101 Ranch

Historical marker location:

Marland, Oklahoma

( Marker is on Main Street (State Highway 156) ¼ mile north of West 8th Street, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1958

Believed to have derived its name from the 101,894 acres of the Ponca Reservation, this huge ranch was founded by George W. Miller and his sons in the early 1880s on land he leased, eventually purchased, or otherwise acquired from the Ponca Indians. The ranch became world-famous for its Wild West show, oil wells, livestock, and farm products.