First Sidewalk
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member gparkes
N 34° 10.305 W 097° 07.829
14S E 672308 N 3782778
Civil projects are often overlooked as we walk right over them. Ardmore has kept this piece of sidwalk with a marker for history's sake.
Waymark Code: WM8JED
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 04/09/2010
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
Views: 19

This marker reads:

Before statehood in 1907, Lewis Robert Marston began laying sidewalks in Ardmore, I.T., before 1907 Mr. Marston poured the first sidewalk around what would become the Carter County Courthouse in 1910. This piece of concrete is from the original sidewalk poured during Indian Territory days.

County: Carter County

Record Address::
20 B Street Southwest
Ardmore, OK USA
73401


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Sponsor (Who put it there): Carter County

Web site if available: Not listed

Date Erected: Not listed

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