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The largest rattlesnake round-up in the United States is held in Sweetwater, Texas. Held annually in mid-March since 1958, the event currently attracts approximately 30,000 visitors per year and in 2006 each annual round-up was said to result in the capture of 1% of the state's rattlesnake population, [ 5 ] but there are no data or studies to ...
At least five small towns in western Oklahoma host long-running rattlesnake festivals, but Okeene's is the oldest, as it turns 85 in 2024. Waurika Rattlesnake Hunt When: April 11-14.
A western diamondback rattlesnake is coiled in the milking pit during Friday's 64th annual World's Largest Rattlesnake Roundup in Sweetwater March 11, 2022.
Rattlesnake: Texas — She was the first child to die of a snakebite in Parker County. [140] August 15, 1841 H. M. Pettigrew, 31, male: Rattlesnake: Texas — Pettigrew died from a rattlesnake bite while clearing land in Fannin County, Texas. [141] 1796 Richardson, infant son of Wm. & Ella Massasauga or Timber rattlesnake (Likely)
The hospital was built by Dr. Fowler Border before Oklahoma reached statehood. The Margaret Carder Library, founded in 1922, contains 14,318 volumes and circulates 11,794 items per year. [17] The annual Mangum Rattlesnake Derby, typically in April, features not only a rattlesnake hunt, but also a festival and large flea market. [18]
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Sweetwater originated around the time of the Cheyenne-Arapaho land opening in 1892. A post office for Sweetwater was established September 27, 1894 (current zip code 73666). By 1910, the community had an estimated population of 50, two general stores, a dry goods–grocery store, a cotton gin, and a fuel company.
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