Old Hardesty

Historical marker location:

Hardesty, Oklahoma

( Marker is on U.S. 412 west of 6th Street, on the left when traveling west.)

Old Hardesty was a trading post established in No Man's Land in 1886. It was named for Colonel Jack Hardesty, a local prominent rancher. Old Hardesty flourished while trail herds crossed the area but faded away when the Rock Island Railroad bypassed the community.