Historical Marker
Big Four School
Historical marker location:
Kingfisher, Oklahoma
( Marker is at the intersection of State Highway 33 and N 2920 Road, on the right when traveling west on State Highway 33.)
Big Four School, located three miles north, was formed on March 17, 1920, by a special election vote to consolidate the districts of White Cap, Twilight, Wandell, and Bird Creek. The school graduated its first senior class in 1924; its last in 1968. It continued as a grade school until closing in May 1978.
During the Great Depression, thousands of farmers in Oklahoma were displaced from their land due to drought and dust storms. Many of these farmers migrated to California in search of work, a journey that became known as the "Okie migration."