Wait, where did the Air Go? - Big Cabin, OK - Chicago Trip Stop #3

Rob dicovered a lost SnapPad in Amarillo, but the discovery at this stop was a bit more alrming.

 

Love's RV Hookup-Big Cabin OK 727

 

Where we ate!! - Great Food.

A bit about the area.

 

📍 Quick Facts & Location

• Big Cabin is a tiny rural town in Craig County, OK, with a 2020 population of just 174, down from 265 in 2010  .

• It lies along U.S. Highway 69, about 10 mi north of Vinita and 8 mi south of Adair, with I‑44 (Will Rogers Turnpike) Exit 283 just to the north  .

 

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🪵 A History Rooted in Hay & Rails

• Named after a large plank cabin used by local Native Americans, built near a railroad switch in 1871–72 when the MKT Railway passed through the area  .

• Big Cabin became famous as the “Hay Capital of the World”—between roughly 1883 and 1910, more hay was shipped from here than any other U.S. town  .

• The town was formally platted in 1904, began incorporation in 1926, and finalized it in 1958  .

 

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⚔️ Historic Site: Cabin Creek Battlefield

• Just southeast of town sits the Cabin Creek Battlefield, where two Civil War raids (1863 & 1864) targeted Union supply trains on the Texas Road. Though the Confederate raids captured supplies in the 1864 engagement, they didn’t alter the course of the war  .

 

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