First Train Order Office in Edmond, 1887 The Santa Fe Railroad laid tracks from the Red River to Arkansas City in 1887 going from Indian Territory on the South, through the Unassigned Lands […]
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The Right of Way Graves
September 17, 1886 Frank Mosier and Willie Davis were part of a crew of the Southern Kansas Railroad who were laying rail in September 1886 through the site of present […]
Posted on March 6th, 2020
Kentucky Daisy
All the Makings of a Western Legend… Edmond is home to the tall tale of “Kentucky Daisy” … As the story is told…with her pistol tucked in her waistband, and stakes […]
Posted on March 6th, 2020
Edmond’s Namesake
The town of Edmond, Oklahoma was named for Edmond Schuyler Burdick, a traveling freight agent for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad. Formerly designated “Mile Marker 103” by a party […]
Posted on March 6th, 2020
Edmond: A Town founded by the Railroad
The Santa Fe Railroad laid tracks from the Red River to Arkansas City in 1887 going from Indian Territory on the South, through the Unassigned Lands and into Kansas, thus completing a railroad […]
Posted on March 6th, 2020