The town is not exactly 100% barren. There are still about five homes in the old part of town, but much of the town looks barren. There are steps to no where that were probably once to a church. An abandoned gas station that roof has fallen in on and the walls have fallen down on most of it. The old school is nothing but a shell of a building and is being used to store agriculture stuff in.
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Barren
More Information:
As Oklahoma was a territory at the time, only Congress could establish a county seat, and it named Cloud Chief, with a population of about 20 or 30, as the county seat. According to history, Cloud Chief, located in the southeast corner of the county, had several businesses established by midafternoon and a population of over 3,000 that first night. In 1900, the people of Washita County, by a vote of 1,349 in favor to 282 in opposition, illegally moved the courthouse under gunfire to Cordell, which was located in the exact center of the county.
Steps to what was probably a church at one time:
The old school:
The old gas station:
View of Main Street:
Steps to what was probably a church at one time:
The old school:
The old gas station:
View of Main Street:
Associated Historical Place:
- Cloud Chief Courthouse
Site of first Washita County court house Cloud Chief, originally Tacola, served as the first county seat. Area settled by land run April 19, 1892. August 7, 1900, citizens voted to move county se...
Washita County
Entry last updated on 3/2/2011 9:00:31 AM by James
