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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1539_cherokee-strip_Newkirk-OK.html
September 11, 1893Thousands of Americans gathered in this township preparing to make the run for homesteads in the Cherokee Strip, a tract of land 58 miles wide, opening 6,500,000 acres for White settlement bought from the Cherokee Nation by the U…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1538_kay-county-abstract-building_Newkirk-OK.html
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 Masonic Tem…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1537_the-cline-building_Newkirk-OK.html
William S. Cline had this building constructed in 1925. This was the same year that the Kay County Courthouse and the Masonic Temple were constructed in Newkirk. The Cline Building is illustrative of the influence of the Art Deco style. Mosaic til…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM152P_fire-of-1901_Newkirk-OK.html
The entire east side of the 100 block of North Main burned to the ground November 15, 1901. Some of the citizens (obviously not the ones whose businesses were destroyed) thought this was a blessing in disguise. The block consisted of frame buildin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM152O_newkirk-kay-county-fair_Newkirk-OK.html
The Newkirk Kay County Fair was organized in 1896. Five dollar shares were sold in order to purchase property for the facilities, build a race track, grand stands and sheds. The share also gave free admittance to all shows and fairs for three year…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM152N_oklahoma-state-centennial-1907-2007_Newkirk-OK.html
A centennial tribute to the people who shared this land at the turn-of-the-century, and who still call it home today. They faced opportunties and obstacles together and were woven together in time. The spirit that fueled the dream then, and the de…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM152M_cherokee-allotments_Newkirk-OK.html
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 was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM152L_first-national-bank_Newkirk-OK.html
This Roman Classic structure with a corner recessed entry and simple columns was built in 1899. The building was originally known as the Dilday building and is constructed with native limestone secured a few miles east of Newkirk. John Pierce had …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM152K_newkirk_Newkirk-OK.html
Newkirk was originally platted as the townsite of Lamoreux by the United States Land Office in 1893 as the county seat of "K" county. It was named after Silas W. Lamoreaux who was the head of the General Land Office in Washington, D.C., at the tim…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM152F_kay-county-war-memorial_Newkirk-OK.html
"...that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause which they gave the last full measure of devotion — that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain — that this nation, under God, shall …