On North Chisholm Trail Drive (U.S. 81) at County Road E 710, on the left when traveling south on North Chisholm Trail Drive.
The Red Fork Trail Ranch House stood about a half-mile to the south of this location, now marked by a granite monument on Red Fork Street. The image above was drawn by Adolph Hunnius in 1876, a surveyor. (courtesy of the Kansas State Historical . . . — — Map (db m284625) HM
On North Chisholm Trail Drive (U.S. 81) at County Road E710, on the left when traveling south on North Chisholm Trail Drive.
Stockade buildings of Red Fork Ranch on the Chisholm Trail, at the Cimarron or Red Fork river crossing here, included a stage station to change horses and a supply depot for travelers, late 1860's to 1890's. Troops from Ft. Sill were on duty here . . . — — Map (db m284626) HM
On U.S. 81 0.2 miles south of County Road E 660, on the right when traveling south.
Site one-half mile west. This ranch station, noted watering place on the Old Chisholm Trail, was attacked in the last Indian Wars and found deserted a few days later, July 5, 1874, by Indian Agent J.D. Miles who asked for U.S. Cavalry to guard the . . . — — Map (db m284623) HM
On South Dunlap Street north of W 9th Street, on the right when traveling south.
On the Old Chisholm Trail. This station was noted for its water well; the name, from a huge indentation in the ground here, resembling imprint of a bull's foot. Buildings were still standing on site, 50 yards east of the old trail, and 4.5 miles . . . — — Map (db m284621) HM
On North Main Street (U.S. 81) at W Kansas Street, on the right when traveling south on North Main Street.
Oklahoma's 1st rural mail route was established at Hennessey on Aug. 15, 1900, with Albert W. Darrow as carrier, his salary at $500 a year. J.A. Felt was the Hennessey postmaster. Route ran east over 24 mi., serving population of 700, in 31 sq. mi. — — Map (db m284610) HM
On State Highway 51 at County Road 2760, on the right when traveling west on State Highway 51.
Serving as a post office from 1890 to 1909. The town was named for John F. Lacey from Iowa who served as a member of the congressional committee on Indian Affairs and Chairman of the Committee on Public Lands which opened Oklahoma Territory to . . . — — Map (db m284605) HM
On West Main Street (U.S. 81) at W Nebraska Street on West Main Street.
Honoring the veterans of World War One and World War Two who so valiantly and triumphantly defended our national honor
Vietnam Capt. Edward L. Goucher 1938-1967
Left Panel
World War One
1917-1918
Everett H. Best, 1890–1918 . . . — — Map (db m284616) WM
On N Main Street (State Highway 81) at W Nebraska St, on the right when traveling south on N Main Street.
Freighter Hennessey's charred body tied to his wagon wheel was found in a smouldering fire near 3 of his drivers, all killed on July 4, 1874, in last Indian wars when his train was on way along Chisholm Trail to Kiowa Agency. Grave is 2 blocks west. — — Map (db m284608) HM
On North Main Street (U.S. 81) at W Nebraska Street, on the right when traveling south on North Main Street.
Attacked & killed by Indians, July 2, 1874.
Reverse Side
Hennessey, Pat Hennessey, Who Gave Our Town, Thy Name, While Time Lasts, We'll Sing Thy Praise, Thou'Lt Live for Aye and Aye in Fame
by Mrs. Annette B. Ehler
Memorial by . . . — — Map (db m284613) HM
On North Main Street at W Nebraska Street, on the right when traveling south on North Main Street.
After his regiment helped in the victory at Las Quasimas, Cuba, he was killed as he charged over San Juan Hill, July 1, 1898, in the Spanish-Americans War. This Oklahoma boy - Hennessey High School graduate - rode horseback to Guthrie, and enlisted . . . — — Map (db m284609) HM
On North Main Street (U.S. 81) at W Nebraska Street, on the right when traveling south on North Main Street.
Erected in Memory of
Roy V. Cashion
Born March 16 1881
Troop D 1st U.S. Vol.
Rouch Riders
Killed July 1 1898
on San Juan Hill
Battle of Santiago
Cuba — — Map (db m284615) WM
On North Main Street (U.S. 81) at E Admire Ave, on the right when traveling north on North Main Street.
"Apostle Paul Sykes"
The first sculpture to be placed on the sidewalk is "Apostle" Paul Sykes, a black man born into slavery who walked from Mississippi to Kingfisher for the land opening of 1891. Sykes founded the Straightgate Church and . . . — — Map (db m284648) HM
On State Highway 33 at N 2920 Road, on the right when traveling west on State Highway 33.
Located 3 miles north. Was formed Mar. 17, 1920, by a special election vote to consolidate the districts of White Cap, Twilight, Wandell, and Bird Creek. The school graduated its first senior class in 1924 its last in 1968. It continued as a grade . . . — — Map (db m184804) HM
On North Main Street at W Miles Ave, on the left when traveling north on North Main Street.
Four years after his arrival in Kingfisher in 1893, 27-year old Arthur Ellsworth (A.E.) Bracken opened a second-hand furniture store on Main Street, adding an undertaking department in 1899. By 1909, he had completed construction of this two-story . . . — — Map (db m284686) HM
On North Main Street (U.S. 81) at W Admire Ave, on the left when traveling north on North Main Street.
Charles "C.P." Wickmiller first came to Oklahoma as the photographer for Captain David L. Payne on his 1883 "Boomer" expedition, then returned to stake his claim in the April 22, 1889 Land Run. That afternoon he set up his pharmacy supplies in a . . . — — Map (db m284652) HM
On Zellers Ave at South 11th Street, on the right when traveling west on Zellers Ave.
