Photo by Monica Wood | Fort Sill Public Affairs | 01.03.2022
A portion of Flipper's Ditch runs along Corral Road and is part of the storm sewer system on Fort Sill. Designed and built by 2nd Lt. Henry O. Flipper and the black Soldiers of the 10th Cavalry in 1878, the ditch runs along the Fort Sill Golf Course, and many roads on post and collects and channels storm water on post to carry it to nearby water bodies....
Photo by Monica Wood | Fort Sill Public Affairs | 01.03.2022
Flipper's Ditch, built in 1878 by 2nd Lt. Henry O. Flipper, was constructed to drain several swamp areas on Fort Sill which bred mosquitos and caused malaria and other water-borne illnesses. Flipper's Ditch is still an effective means of collecting storm water run off and diverting it to nearby waterways....
