Kingfisher Stage Station

Who the station was named for is less settled than the plaque suggests. The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History gives three accounts: a rancher named David King Fisher, who operated north of town and gave his name to Kingfisher Creek; neighboring settlers named King and Fisher, run together into one word; or a rancher named John Fisher and his nephew King, with nearby Uncle John Creek named for the uncle. The station stood on the stage branch of the trail, which ran on to the Darlington agency and Fort Reno while the cattle went east.

What the plaque says

Kingfisher Stage Station This stage station on the old Chisholm Trail, 1867-1889, was 4 blocks no., on south side of Kingfisher Creek. The trail had two branches in this area; one for cattle was 6 miles east. Oklahoma Historical Society and State Highway Commission 1957

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• The Chisholm — 0.8 mi
  Kingfisher's farming and ranching museum on the Chisholm Trail's stage branch, with a heritage village and Horizon Hill, the mansion a territorial governor built for a capital that never came.
• Historic Fort Reno — 21 mi
  The Army post beside the Cheyenne and Arapaho agency at Darlington, from which troops chased the Northern Cheyenne north in 1878, later a remount station and a prisoner-of-war camp.

More markers nearby

• Historical Society Birthplace — 0.5 mi
• Kingfisher — 0.5 mi
• Run of '92 — 1.0 mi
• Run of '89 West Boundary — 1.0 mi