Saddle Mountain, Oklahoma

Saddle Mountain, Oklahoma
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 34°52′11″N98°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 and is said to be worth from $16–20 million^{[ who? ]}.

Notable people

• Isabel Crawford, a Baptist missionary who helped the Kiowa people establish the Saddle Mountain Baptist Mission
• Angela R. Riley, chief justice of Citizen Potawatomi Nation (2010-present)

Utilities

Telephone, Internet, and Digital TV is provided by Hilliary Communications.

References

1. "Saddle Mountain, Oklahoma". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved October 5, 2012.
2. Corwin, Hugh D. "Saddle Mountain Mission and Church" (PDF). Chronicles of Oklahoma. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 23, 2011. 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.