Crabtree Memorial Photo, Click for full size
By William Fischer, Jr., October 22, 2011
2. Trooper Larry Crabtree Memorial
 
 
Trooper Larry Crabtree Photo, Click for full size
By William Fischer, Jr., October 22, 2011
3. Trooper Larry Crabtree
 
Credits. This page originally submitted on September 30, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Fort Scott, Kansas. This page has been viewed 51 times since then. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on September 30, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Fort Scott, Kansas.
 
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