Located 1 mile west
and ½ mile north of Arcadia
This plaque is on
a monument just inside the center entrance:
THE ARCADIA IOOF
CEMETERY
EST. AUG 1917
WITH 59 MEMBERS
DEDICATED TO THOSE WHO CARE
BY MEMBERS OF THE
ARCADIA CEMETERY ASSN.
1996
ARCADIA IOOF LODGE 273
PURCHASED 5 ACRES IN THE NW CORNER
SW¼ SEC RANGE 14N-I
WEST OKLAHOMA COUNTY
FROM WILLIAM H.H. AND ELIZABETH YOUNG
COST 150.00
This plaque stands
just inside the northwest entrance of the cemetery:
PLEASANT VALLEY CEMETERY
THE FIRST CEMETERY AND CHURCH ESTABLISHED BETWEEN
THE CANADIAN RIVERS AFTER THE OPENING OF OKLAHOMA IN 1889 WAS PLEASANT
VALLEY
J.T. LAWSON DONATED THE USE OF ½ ACRE
OF HIS HOMESTEAD FOR THE FIRST THREE YEARS, UNTIL PATENT WAS GRANTED, THEN
HE GAVE DEED FOR SAME AND SOLD 1½ ACRES TO CEMETERY ASSOCIATION
FOR $250.00. ASSOCIATION ORGANIZED 1892.
ORIGINAL DIRECTORS
T.B. DAVIS
T.J. HUNKER
J.H.HUDDLESTON
J.T. LAWSON
A BRUSHARBOR WAS USED UNTIL THE CHURCH WAS
BUILT IN 1890. FIRST MINISTER REV. B.J. HARTSFIELD WAS BURIED HERE DEC.
6,1899. CHURCH WAS MOVED TO BENTON WHEN RAILROAD WAS BUILT IN 1903. BENTON
WAS LATER RENAMED WHEATLAND
DIRECTORS
GEORGE DAVIS
T.J. HUNKER
JAMES JOHNSTON
W.J. SHARPE
THIS PLAQUE SPONSORED BY
WHEATLAND HOME DEMONSTRATION CLUB
ERECTED 1964
Created and Maintained by Bill
Walsh