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OKKAMO Tri-State Marker is a monument showing the "Stand on three states: Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma" ''RoadsideAmerica.com''
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tripoint
A triple border, tripoint, trijunction, triple point, or tri-border area is a geography, geographical point at which the boundaries of three countries or Administrative division, subnational entities meet. There are 175 international tripoints ...
of Oklahoma
Oklahoma ( ; Choctaw language, Choctaw: , ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Texas to the south and west, Kansas to the north, Missouri to the northea ...
, Kansas
Kansas ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the west. Kansas is named a ...
, and Missouri
Missouri (''see #Etymology and pronunciation, pronunciation'') is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it border ...
. It is located at an elevation of 1,016 feet (one source says 1,024 feet) and is about 300 feet north of I-44
Interstate 44 (I-44) is an Interstate Highway in the central United States. Although it is nominally an east–west road as it is even-numbered, it follows a more southwest–northeast alignment. Its western terminus is in Wichita Falls, T ...
and about 1000 feet east of the Downstream Casino and Resort, which is operated by the Quapaw Nation
The Quapaw ( , Quapaw: ) or Arkansas, officially the Quapaw Nation, is a U.S. federally recognized tribe comprising about 6,000 citizens. Also known as the Ogáxpa or “Downstream” people, their ancestral homelands are traced from what is n ...
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A marker built from native stone was erected in 1938 by the WPA, but it is located 50 feet to the west of the actual tri-point. A stand-on plaque was added in October 2004 at the actual site of the tripoint./ref>
See also
* List of Oklahoma tri-points *Preston Monument
The Preston Monument is the common name for a stone marker at the tri-point (the place where three states meet) of Oklahoma, Colorado, and New Mexico. It is named after Levi S. Preston who surveyed a portion of the New Mexico–Colorado border in ...
: monument on the Colorado-New Mexico-Oklahoma tripoint
* Site No. JF00-072: monument on the Kansas-Nebraska border
* Site No. RH00-062: monument on the Kansas-Nebraska border
* Texhomex
Texhomex is a marker showing the tri-point of Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico. The marker is off U.S. Highway 56 about two miles east on Texas State Line Road at the corner of Oklahoma State Line Road, and is at an elevation of 4712 feet. There are ...
: monument on the New Mexico-Oklahoma-Texas tripoint
* United States Highway 61 Arch: monument on the Arkansas-Missouri border
References
Border tripoints Borders of Oklahoma Borders of Kansas Borders of Missouri Works Progress Administration in Kansas 1938 establishments in Kansas Boundary markers Monuments and memorials in Kansas {{NewtonCountyMO-geo-stub