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Roxana: The Last of the Wild Boom Towns (open access)

Roxana: The Last of the Wild Boom Towns

Article explores the boom and bust of the town of Roxana, Oklahoma. D. Earl Newsom discusses the history of Roxana, from the success of the oil industry there to the crime that ran rampant, to the eventual collapse of the boom town.
Date: Spring 1991
Creator: Newsom, D. Earl
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History