Born in Virginia in 1832, Abraham Jefferson Seay, served as Oklahoma's third territorial governor. When he was four, the Seay family moved to Missouri where Abraham taught school and later practiced law.
In 1861 Seay enlisted in the United . . . — — Map (db m284770) HM
On Zellers Ave at South 11th Street on Zellers Ave.
Constructed in 1892, this house originally belonged to Abraham Jefferson Seay, the third territorial governor of Oklahoma. Seay sold his home to G.H. Logan in October 1901. Mr. Logan was the founder of Logan-Ames Co. and a business owner in . . . — — Map (db m284766) HM
On North Main Street (U.S. 81) at Robberts Avenue, on the right when traveling south on North Main Street.
This was the U.S. Land Office site for filing claims at opening of "Old Oklahoma," April 22, 1889; also at opening of Cheyenne and Arapaho lands on April 19, 1892. J. C. Robberts was first Register, and J. V. Admire, first Receiver. First . . . — — Map (db m29318) HM
On State Highway 33 at Bowman Avenue, on the left when traveling west on State Highway 33.
Founded by Congregationalists, this college – site one mile north, 1890- 1922, achieved renown in education and character-building.
It lives on at the University of Oklahoma as the Kingfisher College Chair of the Philosophy of Religion . . . — — Map (db m72993) HM
On West Broadway east of North 13th Street, on the right when traveling west.
This stage station on the old Chisholm Trail, 1867-1889, was 4 blocks no., on south side of Kingfisher Creek. The trail had two branches in this area; one for cattle was 6 miles east. — — Map (db m185854) HM
Lame Bull is honored here as a prominent medicine man, artist, and leader within the Cheyenne. He was also a Cheyenne Arrow Priest and knowledgeable of Cheyenne Arrow ceremony. He was born in 1833 to Shaking Crane and Yellow Horse Woman and lived . . . — — Map (db m268846) HM
On North Main Street (U.S. 81) at W Miles Ave, on the left when traveling north on North Main Street.
Kingfisher's first opera house located on Robberts Ave., burned down in August of 1900. The new Grand Opera House was opened soon after on the second floor of the Pappe Building at this site and could seat up to 800 people. The building was one of . . . — — Map (db m284687) HM
On North Main Street (U.S. 81) at W Robberts Ave, on the left when traveling north on North Main Street.
The Peoples National Bank, founded in 1889, was one of the first banks in Kingfisher. Ten years later, the bank was sold to a group of businessmen. They selected Col. John F. Stone from the group to serve as President.
In January of 1900, after . . . — — Map (db m284646) HM
On East Robberts Avenue at N Main Street (U.S. 81), on the left when traveling east on East Robberts Avenue.
Although Kingfisher, Blaine, and other western Oklahoma counties were enjoying an excellent agriculture economy, in the late 1940's, access to telecommunications had not kept pace for most rural residents. Because the population was not centered in . . . — — Map (db m284645) HM
On Zellers Ave at South 11th Street, on the right when traveling west on Zellers Ave.
Horizon Hill was originally three stories, boasting five bedrooms, two parlors, a large dining room, and a ballroom. After a storm damaged the home in the 1920s, the third floor was converted into an attic, and the roof line was lowered.
For . . . — — Map (db m284767) HM
On State Highway 33 north of Local Road 2830, on the right when traveling east.
On this line -- 98° W. Longitude -- many campers sat by their fires the night before the opening of "Old Oklahoma." The next day at noon on April 22, 1889, many people set out running on foot and by horse for 160 acre land claims in unassigned . . . — — Map (db m185808) HM
On State Highway 33 east of N 2830 Road, on the right when traveling east.
East boundary of Indian country -- 98° W. Longitude west of this line lay the land of the Cheyenne and Arapaho. Each member of their two tribes had been allotted 160 acres before the surplus land was opened to settlers. At noon April 19, 1892 they . . . — — Map (db m185816) HM
On U.S. 81 0.2 miles south of County Road E 770, on the right when traveling south.
This area was first in Oklahoma to receive central station electric power from a rural electric cooperative. Cimarron Electric Cooperative (incorporated Consumers Rural Electric Company on Dec. 23, 1936) energized Oklahoma's first electric . . . — — Map (db m284631) HM
On North Main Street at W Admire Ave, on the left when traveling north on North Main Street.
Raymond A. Young started operations here in Kingfisher with a single variety goods store on this site in 1928, expanding to 12 stores in the following years.
By 1935, Young's expanded business required relocation of the warehouse and purchasing . . . — — Map (db m284647) HM
On State Highway 33 at U.S. 81, on the right when traveling west on State Highway 33.
This trade route from southern Texas to Kansas was used to drive an estimated five million head of cattle north to the raiheads in Abilene, Kansas from 1867 to 1884.
Named for a man of Scottish-Cherokee descent who built several trading posts . . . — — Map (db m185870) HM
Formerly stood in the Blackjacks southeast of Dover and was the home of Adaline Dalton the last 16 years of her life. The Daltons came to Oklahoma in 1890 and settled on a school quarter northeast of Kingfisher. Adaline was the mother of 13 children . . . — — Map (db m284764) HM
On County Road N2970 at State Highway 51, on the right when traveling south on County Road N2970.
At the opening of the "Unassigned Lands" to homesteaders in 1889, a quarter section in Skeleton Township was reserved for a townsite. Named Sheridan in honor of Lt. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, the town grew until 1902, when nearby Marshall became the . . . — — Map (db m284550) HM
