My Great American Town Tour
My Great American Town Tour is of Enid Oklahoma. President Grover Cleveland designated September 16, 1893, as the date of the "run." On that day, an estimated 100,000 people rushed in from the borders to stake a claim. They came by horse, train, wagon, and even on foot, all trying to claim the best farmland or town lot. Many of the hopeful settlers remained landless, shunning the rough terrain in the western part of the Outlet. By the end of the day, farms were being established, and the cities of Enid, Perry, Alva, and Woodward had risen out of what had been virgin prairie the day before. Enid is located in Northwest Oklahoma approximately 87 miles NW of Oklahoma City. We are located in Garfield County,
estimated population of about 47,045, and Enid sits at an elevation of 1,246 feet
Garfield County Courthouse Downtown Enid
on the National Register of Historic Places.
Some of Enid's Landmarks, the giant grain elevators that dot
the towns skyline. They are some of the largest in the world
check here for continued tour
posted by Ann at
4:42 PM
15 Comments:
I'd have loved to have been a bird in the sky watching the "run". What a sight that must have been! Thanks for the tour :-)
I'm with Joanna ... imagine watching the 'run' for land.
Must have been crazy.
I was telling someone recently about the legend of John Wilkes Booth, something I will think of for a long time when his name comes up ...
Thanks for the history lesson and tour. i am assuming the plots of land were pre- staked and marked off.??
Glenda
What a neat tour and loved the history lesson. I agree, that must have been quite a sight. Enid looks like a lovely town, the lake is just beautiful and that playground is amazing! Thanks for the tour. Kathy
Great Tour! Some of those buildings were so grand.. love Willow Lake.. I could get lost there for hours. Thanks for sharing your lovely town.. Have a Happy 4th.
Hugs,
Debbie
I can't even imagine what it would have been like to race and stake claim on land! What a neat town! I loved all of the pictures... the grain elevators give the town character. :) I have family in Oklahoma City... I have not been to OK... but would love to visit someday. Thanks so much for joining in the town tour...I loved all of the history that you provided! :)
What an amazing way to acquire land. TFS your town with us. I have actually been through Enid when my uncle lived in Oklahoma.
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Glenda: no people just found the place they liked and stuck a stake in the ground which meant this is mine then had to put a shack of sorts up and go to the land office.
Thanks to all who stop by.
I enjoyed your town tour very much, especially the vintage photos! I saw there was a Billings Hotel, do you know if that was named after the railroader? My husband is big into railroads and I see you have a museum, was this a big rr town because of the grain elevators?
Also, you have alot of lovely old homes, are there old homes to tour? When I retire I plan on doing alot of traveling and have been making up a list of places to go that satisfy both my husbands and my interests. I love to see old buildings and you have some very attrative buildings in your town. The Presbyterian Church is gorgeous.
I enjoy visiting old schoolhouses and I can just picture your grandmother as a young child riding to school on a horse! We have alot of one room school houses remaining in my area.
Thanks for the tour!
Great history lesson. I think my favorite photo is the red school house.
Dawn
Mary, yes the often have tours of some of the historic homes. Not usually the whole home but parts. They call them parlor tours. Not sure on the Billings. The RR Museum is very interesting if you are into trains. Yes we still has lots of trains thru here to get grain. Out by the elevators there are maybe a dozen tracks for trains to use. Never counted them but there are a lot. We have three of the huge elevators.
Mary: You got me to looking on the Billings Hotel. Couldn't find anything saying Frederick Billings had anything to do with a hotel company but look what I did find:
Billings Hotel Trivia:
BILLINGS HOTEL CO. el al. v. CITY OF ENID
1920 OK 41
186 P. 1085
77 Okla. 122
Case Number: 7815
Decided: 01/27/1920
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
ΒΆ1 This was an original proceeding in this court by the Billings Hotel Company et al. against the city of Enid, on the relation of H. O. Glasser, city attorney, and Jas. B. Cullison, judge of the district court of Garfield county, to prohibit the defendants from proceeding in a certain case pending in the district court of Garfield county wherein the city of Enid, on the relation of H. O. Glasser, city attorney, is plaintiff, and the Billings Hotel Company et al. are defendants. The petition in the district court alleged the defendants were operating a "booze joint" in said Billings Hotel, and maintaining a nuisance and a place where liquor was bought and sold, and the city prayed for an injunction to enjoin the defendants from maintaining said nuisance.
the writ of prohibition was dismissed.
What a neat town. This is such a great idea.
Cheri
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