Historical Marker Program

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The American Flag

Caddo County
Location: on top of Rock Mary southwest of Hinton
Topics: Government; Military; Social/Cultural; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861

Lieutenants M.P. Harrison and J.H. Simpson unfurled the Stars and Stripes on top of Rock Mary on May 23, 1849. See Rock Mary.

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Britton School

Caddo County
Location: two miles east of Binger
Sponsor(s): Ramona Taylor Rich
Topics: Early Statehood, 1907–1941; Education

Britton School was established in 1911 and originally known as Science Hill. Its name was changed to Britton School in honor of a pioneer family. A church located at the same site served as a grade school.

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Caddo Springs

Caddo County
Location: along highway in front of Concho Indian School, Concho
Topics: American Indians; Education; Territorial Period, 1861–1907; Transportation

Noted for the purity of its waters which come from adjacent sand dune areas, Caddo Springs, sometimes called Concho Springs, was a favored spot on the Chisholm Trail. Cheyenne and Arapaho people alike shared the springs as did the Arapahoe School, later named Concho Indian School, built in 1870. The springs were named for the earliest known Oklahoma inhabitants, the Caddo Indians.

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Riverside School

Caddo County
Location: on US 281, near entrance to Riverside School north of Anadarko
Material: Aluminum
Topics: American Indians; Education; Territorial Period, 1861–1907

Established by Alfred J. Standing on September 23, 1871, east of Fort Cobb on the Washita River, the Riverside Indian School became a highly successful boarding school for Wichita and Caddo children. Fire destroyed the original building in 1878, but the school was rebuilt nearby. It is one of the oldest Indian schools in continuous operation in the nation.

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Rock Springs Baptist Church

Caddo County
Location: on OK-8, three miles north of Anadarko (OBHC)
Topics: American Indians; Religion/Philosophy; Territorial Period, 1861–1907

Rock Springs was the first Baptist church established among the Plains Indians. The church was organized in 1874 by John McIntosh, a Creek Indian who was the first known Baptist missionary to the Plains tribes.

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Washita School

Caddo County
Location: three miles west of OK-9 near Fort Cobb
Topics: Early Statehood, 1907–1941; Education; Government

From 1923 to 1955, area students were educated in a two-story red brick building. A gray stone gymnasium, built by the Works Progress Administration during the Great Depression, was home to the Washita Eagles but was torn down in 1996.

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