43 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.
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Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base
· Eohc
You're driving through Washita County, and right here is the former Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base. Established during World War II as a naval air station, it later became a Strategic Air Command base during the Cold…
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Burns Flat
· Eohc
You're driving through Burns Flat, Oklahoma, a town that boomed thanks to the military. During World War II, the federal government built the Clinton Sherman Naval Air Station right here. After the war, it reopened as…
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Dill City
· 5.5 mi · Eohc
You're driving through Washita County, and right here is Dill City. It started as a railroad town back in 1902, named after an attorney, David S. Dill. But for years, the post office called it Dill, while the railroad…
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Foss
· 6.6 mi · Eohc
You're driving through Washita County, and right here is Foss. It got its start thanks to the railroad in 1902, and things were booming. But just months after the town was built, a massive flood ripped through Turkey…
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Walters, David Lee
· 7.4 mi · Eohc
Right here, near Canute, Oklahoma, is the birthplace of David Lee Walters, who became governor in 1990. His election was a big deal: he was the first governor in nearly fifty years to win without prior elected office…
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Canute
· 7.4 mi · Eohc
Right here in Canute, Oklahoma, you're driving through a town with roots stretching back to the opening of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Reservation in 1892. The story of Canute really begins with a general store owner named…
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Bertha Rogers Well Site
· 9.9 mi · Things to Do
World deepest oil well at 31441 feet drilled in 1974. Hit molten sulfur instead of oil.
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Bessie
· 10.7 mi · Eohc
You're driving through Washita County, heading north of Cordell. Right here is Bessie, a town born from a railroad. In 1902, the Blackwell, Enid and Southwestern Railroad laid tracks, and by 1903, a new townsite…
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Rogers, William C.
· 10.7 mi · Eohc
You're driving through Washita County, not far from Bessie, the birthplace of William C. Rogers. Now, he shares a name with Oklahoma's most famous son, the humorist Will Rogers. But this Will Rogers forged his own path.…
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Custer, George Armstrong
· 11.2 mi · Eohc
You're driving through the heart of Oklahoma, not far from where one of the most infamous battles in the Indian Wars took place. Right here, on November 27, 1868, Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer led the Seventh Cavalry…
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Massingale, Samuel Chapman
· 11.2 mi · Eohc
You're driving through Cordell, Oklahoma, and right here is where a significant figure in Oklahoma's political history, Samuel Chapman Massingale, made his home. Born in Mississippi, Massingale moved to Oklahoma…
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Cordell
· 11.5 mi · Eohc
You're driving through Washita County, and right here is Cordell, a town that fought tooth and nail to become the county seat. It all started in 1892, just after the land opened up for settlement. A store was founded,…
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Dr. Shadid Cooperative Hospital
· 12.6 mi · Things to Do
In 1929 a Lebanese immigrant doctor built America first cooperative hospital. The AMA tried to destroy him.
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Jimmy Webb Birthplace
· 13.5 mi · Things to Do
Born here Aug 15 1946. Wrote Wichita Lineman and MacArthur Park. Youngest inducted into Songwriters Hall.
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National Route 66 Museum
· 13.5 mi · Things to Do
Full museum complex tracing the Mother Road through all eight states it crossed.
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Beutler and Son Rodeo Company
· 13.5 mi · Things to Do
Three generations of Beutlers have provided rodeo stock to the NFR since the 1920s.
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Susan Powell Hometown (Miss America 1981)
· 13.5 mi · Things to Do
Elk City girl crowned Miss America 1981. Population 10000. One in ten thousand.
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Casa Grande Hotel (Elk City, Oklahoma)
· 13.5 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Step back in time at this historic hotel on Route 66, which opened shortly after the Mother Road was established. Get ready to imagine the glamour of early road trips! Opened in 1928, the Casa Grande Hotel quickly…
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Elk City Carnegie Library (1915)
· 13.5 mi · Things to Do
One of 26 Carnegie libraries built in Oklahoma. Still standing since 1915.
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Elk City Cotton District
· 13.5 mi · Things to Do
Cotton was king before oil. Gins ran all fall processing the western Oklahoma harvest.
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Parker Drilling Company
· 13.6 mi · Things to Do
Founded here in 1934. Became one of the largest drilling contractors on Earth.
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Elk City Founding Site at Elk Creek
· 13.6 mi · Things to Do
Named for the elk that watered at the creek. Cheyenne-Arapaho land run opened it in 1901.
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Sentinel
· 13.7 mi · Eohc
Right here in Sentinel, Oklahoma, you're driving through a town that owes its name to a newspaper! Back in 1898, a pioneer named R. B. Gore opened a store and applied for a post office. The name 'Sentinel' came from the…
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Y Service Station and Cafe
· 14.1 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Pull over here at the Y Service Station and Cafe for a slice of classic roadside Americana! Built in 1937, this unique triangular building stands where Neptune Road splits into Route 66 and Highway 183. