The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-04-23

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Kiugdsher Was the tnird largest city
la he territory Of Oklahoma shortly
after the opening. It was the home
Of the leading prominent republican
statesmen o. the territory, namely ex
Governor seay. Secretary Of the Terri
tory Wm Grimes. National Committee
man Cash Cade. receiver OF the land
office. Jake Admire; Senators Prouty
ard Winkler. On account OF too much
politics the town never developed in
. ~ large city, while z Reno. 90 miles
south, had a live wire commercial club
that went after the general Offices and
shops OF the Rock Island system,
which made il one OF the most impor
tant and substantial cities in the state
In 1893. al the opening OF the CherO-
kee strip. Enid sprang into existence
and from the very start there Vas a
live wire bunch o. boosters who sc
cured the Rock leland railroad. the
Rlackwell-Enid and Southwestern
road the Award and Western rO5l,
aud the Enid. Denver and Gulf road.
This town is only thirty miles north
/ Of Kinghsher and the latter city com
mercial club sat still and allowed the
Enid boosters to capture all OF these
| railroads and build one OF the great
est cities in the northern part Of the
state.
The promoters Of the Choctaw rail
r. ad from McAlester 10 Oklahoma
/ City endeayored 10 influence the com
mercial club OF Tecumseh, the county
seat Of Pottawatomie county, to give
them the right OF way and bonus for
their road to pass through their coun-
" seat. The club refused to accede
and Mrs Henry Beard who owned
homestead OF 100 acres, five miles
north OF the town, made a proposition
to the promoters 10 give them por-
ton OF her land, and in return she was
accorded the privilege Of naming the
town and chose the name, Shawnee.
4 live crowd OF business men located
and Immediately went to figuring with
the Choctaw railroad officials to move
their shops from McAlester to Shaw
nee. then they went after the Santa
Fe people and secured that road for
their town. The boosters kept boost
ing and Shawnee is one Of the most
progressive and wide-awake cities in
the state as the result OF their efforts,
leaving Tecumseh a quiet county seat
and a quiet commercial club.
# is only a short period Of years
when Muskogee was a little village, in
habited by Creek Indians and freed
men, and the only business OF import
ance was the United States court.
ater q bunch az boosters located
there and influenced Kansas City capl-
talists to invest. telling them that
there was going TO be a great city
built in that part OF the Indian Terri.
tory. and that any investment made
would double in value in short time
which history has revealed. The
boosters have been busy in Muskogee,
and the fame of that city is well
known to every one in the United
States.
Many years later Tulsa was a pio
noer trading point, and for years was
known as the home OF the well known
bandits. the Dalton and Doolin gangs.
4 certain party discovered oil and pc
/ troloum in the pools Of water among
/ he rocks from the flowing springs
about the site of this present city, and
number Of eastern capitalists were
/ Induced TO investigate the situation
/ and they invested their money in de-
yeloping the field After securing a ,
number OF leases from the Indians.
printers ink was used profusely, notl |
tying the world OF this great fact, and |
uye-wires. located at Tulsa. There /,
were two commercial societies formed,
ore the commercial club. and the 9th
er the Manufacturers club, and they
worked in harmony. The fruits OF
their labors is known to every person
of the state as well as the union.
This woke up the commercial club
a Sapulpa, a few miles from Tulsa,
and they got busy. and interested cap
ital to come totheir city. Leases were
secured, and capital put into holes in
the ground that later developed into
the richest oil wells in the world.
Sapulpa today is one OF the best adver-
tised cities in the state OF Oklahoma.
The capitalists who did not get in
on the ground floor at Sapulpa, drove
out nine miles and secured a number
Of leases. and over three hundred