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You may have to look hard to find the bell. It may not be obvious or located nearby, but it can be seen from this spot.
Parking is available nearby, please park legally. Muggle activity can be high so be stealthy. Permission was granted to place this cache here.
This bell was installed as part of Newkirk, Oklahoma’s Centennial Celebration on September 3, 1993. Various individuals and organization donated to have it installed. It was originally the Oak Grove school bell. The school was a small country school housing grades 1 through 8 in Kay County. The bell was donated by Grace Sherrod Fultz who taught at the school. The school and cemetery were established in 1897. In 1974, 523 early settlers and their descendents were relocated to the IOOF Cemetery in Ponca City by the Corps of Engineers during the construction of the Kaw Lake Reservoir.
The Newkirk Community Museum features Kay County artifacts from 1893 through 1940 highlighting local history and early day settlements. Exhibits include homesteading items, a restored mail buggy, early day photos, some Native American artifacts, one-room school house stage curtains and a large collection of Pez containers. The museum is open Sundays from 2 – 5 pm and by appointment if you call 580-362-2377.
Visit related caches GC4hg36 by Cisnguy at the school site and GC46k9w by Oilbear125 at the relocated cemetery site.
The manufacturing inscription on the bell reads BLYMYER Norton Cincinnati. The 1850s and 1860s witnessed the sudden birth and equally sudden death of many steam engine manufacturers. The Blymyer Mfg. Co. was a major firm. On May 5, 1871, Blymyer sustained a $40,000 loss by fire, the bane of 19-century factories. Beginning in 1872 - the firm was named Blymyer, Norton & Co. Besides agricultural machinery in general and sugar cane processing equipment in particular, the manufacturer advertised bells, which became a significant product of the rapidly growing company. Around 1889 the Cincinnati Bell Foundry Co. became successors to the Blymyer Mfg. Co., but the Blymyer Iron Works Co. continued to produce cane equipment. By 1889, J.S. Blymyer was named president of the Cincinnati Ice Machine Co., and, in 1891, D.W. Blymyer served as president of both the ice machine firm and the iron works.