Grand

Historical marker location:

Arnett, Oklahoma

( Marker is at the intersection of U.S. 283 and E0270 Road, on the left when traveling north on U.S. 283.)

Marker installed: 1959

Grand was the county seat of Day County in Oklahoma Territory until statehood, and the seat of Ellis County until 1908. Little remains today to indicate its importance in territorial and early statehood days.

The state capital of Oklahoma is Oklahoma City, which was settled in 1889 during the Land Run of 1889, when settlers rushed to stake their claim on land that had previously been reserved for Native American tribes.