Edmond Right-of-Way Graves

Oklahoma County · In railroad right-of way northeast of intersection of Kelley Avenue and 33rd Street in Edmond

Frank Mosier and Willie Davis were employees of the Southern Kansas Railroad laying rail through present-day Edmond in September 1886. They died in a fight two miles south of the first Edmond train station. Because they were railroad employees, the men were buried side-by-side on the west side of the railroad right-of-way. Frank Mosier’s grave was originally marked by a sandstone marker that read, “Frank Mosier, Died September 17, 1886, Age 22.” The grave of Willie Davis is marked by a simple metal cross presumably erected by his brother years after the consequential fight and burial occurred.

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