On Dec. 24, 1924, 35 people lost their lives while attending a Christmas party in a one room frame school house. The fire was started by a candle on a Christmas tree. A school building was built here as a memorial and a model to point the way to . . . — — Map (db m120170) HM
Hobart was named to honor Garret A. Hobart, 24th Vice President of the United States.
Hobart was the first town in Okla. to adopt a city flower 'the iris' In appreciation A birthday gift from the people of Hobart to their town on August 6, . . . — — Map (db m167255) HM
This park was created between 1937 and 1939 by member's of the Civilian Conservation Corps Company 2810. The park, surrounded by Lake Lugert serves as an outdoor recreational facility and source of agricultural water.
About 150 young men lived . . . — — Map (db m287576) HM
Austrian immigrant, Frank Lugert (1868-1958), founded the town of Lugert when the Kiowa-Comanche-Apache Reservation opened for settlement in 1901. Mr. Lugert ran the post office, train depot, and a general store. The town, with a peak population of . . . — — Map (db m287595) HM
Established Sept., 1858, by four troops of crack 2nd Cav., under Major Earl Van Dorn. Named in memory of Lt. Charles Radziminski, a former member of the Regt. E. Kirby Smith, Cornelius Van Camp, Fitzhugh Lee, W. B. Royall all served there. Permanent . . . — — Map (db m119391) HM
This park is dedicated to J.B. Tolbert, M.D. In recognition of his many years of faithful service to the town of Mountain View.
J.B. Tolbert, M.D., practiced medicine in Mountain View from July 1947 until his death in July 1988. He graduated . . . — — Map (db m265947) HM
Captured at age eighteen months in the Elm Creek Raid, No. Texas, Fall, 1864. Adopted by the Kiowa tribe and married a Kiowa named Goombi. True identity not known until three years before her death in 1934. Buried in the Old Rainy Mt. Cemetery . . . — — Map (db m210487) HM
Established in 1899, in what was thought to be Washita Co., the town was moved 2 mi. S.W. to Kiowa Co. in 1903 because an error in the original survey placed the first site outside of the legal authority of local officials. XXth Century Club. — — Map (db m266008) HM
Quanah Parker, the last Comanche Chief,
was born in Elk Creek just below the Wichita mountains circa 1850. Quanah, the son of Petah Nocony and Cynthia Ann Parker who was captured by the Comanches, became a fierce warrior and skillfully . . . — — Map (db m120069) HM
