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Berry, Shelley, Small Towns, Ghost Memories of Oklahoma: A Photographic Narrative of Hamlets and Villages Throughout Oklahoma's Seventy-seven Counties (Virginia Beach, Va.: Donning Company Publishers, 2004). Blake Gumprecht, "A Saloon On Every Corner: Whiskey Towns of Oklahoma Territory, 1889-1907," The Chronicles of Oklahoma 74 (Summer 1996).
Cogar is a small unincorporated rural community in northeast Caddo County, Oklahoma, United States. [1] [2] It is located approximately 10 miles west of Minco, Oklahoma on Oklahoma State Highway 37, and about 5 miles east of Salyer Lake on Oklahoma State Highway 152. The post office was established March 25, 1902, and discontinued September 30 ...
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The mining waste was located very near neighborhoods in the town. South Treece Street, 2008. Picher is a ghost town and former city in Ottawa County, northeastern Oklahoma, United States. It was a major national center of lead and zinc mining for more than 100 years in the heart of the Tri-State Mining District.
The town also had one newspaper, the Keokuk Kall. [1] It was platted at the opening of the Sac and Fox Reservation on September 22, 1891. [1] The town became one of the most famous liquor towns in Oklahoma, because it was in the "wet" Oklahoma Territory near the "dry" Indian Territory. [1] The town became dry at statehood. [1]
Cold Springs is a ghost town in Kiowa County, Oklahoma. The town was 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Roosevelt . [ 1 ] It is now in the Great Plains State Park , in the Mountain Park Wildlife Management Area Site 2.
Minco is located in northern Grady County. The city limits extend north to the Canadian River, which serves as the border with Canadian County. U.S. Route 81 passes through the center of town, leading north 16 miles (26 km) to El Reno and south 19 miles (31 km) to Chickasha, the Grady County seat.
Adamson is a ghost town in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, United States. [2] It was located between McAlester and Wilburton. The town contained 15 coal mines. Four mines were major producers. A post office was established at Adamson, Indian Territory on March 1, 1906. [3] The town was named for Peter Adamson, a mine owner.