JB Bates, Sr.

Historical marker location:

1700 North Chickasaw Avenue, Haskell, Oklahoma

( Marker is on Chickasaw Avenue/194th Street West (State Highway 72) 1 mile north of Haskell Boulevard (U.S. 64), on the right when traveling north.)

June 13, 1916 Dec. 17, 2008.

Oklahoma became the 46th state in the United States on November 16, 1907, making it one of the youngest states in the country.