Comments on: Picher,OK http://www.abandonedok.com/picher/ Preserving Oklahoma's Past Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:57:35 +0000 hourly 1 By: StephenQ http://www.abandonedok.com/picher/#comment-140059 StephenQ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:57:15 +0000 http://www.AbandonedOK.com/?p=1529#comment-140059 did you ever end up going back? did you ever end up going back?

]]> By: William Conder http://www.abandonedok.com/picher/#comment-132907 William Conder Sat, 24 Dec 2011 17:56:14 +0000 http://www.AbandonedOK.com/?p=1529#comment-132907 I am really sorry for anyone who had historical ties to Picher, it is a completely devastating scene. I was driving back home to Texas from Savannah, MO 2 days ago, and I veered off the interstate a little bit onto US 69, and I saw it. I had read about it before, and I didn't know that there were rr tracks there dividing OK and KS. Once there, I immediately realized where I was, the piles of mining waste, and just a couple of dilapidated buildings, it was a scene that nightmares are made of. Stephen King's "The Stand" is the only story I can think of that captures any sort of resemblance to this kind of eerieness. I looked around and cried for the people that died in the tornado, and the people that had to move due to the environmental hazards. I looked around, and no one messed with me, because NO ONE was there. Hiroshima in OK, it's very real folks, sad!! I am really sorry for anyone who had historical ties to Picher, it is a completely devastating scene. I was driving back home to Texas from Savannah, MO 2 days ago, and I veered off the interstate a little bit onto US 69, and I saw it. I had read about it before, and I didn't know that there were rr tracks there dividing OK and KS. Once there, I immediately realized where I was, the piles of mining waste, and just a couple of dilapidated buildings, it was a scene that nightmares are made of. Stephen King's "The Stand" is the only story I can think of that captures any sort of resemblance to this kind of eerieness. I looked around and cried for the people that died in the tornado, and the people that had to move due to the environmental hazards. I looked around, and no one messed with me, because NO ONE was there. Hiroshima in OK, it's very real folks, sad!!

]]> By: La Lumière de Picher, Oklahoma « 5000k.blog http://www.abandonedok.com/picher/#comment-131944 La Lumière de Picher, Oklahoma « 5000k.blog Wed, 21 Dec 2011 05:38:52 +0000 http://www.AbandonedOK.com/?p=1529#comment-131944 [...] les bâtiments à partir de janvier 2011. Vous trouverez plusieurs articles sur la ville, ici, ici, et ici. Ils nous apprennent qu’une bande d’irréductibles refusa de quitter la ville. [...] [...] les bâtiments à partir de janvier 2011. Vous trouverez plusieurs articles sur la ville, ici, ici, et ici. Ils nous apprennent qu’une bande d’irréductibles refusa de quitter la ville. [...]

]]> By: Ryan Durossette http://www.abandonedok.com/picher/#comment-121259 Ryan Durossette Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:48:35 +0000 http://www.AbandonedOK.com/?p=1529#comment-121259 Crazy. I grew up a lil' ways up the road in Grove, OK and used to play baseball against Picher. My Pops has told me it used to be a fun little town back in the day. Sux :( Crazy. I grew up a lil' ways up the road in Grove, OK and used to play baseball against Picher. My Pops has told me it used to be a fun little town back in the day. Sux :(

]]> By: Melody Brown http://www.abandonedok.com/picher/#comment-113352 Melody Brown Wed, 02 Nov 2011 05:51:00 +0000 http://www.AbandonedOK.com/?p=1529#comment-113352 I too use to live in Picher Ok with my first husband Tim Dewayne Sharbutt but now me and my daughter from my second marriage live in Joplin, Mo. believe me i may have missed the Picher tornado but didnt miss the Joplin one. Thank god me and my daughter survived but our apt complex was heavily damaged. If any of you know where John Harvey is he would be around my age which is 37 ive been looking for him...my email is sweetmelody74@hotmail.com. He took me to my junior prom in Miami Ok. I too use to live in Picher Ok with my first husband Tim Dewayne Sharbutt but now me and my daughter from my second marriage live in Joplin, Mo. believe me i may have missed the Picher tornado but didnt miss the Joplin one. Thank god me and my daughter survived but our apt complex was heavily damaged. If any of you know where John Harvey is he would be around my age which is 37 ive been looking for him…my email is sweetmelody74@hotmail.com. He took me to my junior prom in Miami Ok.

