As
the Coordinator for Caddo County
I wish to send a special
thank
you
to Nancy
Charlton, Sheri Hammons, Sandy
Miller and any others that have
contributed their substantial
time and effort to make this site
(see the
awards) what
it is today. My Goal is to
continue to expand the resources
available on this site while
adhering to the high standards
of my predecessors. If you would
like to contribute to the project
I would love to have your
information.
E-mail me
Mel
Owings with
questions or input.
The word
CADDO is from the
Caddo Indian word
"Kadi" meaning
"Chief"
Caddo
County
named for the Caddo Indian tribe
is located in the North Eastern
part of the
South Western corner of the State
of Oklahoma.
The land now in Caddo County to
the North of the Washita River
that flows from West to East
dividing the county approximately
in half, was part of the
Wichita-Delaware-Caddo Indian
reservation.
This same approximate area was
designated as "I"
county in Oklahoma Territory.
The land South of the Washita was
part of the
Kiowa-Comanche-Apache Indian
Reservation.
The land for both of these Indian
reservations, formed by treaty on
October 21, 1867,
were part of the leased district,
located in the Chickasaw District
of the Choctaw Nation,
which was purchased from the
Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians
for the sum of $300,000. on April
28, 1866.
The proclamation of Secretary of
Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock
dated 24 June 1901,
signed On July 4, 1901 by
President William McKinley,
opened these reservations for
settlement
by land lottery drawing and
townsite auction to be held on
Aug. 6, 1901.
Near the center of Caddo county a
post office was established in
1873 named Anadarko.
This name is from a corruption of
the word Na-da-ko, the name of a
Caddoan Indian tribe,
which means "place of the
bumble bee". The site of
this post office and Indian
trading post
was later designated the County
Seat of Caddo County.
At Statehood Caddo county ceded
to Grady County Townships 5, 6,
7, and the
southern part of township 8
North, Range 8 West, which
included the town know as Verden.
In 1911 Caddo county ceded
Townships 10, 9, and the northern
part of township 8 North, Range 8
West
to Grady County shaping Caddo
County as we know it today.
Caddo
County Cities and Towns
Historical
Dates
Flags
over Oklahoma
Caddo
County Historical Sites
Postcard
of Anadarko Courthouse
Newspaper
articles about Caddo County
Courthouse
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