George C. Sibley Expedition - Cherokee, OK
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The Snowdog
N 36° 48.332 W 098° 14.740
14S E 567288 N 4073565
This Oklahoma Historical Marker is at a road side pull out on the south side of Highway 11, northeast of Cherokee, Oklahoma.
Waymark Code: WM16367
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 04/24/2022
Views: 1
This Oklahoma Historical Marker, set in 1959, is at a road side pull out on the south side of Highway 11, due north of the Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge. The marker is a bronze plaque set in a stone pillar. The text is
George C. Sibley Expedition
First
White Men to see Salt Plains
In Summer of 1811 group composed of 8 White men and 6 Osage passed here after crossing north portion of salt plains from east to southwest.
Oklahoma Historical Society, 1958
County: Alfalfa
Record Address::
Highway 11
Cherokee, OK United States
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Date Erected: 1/1/1959
Sponsor (Who put it there): Oklahoma Historical Society
Web site if available: Not listed
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