Kingfisher’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Kingfisher. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Kingfisher came into existence on April 22, 1889, when land owned by the federal government was opened to settlement by "land run". A huge area in what is now central Oklahoma was literally "peopled" by non-Native Americans overnight. The city is situated on a part of the Chisholm Trail, over which millions of Texas longhorns were driven to railheads in Kansas in the years immediately following the Civil War. Extension of the railroads and settlement of the open range ended this colorful era.
The town was named for an early resident who several landmarks were named for, a man named King Fisher.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Kingfisher’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Kingfisher’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewOklahoma Mill Company, King Fishe…, 1900: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Kingfisher
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Kingfisher, decade by decade
1990s
6 historic places in Kingfisher
6 places in Kingfisher are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Oklahoma Mill Company, King Fisher, Oklahoma, Verenigde Sraten, met rechts een locomotief (trein), RP-F-2007-272-1 (1900) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15From Wikimedia Commons (4) and the National Register (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.