Sulphur

Historical marker location:

Sulphur, Oklahoma

( Marker is on West Broadway Avenue (State Highway 7) west of West 5th Street, on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 1984

Mineral water from sulphur springs in the area were first used by wildlife, Indians, and cattlemen. In 1902, Sulphur Springs Reservation was established. The area was renamed Platt National Park in 1906 and became part of the Chickasaw National Recreation Area in 1976. The site of the town of Sulphur was moved twice in the 1920s and 1930s.