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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Fort Sill
Fort Sill, Oklahoma and Vicinity
▶ Comanche County (18) ▶ Caddo County (8) ▶ Cotton County (1) ▶ Grady County (0) ▶ Kiowa County (3) ▶ Stephens County (14) ▶ Tillman County (3)
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GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| Near Randolph Road at Corral Road, on the left when traveling north. |
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At 8:31 a.m. on 25 May 1953 this gun fired the world's first atomic artillery round, at Camp Desert Rock, Nevada. 19 seconds later and 7¾ miles distant, the shell that could wipe out an enemy division exploded on target with . . . — — Map (db m60886) HM |
| Near Elgin Road at Dodge Hill Road. |
| | The roll call of chiefs, warriors, army scouts and families buried here include the most famous names in Apache history: Geronimo, whose daring band performed deeds unmatched since the days of Captain Kidd; Chief Loco of the Warm Springs who stood . . . — — Map (db m62167) HM |
| Near Elgin Road at Dodge Hill Road. |
| | Here beneath Oklahoma skies far from their native haunts in Arizona, New Mexico and northern Mexico is the resting place for more than 300 Apaches of the Chiricahua, Warm Springs, and Nedni tribes. During and after the Geronimo campaign of 1886 . . . — — Map (db m62166) HM |
| On Randolph Road at Currie Road, on the right when traveling west on Randolph Road. |
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In June 1917, on the prairie west and south of here, one of the great training grounds of the first World War was established. Named in honor of Missouri's Colonel Alexander W. Doniphan of Mexican War fame, the huge national army cantonment . . . — — Map (db m82364) HM |
| Near South Boundary Road 1 mile south of Sheridan Road. |
| | Colonel Jack L. Treadwell epitomized the Army Value of Personal Courage perhaps as no other soldier in the history of the nation. During his 33 years of service, he earned every medal of valor possible for a member of the United States Army. For his . . . — — Map (db m82374) HM |
| On Sheridan Road west of H.E. Bailey Turnpike (Interstate 44), on the right when traveling west. |
| | Fort Sill was named by General Orders No. 25, HQ, Department of the Missouri, U.S. Army, on July 2, 1869. The post's name honors the memory of Brigadier General Joshua W. Sill, killed at the Battle of Stone River, Tennessee, in December, 1862. . . . — — Map (db m44709) HM |
| On Quanah Road west of Chickasha Road, on the left when traveling west. |
| | This building was originally constructed in 1870 to serve as the commissary storehouse. It is unique among all the historic buildings, having started as a horizontal, log structure resting on a stone foundation over 200 feet in length. By 1872, the . . . — — Map (db m60884) HM |
| On Ganahl Road at Back Access Road, on the left when traveling north on Ganahl Road. |
| | The "Old" Post Chapel was constructed in 1875 by elements of the 11th Infantry and the 4th Cavalry under the command of General Ranald S. McKenzie. The sum of $2,500 was appropriated for the purchase of materials for the erection of a chapel & . . . — — Map (db m47147) HM |
| | This building was constructed in 1872-73 by the
"Buffalo Soldiers" of the 10th Cavalry Regiment, after the barracks and quarters of the Post were completed. Prior to this time, prisoners were kept in the basement of the Cavalry barracks . . . — — Map (db m82376) HM |
| On Quanah Road west of Chickasha Road, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Erected in 1870, and built of limestone quarried from a nearby hill, the Post Headquarters building housed the administrative offices. The Commanding Officer, his executive officer, the adjutant, a sergeant and a signal officer worked here. The . . . — — Map (db m60883) HM |
| | The M-107 SPG (Self-Propelled Gun) entering into the U.S. Army Service in 1963 as a replacement for 155MM M44 and M53 SPG's of the 1950's.
The M-107 SPG was soon pressed into service in South Vietnam as the U.S. Artillery's longest range . . . — — Map (db m82382) HM WM |
| On Quinette Road 0.3 miles north of Upton Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | In memory of William H. Quinette, Post Trader, 1878-1915. Old crossing on road to Fort Cobb. General Sheridan's HQ mess tent was pitched here 10 Jan - 23 Feb 1869 when he founded Fort Sill. — — Map (db m82383) HM |
| On Boundary Road 0.4 miles south of Sheridan Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The noted Kiowa chief Sitting Bear (Satank) of the Society of the Ten Bravest was killed beside an elm tree 400 feet due west of here on June 8, 1871, while attacking 4th Cavalry guards. — — Map (db m60882) HM |
| | The Americal (23rd) Infantry Division is unique in the annuals U.S. Army history. It was the only modern Army division that began with a name and no number assigned to it. Each time it was activated in war it grew out of a Task Force first. All . . . — — Map (db m106243) HM WM |
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