Camp Leavenworth

Historical marker location:

206 US-70, Kingston, Oklahoma

( Marker is on U.S. 70 west of Willis Street, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1949

This frontier post was named for Brigadier General Henry Leavenworth, commander of the Dragoon Expedition through Oklahoma in 1834. Leavenworth died nearby after being injured in a buffalo hunt. Some historians call the 1834 expedition the greatest expeditionary force in the annals of the US Army.

The University of Oklahoma is home to the National Weather Center, which houses over 550 employees from over 30 different organizations, including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Severe Storms Laboratory.