One mile northwest the Camp Holmes Treaty was signed to guarantee peace, friendship, good hunting, safe travel, as far as the western borders of the U.S.A. To negotiate their first treaty with our government and the Civilized Indian Nations, 5000 . . . — — Map (db m144841) HM
Birthplace & Boyhood Home
Col. John L. Smith Dec. 26, 1914 - June 10, 1972
Col. John Lucien Smith U.S.M.C. In 54 days of aerial combat in the Solomon Islands he destroyed 19 Japanese planes to become the leading air ace of World War II at that . . . — — Map (db m144843) HM WM
The Billy Hocker Bridge, pictured above, was the first across the Canadian connecting
Lexington and Purcell. It opened for traffic on September 29, 1899, and quickly became a
vital transportation link. A 24 hour crossing, it was not unusual for up . . . — — Map (db m276533) HM
Canadian River was south line of “Old Oklahoma” opened by Run at 12 o’clock noon, April 22, 1889. Riders started at river crossing near here. Many thousands entered the 2,000,000 a. tract north: homes were planted and tent cities . . . — — Map (db m144698) HM