]]> By: gemstoneprincess http://www.abandonedok.com/picher/#comment-111966 gemstoneprincess Thu, 27 Oct 2011 20:40:32 +0000 http://www.AbandonedOK.com/?p=1529#comment-111966 I just drove by there on 10/26/2011...I had an eerie feeling, but something told me there was love there and life lost. It looked like something had ripped through the town, and that any life left had just ran away. That was my impression. Because of that impression, I am doing research. I want to go back and just walk the streets. I would not disturb anything, but I think life calls up through the ground and I want to hear what it is saying...<3 I just drove by there on 10/26/2011…I had an eerie feeling, but something told me there was love there and life lost. It looked like something had ripped through the town, and that any life left had just ran away. That was my impression. Because of that impression, I am doing research. I want to go back and just walk the streets. I would not disturb anything, but I think life calls up through the ground and I want to hear what it is saying…<3

]]> By: Girl's Alexander Doll Reviews http://www.abandonedok.com/picher/#comment-110150 Girl's Alexander Doll Reviews Fri, 21 Oct 2011 21:32:19 +0000 http://www.AbandonedOK.com/?p=1529#comment-110150 I have big fun read this blog post. I need to see more on this content.. Many thanks for writing this quality content.. Anyhow, So i am going to sign up for a rss as well as I wish you publish useful articles again rapidly. I have big fun read this blog post. I need to see more on this content.. Many thanks for writing this quality content.. Anyhow, So i am going to sign up for a rss as well as I wish you publish useful articles again rapidly.

]]> By: kent neisen http://www.abandonedok.com/picher/#comment-108306 kent neisen Sat, 15 Oct 2011 01:51:22 +0000 http://www.AbandonedOK.com/?p=1529#comment-108306 it just sad what has happen to the town it just sad what has happen to the town

]]> By: Jason Argonaut http://www.abandonedok.com/picher/#comment-90067 Jason Argonaut Fri, 16 Sep 2011 11:11:50 +0000 http://www.AbandonedOK.com/?p=1529#comment-90067 A study came out in 1996 that showed 37% of the children had unhealthy levels of lead in their blood. Almost nobody left, and the town mayor publicly stated it was a lie by the Washington bureaucrats to "steal their mineral rights". Should tell you something. NPR did a story on Pitcher/Cardin and reported that the town's been a hotbed of meth labs for years and never more so since the buyout began; the story said 12 meth labs were shut down in abandoned buildings in Picher alone in 2009. One of the last businesses to leave the town was the county-funded meth detox clinic, and that's provable via the Yahoo! reviews for the place that continued well up into 2009 even after the town was dis-established. That should also tell you something. The town's not cute, and it's not a fun tourist destination. It's like Centralia Pennsylvania meets meth-addicted trailer trash meets county sheriff with aviator shades who's never left the county. Stay the fuck away, I'm serious. A study came out in 1996 that showed 37% of the children had unhealthy levels of lead in their blood. Almost nobody left, and the town mayor publicly stated it was a lie by the Washington bureaucrats to "steal their mineral rights". Should tell you something.

NPR did a story on Pitcher/Cardin and reported that the town's been a hotbed of meth labs for years and never more so since the buyout began; the story said 12 meth labs were shut down in abandoned buildings in Picher alone in 2009. One of the last businesses to leave the town was the county-funded meth detox clinic, and that's provable via the Yahoo! reviews for the place that continued well up into 2009 even after the town was dis-established. That should also tell you something.

