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Historical Markers

Caldwell, the Border Queen, has seen wild days as a cow town beside the Chisholm trail, a brief period of booming times during the Oklahoma Land Rush days, and quiet prosperity based on the vast grain fields of Sumner County. Ghostly silhouettes on a hillside south of town give a feeling of the vast herds that moved through here in the nineteenth century.

A rich set of historical markers in downtown Caldwell provides an unusually complete view of the town's past. Stop by the visitors plaza in the Cherokee Strip Center at Main & 1st for a free map and tour guide with the marker locations listed.



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Caldwell's History




Marshal Henry Newton Brown




The Last Chance Saloon




The Legend of Mount Lookout




Native Stone Building




The Railroad Influence




Shooting Up Main Street




The Stock Exchange Bank




Cowtown Law Enforcement

 The Grand Opera House




The Last Land Rush




The Leland Hotel




The Murder of Marshal George Flatt




The Prohibition Movement




The Red Light Saloon




The Southwestern Hotel




The Talbot Gang Shootout