- Ingalls, Oklahoma
Ingalls is a small community in
Payne County, Oklahoma about 10 miles east of Stillwater. The town was settled out of the "Unassigned Lands " in 1889, and had a post office fromJanuary 22 1890 , untilOctober 31 1907 . It was named for SenatorJohn J. Ingalls of Kansas.Ingalls was the site of a famous
Battle of Ingalls onSeptember 1 1893 , which was a shootout betweenU.S. Marshal s and the Doolin-Dalton gang. Three marshals and two residents were killed, one of the residents being killed while shooting at the marshals. Several people were wounded, including two of the outlaws, and one outlaw was captured. A stone monument stands at Ingalls a short distance from where one of the deputies was shot.A series of old buildings are still present, including the Ingalls Hotel, a livery stable, saloon, and general store. Most of the townsite is now private residences.
ources
*McRill, Leslie. [http://digital.library.okstate.edu/Chronicles/v036/v036p429.pdf "Old Ingalls: The Story of a Town That Will Not Die"] , "Chronicles of Oklahoma" 36:4 (October 1958) 429-445 (retrieved August 17, 2006)
* [http://www.ou.edu/cas/archsur/counties/payne.htm "Oklahoma's Past: Payne County"] Oklahoma Archaeological Survey. University of Oklahoma. 23 Oct 2007.
External links
* [http://www.usmarshals.gov/history/dalton/doolin-dalton.htm US Marshals Service-Deputies versus the Wild Bunch]
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