The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗A rural community called "Cottonwood Grove" began to emerge near the present site of Verden before the Civil War. It was on the eastern edge of the Kiowa and Comanche reservation that was established by the Medicine Lodge Treaty, that was made with the U.S. government in 1867. A stage stop was established at Cottonwood Grove for travelers en route from Boggy Depot to the Kiowa Agency, Fort Sill, and Fort Cobb. The land around the community, outside the reservation, belonged to the Half Moon Ranch, owned by W. G. "Caddo" Williams. His son-in-law, Charles Campbell, owner of the 7BC Ranch, and E. B. Johnson bought the Half Moon around 1900.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Verden’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Verden’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewDairy Ice Cream sign, 1979: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Verden, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Dairy Ice Cream sign (1979) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.