Here between the landmark known as Round Mountains to the south and a camp on Salt Creek three miles to the northwest was fought the first battle of the Civil War in Oklahoma.
When the five civilized tribes of the Indian Territory joined the . . . — — Map (db m209523) HM
The Camp of Washington Irving, the first American Litterateur, was established near this spot October 20, 1832, during a tour on the prairies.
This marker was erected October 20, 1932, by school children, original settlers of Oklahoma, and . . . — — Map (db m223792) HM
Dedicated to Harold V. "Tex" Brown. Historian, archeologist, authur, crusader, champion of sports. An ardent admirer of the great Jim Thorpe. Yale, Oklahoma, and all its citizens.
Fondly Remembered
He was born in 1920 and died in . . . — — Map (db m185007) HM
Born on a cotton farm near meeker, Oklahoma, Leslie Farell Jones appeared destined to be a country banker. Leaving the farm at the age of thirteen, he took a job with the bank of Meeker thus initiating a career of banking surpassing 50 years until . . . — — Map (db m204770) HM
Born April 5, 1901 in Galena, Kansas, Mable Dale was of Cherokee Indian descent. However, her paternal grandfather had been adopted into the Creek Indian Nation. Thus, when the United States Government allotted lands to those of Indian Descent . . . — — Map (db m204682) HM
Born May 19, 1882, in Frankfort, Michigan, graduated from high school in Frankfort, earned a teachers certificate from Mich. State Normal College, in Yfsilanti, Mich. Taught primary school in Frankfort. On Dec. 31, 1904, she married Frank Beckwith . . . — — Map (db m204800) HM
This cabin is the oldest known homestead in Payne County.
Built in 1876 by Pawnee Rice and later occupied by the William Sherman Tecumseh Kerby family. It has been preserved and restored as a memorial to the pioneer spirit
so richly portrayed by . . . — — Map (db m162440) HM
At the Olympic games in Stockholm, 1912, American Indian Thorpe was the winner in both the Pentathlon and Decathlon contests. The King of Sweden declared him, "The greatest athlete in the World." Thorpe made his home near here in Yale, 1917. — — Map (db m185006) HM
