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Old Grand, Ghost Town

Description: Article explores the history of Grand, Oklahoma, which eventually became a ghost town. C. A. Squire describes how it was once the county seat of Ellis County and touches on each of the first settler families and individuals that built the town and established businesses there.
Date: Winter 1950
Creator: Squire, C. A.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0053.0294]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Loss of Cattle Heavy as Fargo Wreck Piles Cars Around Station-- An estimated 100 head of cattle were killed when nine cars of 125-car Santa Fe train jumped the track and pile up in front of the railroad station late Thursday at Fargo."
Date: April 7, 1950
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0053.0295]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Cattle Train Wrecked-- A number of cattle headed for Kansas City were killed in a Thursday night wreck at Fargo, Ellis county, when a Santa Fe freight was wrecked in front of the depot."
Date: April 8, 1950
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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