The town's not cute, and it's not a fun tourist destination. It's like Centralia Pennsylvania meets meth-addicted trailer trash meets county sheriff with aviator shades who's never left the county. Stay the fuck away, I'm serious.

]]> By: Lady Lelouch http://www.abandonedok.com/picher/#comment-89082 Lady Lelouch Wed, 14 Sep 2011 23:47:13 +0000 http://www.AbandonedOK.com/?p=1529#comment-89082 That face thing is really creepy. That face thing is really creepy.

]]> By: Lorra http://www.abandonedok.com/picher/#comment-81275 Lorra Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:40:38 +0000 http://www.AbandonedOK.com/?p=1529#comment-81275 My grandfather, Mark Larkin, was a mechanic in Picher back in the 60s(and since I'd never seen the town's name spelled, I always thought it was "Pitcher.") Did anyone know my grandpa? I'm so sorry for the loss of the town. My grandfather, Mark Larkin, was a mechanic in Picher back in the 60s(and since I’d never seen the town’s name spelled, I always thought it was “Pitcher.”)

Did anyone know my grandpa?

I’m so sorry for the loss of the town.

]]> By: Guest http://www.abandonedok.com/picher/#comment-71300 Guest Sun, 07 Aug 2011 17:09:10 +0000 http://www.AbandonedOK.com/?p=1529#comment-71300 Thanks for the photos. My mom and her parents were from Picher; my grandfather worked in the mines from the 20s through the 60s. I hope to get down there myself soon to have a look around and take photos. Until then, your photos help fill in a lot of gaps. Thanks again. Thanks for the photos. My mom and her parents were from Picher; my grandfather worked in the mines from the 20s through the 60s. I hope to get down there myself soon to have a look around and take photos. Until then, your photos help fill in a lot of gaps. Thanks again.

]]> By: Gerald http://www.abandonedok.com/picher/#comment-69703 Gerald Mon, 01 Aug 2011 17:42:18 +0000 http://www.AbandonedOK.com/?p=1529#comment-69703 That was in 1919 That was in 1919

]]> By: Gerald http://www.abandonedok.com/picher/#comment-69705 Gerald Mon, 01 Aug 2011 17:41:13 +0000 http://www.AbandonedOK.com/?p=1529#comment-69705 does anybody knom anything about Greenlesf Mining Co.? My grandmother had 100 shares in that Co.,Is there any thing to it? Like to know if there is money there. does anybody knom anything about Greenlesf Mining Co.?
My grandmother had 100 shares in that Co.,Is there any thing to it?
Like to know if there is money there.

]]> By: JOHN WARE http://www.abandonedok.com/picher/#comment-49868 JOHN WARE Fri, 13 May 2011 13:10:07 +0000 http://www.AbandonedOK.com/?p=1529#comment-49868 I WAS BORN IN DOUTHAT OK.... MOVED TO MISSOURI AN THEN TO CALIF .. I WILL BE A CHAT RAT TILL THE DAY I DIE.. J W I WAS BORN IN DOUTHAT OK…. MOVED TO MISSOURI AN THEN TO CALIF .. I WILL BE A CHAT RAT TILL THE DAY I DIE.. J W

]]> By: Kristen http://www.abandonedok.com/picher/#comment-48741 Kristen Sat, 07 May 2011 05:21:20 +0000 http://www.AbandonedOK.com/?p=1529#comment-48741 I went to Picher today and let me tell you there is less and less of it. They were tearing down buildings left and right out there. By the end of the summer, I doubt anything is still standing. Tried to take all the pictures I could but I also stayed out of most of the buildings. I went to Picher today and let me tell you there is less and less of it. They were tearing down buildings left and right out there. By the end of the summer, I doubt anything is still standing. Tried to take all the pictures I could but I also stayed out of most of the buildings.

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