Historical Marker
Antlers Tornado
Historical marker location:
119 West Main Street, Antlers, Oklahoma
( Marker is on West Main Street (U.S. 271), on the right when traveling east.)
On April 12, 1945, a tornado dipped down in Antlers, killing 86 people and leaving 1,500 homeless. The tornado continued on a deadly track to the northeast.
The Oklahoma City bombing in 1995 was the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in U.S. history. The bombing, which was carried out by Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols, killed 168 people and injured hundreds more.