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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 976.6 EAN: 9780806114200 ISBN: 0806114207 Label: University of Oklahoma Press Manufacturer: University of Oklahoma Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 229 Publication Date: 1980-06 Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press Studio: University of Oklahoma Press Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Informative, with good location notesThis excellent ghost town book identifies and briefly describes about 130 once thriving (at least kicking) towns from across Oklahoma that are today totally gone or are mere shadows of their former selves. About 75% of them can still be found in decent atlases (i.e., The Roads of Oklahoma), and author John Morris makes it fairly easy to locate the remaining 25% with excellent location notes. There are also maps included, though they are only useful in the most general sort of way. The book is also ... Read More Rating:  - Ghost Towns of OklahomaThe history of such a "new" state is intrinsically colorful, and the stages of growth and development make for the rise and fall of towns and small cities for a wide variety of reasons. The white man mostly ignored Oklahoma prior to the 1840s, giving said growth and development a dynamic unique among the states. The author has collected several dozen stories of such locales, and in addition a vast collection of historical photos and plats, gives regional maps, dates, names, commerce info, ... Read More 
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