Other town sites

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 28 June 2001

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1900-1920s
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Minco Corn Festival, 1908.  (see picture below)  For a few years, Minco's newly tilled rich soil made it an extraordinarily prolific grower of corn, and Minco laid claim to "Corn capital of the world".
         According to William A. Woodworth, Sr., the car shown below was one of the rare "horseless carriages" in Oklahoma at the time, and provided rides around the town for a fee.  In the backseat of the car are banjo players providing music during the ride.  The "Hardware Furniture" store in the middle of the block is now named "Woodworth's".  It is now owned by Calvin V. K. Woodworth, and was built by his grandfather, Calvin Van Kirk Woodworth, in the 1890s.  
       Building on far right is "the old opera house", where traveling shows and local El Meta Bond college students gave performances.  The windmill (center right) is located about 10 yards south of the present stop light, and the large tent appears to be a little east of the location of the present post office.   The huge building behind and to the left of the tent is the old Cameron Lumber Yard, located about where the post office is now. (Click for  very large picture).

First pickup used by Woodworth's Hardware (approx. 1915?).    The first Woodworth Hardware pickup was a converted car.    The highly innovative Marvin B. Woodworth created a starter for the engine utilizing compressed air from an air tank which can be seen on the running board.  In the background, there is a passenger train stopped on the railroad crossing.  Building on far left is part of the "old opera house".   It and three more buildings burned down in 1949,  City hall is located there now.	(Click  here for  6x8 picture). <-click here for very large 15x21detailed picture.
Woodworth store about 1910.  L to R: Unknown; D. P. Nunn, employee of Woodworth's; and Marvin B. Woodworth.  The store manufactured the horse tanks shown on right.
The Minco Minstrel in 1914 was located a 1/2 block east of city hall on the south side.
J. W. Killian, US Rural Mail Carrier, about 1895-1900.
Davidson-Case Lumber Yard, about 1895. Located 1 block south of city hall on east side.
El Meta Bond College, about 1917. (The front door faced east.)