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Caption: Buffalo Springs Marker
Additional Description: One half mile due west of this location stood Buffalo Springs trading post, ranch, and stagecoach stand. This sketch of the ranch was made by Adolph Hunnius, a surveyor, in 1876. Buffalo Springs was a well-used stop for drovers and herds along this western trail variant. It was from this location that the ill-fated Hennessey Party departed on July 4, 1874, headed south along the Ft. Sill-Arkansas City wagon road despite warning of Indian hostilities in the area. A few miles south, the Party was attacked and killed.
Submitted: January 19, 2011, by Christopher Suttle of Norman, Oklahoma.
Database Locator Identification Number: p142791
File Size: 0.066 Megabytes

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