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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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