Post Office Stolen!! - Cushing, OK
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N 35° 58.822 W 096° 46.338
14S E 700842 N 3984065
This Historical Sign is located on a brick wall in the Downtown Cushing Centennial Park.
Waymark Code: WMZ2T0
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 09/01/2018
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The Downtown Cushing Centennial Park is located in the 100 block of E. Broadway. The park highlights numerous events in historical Cushing, including its oilfield and railroad history.
One of the signs on the west wall of the Park relates the story of an event that occurred in 1902. The sign reads:
Post Office Stolen!!
According to contemporary newspaper
accounts sometime after midnight on
September 13, 1902 local residents woke
to find the post office stolen from Main
Street and moved to E. Broadway.
It was relocated to 104 E. Broadway for
sometime, then moved a few more times
until its present location on S. Cleveland
was dedicated in 1935.
Reference: Young Cushing in Oklahoma Territory - by Laura Lou Wells
Group that erected the marker: Downtown Cushing Revitalization Association
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
108 E. Broadway
Cushing, OK US
74023
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