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3 unusual facts about North Canadian River


Alexander Posey

Alexander Posey and a friend attempted to cross the North Canadian River, when he drowned in the flooded river on May 27, 1908.

Charles C. Carpenter

Carpenter's Boomers established a nominal settlement called City of Oklahoma on Deep Fork River (Deep Fork of the North Canadian River).

John Kilpatrick Turnpike

North of this interchange, the Kilpatrick Turnpike crosses the North Canadian River.


Maud, Oklahoma

In 1890, a barbed-wire fence was built along the street now called Broadway from the North Canadian River to the Canadian River to keep the Native Americans out of Oklahoma Territory.


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