Steen Memorial Bridge - Edmond, OK
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N 35° 39.208 W 097° 28.986
14S E 637315 N 3946573
A historical marker is now placed near the newly named Steen Memorial Bridge.
Waymark Code: WM14NW4
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 08/02/2021
Views: 2
At the southwest side of the Festival Marketplace, at the beginning of the pedestrial walkway, is a new historical marker. The RR bridge seen behind the marker is being named the Steen Memorial Bridge. A short timeline is listed on the marker, giving information on the first family to live at the Edmond Station.
Text on marker:
Steen Memorial Bridge
John, Cordelia, and Charles Steen
First Family at Edmond Station
Dec. 1886: John, employee of the AT&SF Railway, arrived at Mile Marker 103 to supervise the building of the water well.
Nov. 1887: Cordelia and son Charles arrived at Edmond Station. They lived in the two-room pump house. The second room was the Steen's home.
Apr. 1889: The Land Run opened the Unassigned Lands for settlement.
Second Street stopped at the Edmond Station. The pump house stood at the site of the underpass bridge.
Edmond Historic Preservation Trust
2021
County: Oklahoma
Record Address::
30 W. 1st St.
Edmond, OK USA
73003
Web site if available: [Web Link]
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Date Erected: 7/29/2021
Sponsor (Who put it there): Edmond Historic Preservation Trust
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Visit Instructions:1 - Must visit the site in person.
2 - New Photo required.
3 - Give some new insight to the marker/site.
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