San Bernardo - Ringling, OK
N 33° 57.283 W 097° 34.184
14S E 632156 N 3758055
Oklahoma Historical Marker at the southwest corner of OK 32/89 and E 2110 Rd, in the Petersburg community near Ringling, OK, noting the past, nearby settlement of Wichitas, placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
Waymark Code: WMQX6D
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 04/09/2016
Views: 2
This marker can be difficult to see when the grass is not cut. The text is:
San Bernardo
Site in Immediate Vicinity West
Oklahoma's Oldest Town on Red River
The great village of the Wichita Indians with a French trading post here was named in honor of Gov. Bernardo de Galvez, in 1778 when Oklahoma was part of Louisiana.
Oklahoma Historical Society, 1950
--
The San Bernardo site was one of two such sites, the other being near present day Spanish Fort: Both are on private property, with access restricted. According to Oklahoma State University, the San Bernardo site contains remnants of a fortified Wichita village, active between the 1700s and 1800s, with a variety of artifacts and graves.
County: Jefferson
Record Address::
OK 32/89 and E 2110 Rd
Ringling, OK USA
73456
Web site if available: [Web Link]
Rate the Site: 
Date Erected: 1950
Sponsor (Who put it there): Oklahoma Historical Society
|
Visit Instructions:1 - Must visit the site in person.
2 - New Photo required.
3 - Give some new insight to the marker/site.
Recent Visits/Logs:
| There are no logs for this waymark yet. |
|
|
|