Ragtown: Wirt, Oklahoma, and the Healdton Boom (open access)

Ragtown: Wirt, Oklahoma, and the Healdton Boom

Article describes the growth and subsequent problems of the Oklahoma oil-boom town of Wirt in Carter County, also known as Ragtown. Emerging overnight as the center of the Healdton Field, Ragtown provided shelter and work for hundreds of assorted oil-field characters.
Date: Spring 2009
Creator: Freeman, Elizabeth F.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 87, Number 1, Spring 2009 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 87, Number 1, Spring 2009

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Spring 2009
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 87, Number 3, Fall 2009 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 87, Number 3, Fall 2009

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Autumn 2009
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History