Saddle Mountain, Oklahoma

Saddle Mountain
Unincorporated community
Saddle Mountain
Location within the state of Oklahoma
Saddle Mountain
Saddle Mountain (the US)
Coordinates: 34°52′11″N 98°42′26″W / 34.86972°N 98.70722°W / 34.86972; -98.70722Coordinates: 34°52′11″N 98°42′26″W / 34.86972°N 98.70722°W / 34.86972; -98.70722[1]
Country United States
State Oklahoma
County Kiowa
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID 1097566[1]

Saddle Mountain is an unincorporated community in Kiowa County, Oklahoma, United States, along State Highway 115. The Saddle Mountain Post Office existed from January 2, 1902, until May 31, 1955. It was named for the Saddle Mountain Baptist Mission which opened in 1903.[2] Saddle Mountain, a foothill of the Wichita Mountains lies about a mile to the southeast in Comanche County.[3]

Monroe Tsatoke, a Kiowa artist, was born here in 1904, when it was still part of Oklahoma Territory.[4]

This land was allotted to the Spotted Horse family at the beginning of the 20th century.Is said to be worth between 16-20 million dollars.

See also

  • Isabel Crawford, a Baptist missionary who helped the Kiowa people establish the Saddle Mountain Baptist Mission

References

  1. 1 2 "Saddle Mountain, Oklahoma". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-10-05.
  2. ↑ Corwin, Hugh D. "Saddle Mountain Mission and Church" (PDF). Chronicles of Oklahoma. Retrieved August 23, 2017.
  3. ↑ Shirk, George H. Oklahoma Place Names. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987. ISBN 0-8061-2028-2.
  4. ↑ Lester, Patrick D. The Biographical Directory of Native American Painters. Norman and London: The Oklahoma University Press, 1995: 571. ISBN 0-8061-9936-9.


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