In 1912, Jake L. Hamon, a wildcat speculator, proposed the idea of a railroad from Ardmore to Lawton via southern Oklahoma to John Ringling, owner of the famed Ringling Brothers Circus. Land west of Ardmore was acquired that connected to townsite . . . — — Map (db m286900) HM
In honor of Julius Ellsberry of Birmingham
World War II Hero
First Jefferson County Citizen
to die for his country at Pearl Harbor while serving aboard the U.S.S. Oklahoma December 7, 1941 — — Map (db m70261) HM
On November 15, 1824, not far from here, near what is now the Lincoln/Jefferson County line, Quapaw leaders, including Chief Heckaton and Saracen, signed a treaty ceding the Quapaw Nation’s remaining land in the Arkansas Territory to the United . . . — — Map (db m313154) HM
One June 2, 1897, following the construction of railroads through the area, Pasco County was created by the Florida Legislature out of the southern end of Hernando. It was named to honor Samuel Pasco of Jefferson County - a native of England, . . . — — Map (db m216606) HM
This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior May 2002 Restored by Friends of the Depot — — Map (db m298900) HM
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