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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1687_apache-prisoner-of-war-cemeteries_Elgin-OK.html
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 th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15DL_280mm-heavy-motorized-gun-m65_Lawton-OK.html
(left plaque)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 7? miles distant, the shell that could wipe out an enemy division exploded on target with a roaring…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15DK_comanche-reformed-church_Lawton-OK.html
This bell was especially cast for the Comanche Reformed Church when the church was completed in 1905. The bell was used during the ministries of Reverend L.L. Legters, first missionary, and his successors, Reverends H. Sluyter, J. Dykema, R.H. Har…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15DJ_infantry-barracks_Lawton-OK.html
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, th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15DI_post-headquarters_Lawton-OK.html
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 ad…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15DH_satank-killed_Lawton-OK.html
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.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVQL_post-chapel_Lawton-OK.html
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 & sch…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMU1H_fort-sill_Lawton-OK.html
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. Pre…