Chief Stumbling Bear Pass - Oklahoma Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

This historical marker depicts Chief Stumbling Bear as setting up the first permanent settlement for the Plains tribes on Canyon Creek southwest of the markers location in 1867. Housing was build by the government in 1877.
This marker was not one of the original from Oklahoma House Bill 267 (1949). This marker was selected during the 1967 session. It still maintains the original design with the Oklahoma Native American shield at the top. It sits atop a very tall pole and has been used as target practice on numerous occasions.

The plaque reads as:
CHIEF STUMBLING BEAR PASS
Kiowa Chief Stumbling Bear who signed the Medicine Lodge Treaty, 1867 founded the first permanent settlement of Plains tribes, on Canyon Creek, southwest of here. First government built houses for Indians were erected in the settlement 1877.

Oklahoma Historical Society and State Highway Commission 1967

And while you are here visiting this landmark, pick up the geocache Chief Stumbling Bear Pass.

County: Comanche Record Address:: OK State HWY 58OK USA Web site if available: [Web Link] Rate the Site: Date Erected: 1967 Sponsor (Who put it there): Oklahoma Historical Society and State Highway Commission

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