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Jake Hamon: "The Man Who Made Harding President" (open access)

Jake Hamon: "The Man Who Made Harding President"

Article details the life and career of Jacob "Jake" Hamon, legendary Oklahoma oilman and politician. An ambitious, opportunistic man in search of a presidential cabinet appointment, Hamon used money and influence to manipulate the selection of Warren G. Harding as the Republican Party's nominee in 1920.
Date: Autumn 2009
Creator: Floyd, Larry C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
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.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History