Garret A. Hobart - Hobart, OK
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N 35° 01.505 W 099° 05.572
14S E 491528 N 3875828
This monument in front of the Kiowa County Courthouse honors Garret A. Hobart, for whom the town in named.
Waymark Code: WM11X59
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 01/02/2020
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Garret Augustus Hobart was born June 3, 1844 and died an untimely death from heart disease in the middle of his term as Vice President on November 21, 1899. An attorney, Hobart began in New Jersey state politics and became the 24th Vice President of the United States in 1897. While Vice President under William McKinley, he became a valued assistant to the President.
The town of Hobart was established in 1901, shortly after Hobart's death, when the Kiowa-Comanche-Apache Reservation was opened for settlement with a land lottery. On August 6, 1976, the citizens funded the placement of this granite monument for the Diamond Jubilee celebration of the town.
One side of the monument has an engraving of Garret A. Hobart, with the dedication: "Hobart was named to honor Garret A. Hobart, 24th Vice President of the United States. Hobart was the first town in Oklahoma to adopt a City Flower - "The Iris"."