Exploring Oklahoma History
We're Here to Explore the Great State of Oklahoma, to Remember Those Who Came Before Us, and Learn the Lessons of Oklahoma's Past Together.
Oklahoma Historic Place of the Day
Baker's Ranch
Baker's Ranch Site one-half mile west, this ranch station, noted watering place on the Old Chisholm Trail, was attacked in the last Indian war and found deserted a few days later, July 5m 1874, by Indian Agent J. D. Miles who asked for U. S. Cavalry to guard the trail in this section. This site was laid out in 1890 as Baker City, a ghost town now. Oklahoma Historical Society
Located in Kingfisher County, Oklahoma.
Today in Oklahoma History
Saturday, January 27, 2001
10 Lost in OSU Plane Crash
Ten members of the Oklahoma State University basketball family lost their lives in a plane crash near Strasburg, Colorado. Lost were OSU players Daniel Lawson and Nate Fleming, Oklahoma City broadcaster Bill Teegins, OSU athletic media relations coordinator Will Hancock, student assistant Jared Weiberg, director of basketball operations Pat Noyes, athletic trainer Brian Luinstra, broadcast engineer Kendall Durfey, and pilots Denver Mills and Bjorn Fahlstrom. Monuments at the crash site in colorado and the southwest lobby of Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater have been erected. more...
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