The Active Historian

Hey, friend! Welcome back to another post. Today, I want to show you the historic marker for the Edmond Station that was located in Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma). Let’s get started!

Historical marker transcription:

Edmond Station, Indian Territory

“The Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad gave birth to Edmond, Oklahoma in terms of location and name on April 22, 1889. During road construction it was known as Mile 103 or “Summit,” a side track stop on a high point (Elev. 1198 feet) of the railway grade between the Cimarron and the North Canadian Rivers on March 28, 1887. The stop was officially named “Edmond Station” for Edmond Burdick, the Santa Fe’s traveling freight agent, and full train service began in June. The AT&SF’s first coaling barn for the Unassigned Lands was located here. John N. Steen, the first permanent resident, completed the water well for the steam locomotives in May of 1888. The conical covered well, pump house, water tower, depot, telegraph, and express office that were along the railroad right-of-way from Third Street to North of West Second and the coaling barn near Fifth were “Edmond” before the “Run.” The name was retained by the ’89ers who established the town around the station.”

Oklahoma Historical Society

Edmond Historic Preservation Trust

Edmond Historical Society

Kirkpatrick Foundation, Inc.

1993

Visit & Concluding Thoughts

This historic marker sits right next to the train tracks in the Edmond Festival Market Place parking lot. It was kind of hard to get into the parking lot so I’ve attached a map if you want to go try to find it yourself! The marker is in the far south west corner in the turquoise circle below.

To find this portion of the map you can also type in Edmond Ice House. It’s right across the railroad tracks.

This was a fun marker to find. I stumbled across it when I was looking for something in Edmond and going to take a photo had been on my ‘to do list’ for awhile. I’m glad I was able to knock this one off the list!

I hope you’ll try to find the historical markers in your town!

Happy traveling, friend! I’ll talk to ya soon 🙂