Rural Electrification - Kingfisher, OK
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The Snowdog
N 35° 53.658 W 097° 56.012
14S E 596247 N 3972750
An Oklahoma Historical Society marker giving the history of the first home in Oklahoma to receive electricity from a rural electric co-op.
Waymark Code: WMYXGZ
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 08/06/2018
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This Oklahoma Historical Society marker is placed on the grounds of Cimarron Electric Cooperative, which provides electricity in this part of the state. Incorporated in 1953, their first meter was installed at a nearby home.
The full text of the marker is:
OKLAHOMA RURAL ELECTRIFICATION
This area was first in Oklahoma to receive central station electric power from a rural electric cooperative. Cimarron Electric Cooperative (incorporated Consumers Rural Electric Company on Dec. 23, 1953) energized Oklahoma's first electric cooperative meter at the nearby home of Earl Harrison on Dec. 24, 1937.
OKLAHOMA HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND OKLAHOMA ASSOCIATION OF ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES, 1985
County: Kingfisher County, OK
Record Address::
19306 US-81
Kingfisher, OK
73750
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Date Erected: 1985
Sponsor (Who put it there): Oklahoma Historical Society and Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives
Web site if available: Not listed
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