Ragtown: Wirt, Oklahoma, and the Healdton Boom
Description:
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.
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Oklahoma Historical Society