Red Fork Station - Dover, OK
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N 35° 59.210 W 097° 54.525
14S E 598369 N 3983038
This historical marker is one of several in Dover Park, Dover, Oklahoma.
Waymark Code: WM13KHF
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 01/01/2021
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This historical marker is one of several in Dover Park, on the northeast side of the small town of Dover. The text of the marker is
RED FORK STATION
Site 3 Blocks South
Stockade buildings of Red Fork Ranch on the Chisolm Trail, at the Cimarron or Red Fork river crossing here, included a stage station to change horses and a supply depot for travelers, late 1860s to 1890s. Troops from Ft. Sill were on duty here during Indian war alarm after the Pat Hennessey massacre, in July, 1874.
County: Kingfisher
Record Address::
Dover Park
E0710 Rd at Highway 81
Dover, OK United States
73734
Rate the Site: 
Date Erected: 1969
Sponsor (Who put it there): Oklahoma Historical Society / State Highway Commission
Web site if available: Not listed
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