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Sep 1, 2011

Colony Public School in northeastern Washita County is the town of Colony,OK.  The community took its name from the Seger Colony founded by John Seger.  The remains of the Colony Public School occupies the former grounds of the Seger Indian School . John H. Seger was born in Geauga County, Ohio, February 23, 1846, and died February 6, 1928, at Seger Colony,...

Location Class: •School

City: •Colony

Photographer: •Wendi & Amanda

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Oct 26, 2010

Granite is hardly a Ghost Town with a population of nearly 2,000, but we figured we would still make a post with some of the cool things we found. History: Located in Greer County (formerly Old Greer County), Granite is situated six miles north and seven miles east of Mangum at the junction of Oklahoma State Highways 6 and 9. Lying at the southern base of...

Location Class: •Ghost Town

City: •Granite

Photographer: •AbandonedOK Team •Billy!

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Oct 7, 2010

Originally called Cooper, the community was planned in 1899 by Frank Cooper, who had organized a settlement company in anticipation of the opening of the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Reservation in August 1901. When he learned the reservation would be opened with a lottery instead of a run, Cooper asked for and was granted 320 acres for his company members. He...

Location Class: •Residential •Church •Ghost Town

City: •Cooperton

Photographer: •AbandonedOK Team •Billy!

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Jan 9, 2010

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City: •Woodward

Photographer: •AbandonedOK Team

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Nov 5, 2009

Location Class: •Commercial

City: •Elmwood

Photographer: •AbandonedOK Team

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Sep 23, 2009

To begin the story of Optima Lake, I would like to give a little background. I saw a story on News 9, which can be read here stating the park would be torn down instead of replacing a $1.5 Million guardrail that protects drivers crossing the dam. So we decided to hit the road, and document the park before it was lost forever. Optima Lake is located in the...

Location Class: •Government

City: •Hardesty

Photographer: •AbandonedOK Team

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Aug 12, 2009

Location Class: •Commercial

City: •Bridgeport•Geary•Hydro

Photographer: •AbandonedOK Team

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Jul 4, 2009

Bridgeport had possibilities of becoming an important and progressive town, but two factors (1) physical‚-the Canadian River‚-and (2) human‚- a town feud‚- caused its downfall. Located on the south bank of the Canadian River in an area of rich farming land, and served by crossing rail lines, the town appeared destined to be the chief shipping point for a...

Location Class: •Ghost Town

City: •Bridgeport

Photographer: •AbandonedOK Team

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