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In the spring of 1909, two young men came to Durant to enter the newspaper business: R. F. (Bob) Story of Mineral Wells, Texas, and Walter Archibald, of Marietta, Oklahoma. The following year they purchased the Durant Daily News and changed the name to the Durant Daily Democrat. The first issue under the new - and present - name was dated June ...
Bryan County is in southeastern Oklahoma, in a 10-county area designated as Choctaw Country for tourism purposes by the Oklahoma Department of Tourism and Recreation. [6] According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the county has a total area of 944 square miles (2,440 km 2 ), of which 904 square miles (2,340 km 2 ) is land and 39 square miles (100 ...
Brown is an unincorporated community in Bryan County, Oklahoma, United States. [1] It is located 13 miles northwest of Durant . Brown had a post office from July 3, 1913 until July 15, 1927.
Main Street in Durant. Durant (/ d uː r æ n t /) is a city in Bryan County, Oklahoma, United States.The population was 18,589 in the 2020 census.It serves as the capital of the Choctaw Nation, and is the largest settlement on the reservation, ranking ahead of McAlester and Poteau.
John A. Brown was an Oklahoma department store chain. It operated under that name from 1932, when its founder bought out its predecessor and renamed the chain for himself. After Mr. Brown died in 1940, his widow took over management until her own death in 1967, forcing a change in ownersh
Born Leslie John Brown, Carron—a New Zealand native—was a victim of the Murchison Murders. He is believed to have died on or about May 18, 1930; his remains were discovered in Murchison the following year. [94] Murdered 1 year 1930 Onni Happonen: 32 Finland
It is part of the Durant Independent School District. It is a one-story L-shaped building, 189 by 114 feet (58 m × 35 m) in plan, with a buff brick exterior, with brick laid in running bond . It has a flat roof with parapets and towers capped by Spanish tile roofs.
The Three Valley Museum is a non-profit museum in Durant, Oklahoma. It houses a collection of artifacts regarding the history of Bryan County. It opened in 1976. It is named after the book Queen of the Three Valleys by Henry McCreary, which is about Durant. The museum is operated by the Durant Historical Society.