Sac and Fox Agency Marker - Stroud, OK
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hamquilter
N 35° 44.936 W 096° 39.290
14S E 712051 N 3958638
Historical Marker on Sac and Fox Reservation land
Waymark Code: WM9XCR
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 10/10/2010
Views: 12
Located on the corner of N. Second Avenue and E. Main Street (Route 66) in downtown Stroud, OK is an Historical Marker reading:
"Oklahoma/Sac & Fox Agency/4 mi. South/Established 1869 on reservation of Sac and Fox Indians who were moved here from Kansas. Reservation lands allotted tribal members and surplus opened to White settlement in 1891. Noted members of the tribe include Chief Moses Keokuk, Dr. William Jones, anthropologist, and Jim Thorpe, internationally known athlete/Oklahoma Historical Society - Oklahoma Highway Commission 1949."
The marker is located at the northwest corner of the Ed. Smalley Centennial Park, a small landscaped park with a war memorial, gazebo and eagle sculpture.
County: Lincoln
Record Address::
N. 2nd Avenue and E. Main Street
Stroud, OK US
74079
Web site if available: [Web Link]
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Date Erected: 1949
Sponsor (Who put it there): Oklahoma Historical Soc. & Oklahoma Highway Commission
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Visit Instructions:1 - Must visit the site in person.
2 - New Photo required.
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