Black Iron Fountain

Black Iron Fountain is an Oklahoma historical marker in Kay County.

Kay County · at intersection of Fourth Street and Grand Avenue in Ponca City · location approximate

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The first watering fountain in Ponca City once stood near the Marland Estate stables. Mrs. George Fluke, the designer of the Oklahoma state flag, repainted the relief daises on the fountain.

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Marker data: Oklahoma Historical Society, Historical Marker Program. Marker texts come from the Society's marker database, reproduced with the Society's written permission. Where the database describes a marker's location in words but records no coordinate, the pin on this page is ours, worked out from that description and marked approximate.
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