Ringling - Ringling, OK
N 34° 10.752 W 097° 35.564
14S E 629689 N 3782920
Oklahoma Historical Marker in the form of a centennial monument, observing Ringling's one hundredth anniversary in 2014, in front of City Hall at 122 N 5th, Ringling, OK.
Waymark Code: WMR81G
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 05/24/2016
Views: 2
This marker is of pink granite, with text on one side only. It says:
In 1912, Jake L. Hamon, a wildcat speculator, proposed the idea of a railroad from Ardmore to Lawton via southern Oklahoma to John Ringling, owner of the famed Ringling Brothers Circus. Land west of Ardmore was acquired that connected to townsite land. Bought from Pinkney Turner and Alex Hammons Sr., Ringling tapped his cane on a map of his newly purchased land to determine location of railhead. He considered these southern plains as possible winter quarters for his circus animals.
May 1, 1913, construction began on the Oklahoma, New Mexico and Pacific Railway. Three months later an oil discovery provided the railroad with ample business and John Ringling with a vast fortune.
In 1914, railroad construction stopped 25 miles west of Ardmore. A post office was established and Hamon declared "Call it Ringling for the man who made it possible."
This monument recognizes 100 years of friendly and productive people who have said
"Ringling -- my hometown"
County: Jefferson
Record Address::
122 N 5th
Ringling, OK USA
73456
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Date Erected: 2014
Sponsor (Who put it there): City of Ringling
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