This marker commemorates the men and women who achieved American independence. These Patriots, believing in the noble cause of liberty, fought valiantly to found a new nation. — — Map (db m258404) HM
Mrs. Catron was Supervisor of Music in the Ponca City Schools 1910-1947 and founded the Ponca City Music Club March 19, 1921. Charter member 20th Century Club and helped establish the Ponca City Library in 1910. President Oklahoma Federation of . . . — — Map (db m263771) HM
Osage County was once a part of the vast homelands of the roaming Osage tribe, but in the early 1800's the land was given to the Cherokee tribe by the American government. In the late 1800's when the Osage tribe relocated from Kansas to Oklahoma, . . . — — Map (db m284734) HM
Philanthropist Oil Man Donor Wentz Camp & Pool — Builder Oklahoma Society for Crippled Children — Established student loan fund University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University “He always gave” — — Map (db m263597) HM
Vision When B.S. Barnes came to Oklahoma Territory prior to the 1893 Land Run, he had a vision to start a city. He selected the site of Ponca City for its ample water, a river crossing and access to the railroad. He organized the “Ponca . . . — — Map (db m263672) HM
Dick Sherbon of Ponca City received the bid to erect this building for the Kay County Abstract Company in 1926. The bids for the building ranged from $4,400 to $5,700.
This red brick structure was limited to one story because of the . . . — — Map (db m60479) HM
Newkirk owes its existence not simply to the opening of the Cherokee Outlet to homesteaders, but to the twenty-one allotments taken by the Cherokees in Kay County prior to the opening. The Outlet comprised eight million acres of prairie which . . . — — Map (db m60457) HM
It is very likely that without the involvement and cooperation of various local and national Indian tribes, the 101 Ranch operating from 1893 to 1936, with headquarters at this location, could have been as successful as it once was.
Having been . . . — — Map (db m188168) HM
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