Ghost Towns in Oklahoma
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Boggy Depot
Boggy Depot was a Choctaw Nation trading post and temporary capital. During the Civil War, Confederate forces used it as a depot. When the railroad by...
Ingalls
Ingalls was the hideout for the Dalton Gang. In 1893, US Marshals attacked, resulting in a famous gunfight that killed 3 marshals and wounded several ...
Ingalls
Ingalls is famous for the 1893 Battle of Ingalls—when US Marshals ambushed the Doolin-Dalton Gang at the Ransom Saloon. Three marshals and one outlaw ...
Picher
Picher was the center of the Tri-State Mining District. Lead and zinc mining created massive piles of toxic chat. The EPA declared it a Superfund site...
Picher
Picher is 'America's Most Toxic Ghost Town.' Lead and zinc mining produced $20 billion in ore—and 178 million tons of toxic 'chat.' 34% of children ha...
Slapout
Slapout got its name because the general store was always 'slap out' of whatever customers wanted. In the remote Oklahoma Panhandle, resupply was slow...