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Dover
· Eohc
Right here, near Dover, Oklahoma, you're driving past the site of one of the nation's worst train wrecks. On September 18, 1906, the Cimarron River bridge collapsed right under Rock Island Passenger Train Number 12. The…
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Red Fork Ranch
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You're driving through Kingfisher County, near present-day Dover. Right here, back in 1872, stood the Red Fork Ranch. It wasn't just a place to rest; it was a vital trading post and cattle hub right on the Chisholm…
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Waightman (Weightman) Gang
· Eohc
You're driving through Kingfisher County, and right here is where the Waightman Gang hit their first train robbery in Oklahoma Territory, near Dover, back in 1895. George Waightman, a burly outlaw with auburn hair, had…
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Seismograph
· 8.6 mi · Eohc
Right here, near Hennessey, Oklahoma, a young man named John C. Karcher was raised. He'd go on to independently invent a device that would revolutionize the oil industry: the seismograph! While originally used in World…
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Hennessey
· 8.6 mi · Eohc
You're driving through Hennessey, a town named for a man who died right here on the frontier. Pat Hennessey was a freighter, killed back in 1874, likely in a fight with Cheyenne warriors or maybe white horse thieves.…
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Mennonites
· 8.6 mi · Eohc
You're driving through western Oklahoma, and right here is a place where a unique group of settlers put down roots: the Mennonites. Arriving in 1880, they were part of a long history of seeking new frontiers,…
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Sculpture, Outdoor
· 8.6 mi · Eohc
You're driving through Oklahoma, and you might not even realize it, but you're surrounded by art! From bronze pioneers to abstract steel, Oklahoma boasts hundreds of outdoor sculptures. The oldest? It might be the…
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Walton, Samuel Moore
· 9.6 mi · Eohc
You're driving through Kingfisher, Oklahoma, the birthplace of Sam Walton, the man who built a retail empire from the ground up. Born right here in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1918</say-as>, Walton's journey…
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Kingfisher
· 9.6 mi · Eohc
You're driving through Kingfisher, a town born from the Oklahoma Land Run of 1889! Right here, settlers raced to stake their claims, but the rules said towns couldn't be too big. So, Kingfisher split into two rival…
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Callahan, James Yancy
· 9.6 mi · Eohc
You're driving through Kingfisher, Oklahoma, and right here is where James Yancy Callahan made his mark. He was the *only* non-Republican to ever represent Oklahoma Territory as a delegate to Congress! Born in Missouri…
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Campbell, William Parker
· 9.6 mi · Eohc
Right here in Kingfisher, you're passing through a place with a rich history tied to preserving Oklahoma's story. William Parker Campbell, a journalist by trade, moved here in 1892. The very next year, he had a…
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Danne, Joseph, Jr.
· 9.6 mi · Eohc
Right here in Beckham County, you're driving past the land of Joseph Danne, an eccentric wheat breeder who changed farming on the southern plains. Born in Nebraska to German immigrants, Danne moved to Oklahoma Territory…
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Grimes, William C.
· 9.6 mi · Eohc
You're driving through Kingfisher, and right here is where William C. Grimes made his mark. He arrived for the Land Run of 1889, claimed land, and then dove headfirst into building this town. But his biggest impact? He…
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Kingfisher v. Wood and Fossett (1890)
· 9.6 mi · Eohc
You're driving through Kingfisher, and right here is where a legal battle over the very definition of 'sooner' took place! Back before the 1889 Land Run, a military worker named John Wood was already in the Unassigned…
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Oklahoma Historical Society
· 9.6 mi · Eohc
Right here in Kingfisher, you're driving past the birthplace of Oklahoma's memory keepers. It was 1893, and a group of newspaper editors, worried about losing their history, decided to create the Oklahoma Historical…
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Seay, Abraham Jefferson
· 9.6 mi · Eohc
You're driving through Oklahoma Territory's history, and right here, you're passing through the legacy of Abraham Jefferson Seay. He wasn't just a governor; he was a showman! In 1892, Seay convinced the territorial…
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Kingfisher County
· 9.6 mi · Eohc
You're driving through Kingfisher County, and right here, a local farming innovation changed the world. The town of Kingfisher itself has a few origin stories, maybe named for a rancher, maybe for a creek. But its real…
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Nagle, Patrick Sarsfield
· 9.6 mi · Eohc
You're driving through Kingfisher, Oklahoma, and right here, you're passing through the stomping grounds of Patrick Sarsfield Nagle, a political organizer who helped the Oklahoma Socialist Party reach its peak in the…
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Loyal
· 11.6 mi · Eohc
You're driving through Kingfisher County, and right here is the town of Loyal. It wasn't always called Loyal, though. From its founding around 1894, it was known as Kiel. But with anti-German sentiment rising during…
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Bison
· 14.8 mi · Eohc
You're driving through Garfield County, and right here, the town of Bison bears the name of a creature that once defined the American prairie. Imagine tens of millions of these massive beasts, American bison, thundering…
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Crescent
· 17.8 mi · Eohc
You're driving past Crescent, Oklahoma, and right here, in 1974, a Kerr-McGee plant just south of town became the center of a national controversy. Karen Silkwood, an employee critical of the company, died under unusual…
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Cashion
· 18.1 mi · Eohc
You're driving through Cashion, Oklahoma, a town born from a land run and a dream of connecting farmers to markets. In 1900, two railroads, the Guthrie and Kingfisher Railway and the Guthrie and Western Railway, met…
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Okarche
· 18.1 mi · Eohc
You're driving through Okarche, a town with a name you might not forget, because it's an acronym! Okarche was named using the first letters of Oklahoma, Arapaho, and Cheyenne. This unique name came about when the…
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Cimarron City
· 18.4 mi · Eohc
You're driving through Logan County, and right here is Cimarron City. It's a community that wasn't even here until 1973. Developers J. L. Swaim and Don McLaughlin platted this one-thousand-acre town, with engineer Leon…
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Debo, Angie Elbertha
· 19.8 mi · Eohc
You're driving through Oklahoma, and right here is a place that was home to Angie Debo, a historian who dared to tell the truth about American Indian history. Born in Kansas in 1890, she came to Oklahoma as a…
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Marshall
· 19.8 mi · Eohc
You're driving through Logan County, and right here is Marshall. This town owes its existence to Sylvan T. Rice, a homesteader who opened a store in July 1894. He named it for his hometown in Iowa, Marshalltown. The…
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Pearson, Lola Clark
· 19.8 mi · Eohc
You're driving through Marshall, Oklahoma, where Lola Clark Pearson made her home for over thirty years. Born in Iowa, she moved here in 1905 and immediately organized the Marshall Woman's Club. Pearson was a powerhouse…
