Canadian County

Canadian County, Oklahoma

Canadian County is named for the Canadian River.

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Beecham Cemetery

Beecham Cemetery South side of Marker Nathan and Almira Beecham 'Pioneers' to Oklahoma, gave this plot of ground in 1891 to become the Beecham Cemetery. Their two children, Guy Will and Ne…

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Canadian County Court House

El Reno is the county seat of Canadian County.

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Canadian County Historical Museum

The museum has several historic buildings on exibit including a Red Cross canteen, a railroad depot, a hotel and an old jail.

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Canadian County Jail

List in the National Register of Historic Places

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Canadian County Sheriff Stables

Canadian County Sheriff Stables Built ca. 1908,BR. Restored 1995 - 1999 By Preservation El Reno Inc. Stan Gralla Architects The following individuals and organizations stepped forward …

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Chisholm Trail - Yukon

Chisholm Trail - Yukon Over this spot passed the vast herds of longhorned cattle from the ranges of Texas to the railroads in Kansas. It was in 1867 that the first herd came up this trai…

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Cowboy Camp Springs

Cowboy Camp Springs This pond is the site of an important watering hole used by drovers as they passed through this area on the way to the railheads in Kansas. Created by the conflu…

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Darlington - Monument

Darlington Cheyenne-Arapaho Agency Established there 1870, by Brinton Darlington, Quaker, Indian Agent appointed by President Grant. Important Stop on Chisholm Trail Site of Arapaho School, J…

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Darlington Agency Site

Darlington Cheyenne-Arapaho Agency Established there 1870, by Brinton Darlington, Quaker, Indian Agent appointed by President Grant. Important Stop on Chisholm Trail Site of Arapaho…

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El Reno Carnegie Library

El Reno Carnegie Library Has been place on the National Register of Historic Places By the United States Department of the Interior 1905

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El Reno Municipal Swimming Pool Bath House

El Reno Municipal Pool 1935

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Fort Reno Marker

Fort Reno Old Post about 2 mi. N. U.S. troops encamped near Cheyenne Agencey in Indian uprising 1874. Site s.w. of agency selected by Agt. J.D. Miles and Capt T. Wint, established as perma…

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Gift of John Kirkpatrick

Gift of John E. Kirkpatrick Chisholm Trail Marker erected on Land of John E. Kirkpatrick given to him by his grandmother, Mrs. Lewis Mortimer Spencer, on date of his birth, Feb. 13, 1908. His …

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Goff House

The Goff House The home was built in 1900-1991, by William and Magdalen Goff. MR.Goff come to El Reno in 1892 to work for Anheuser and Busch. He soon became an agent for the firm. Later h…

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Historical Fort Reno

Fort Reno, a military camp in 1874, was established to protect the personnel at the Cheyenne & Arapaho Agency. In 1875, the commanding officer was authorized to select a site for a military pos…

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Hotel El Reno

National Register of Historic Place

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In Memory Of Pioneer Mennonite Settlers

Mennonites settled in this area soon after Oklahoma Territory opened by run April 22, 1889. Their first mission activity was among Indians. This colony was southern most for Mennonites along…

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Major General Jesse Lee Reno

Major General Jesse Lee Reno 1823-1862 El Reno namesake born in Wheeling, West Virginia. Reno was a 1846 graduate of West Point Military and thrice decorated hero of 1846 war w…

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Red Cross Canteen

National Register of Historic Places

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Reno City, Oklahoma Territory

Reno City, O.T. Reno City was founded on the day of the first run April 22, 1889. Having been platted beforehand. It was situated just east of the boundary line the ninety eighth meridian an…

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Run of '89 West Boundary

At the opening of "Old Oklahoma" April 22, 1889, this was the west line for the Run starting at 12 O'clock noon. Prairies and hills in the 2,000,000 acre tract, east were peopled by tens of t…

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TWISTEX Memorial

A memorial for three storm chasers, Carl Young, Timothy Samaras, and Paul Samaras, killed by a tornado on May 31, 2013.

  1. County information from Wikipedia.
  2. Population from U.S. Census Bureau, 2020.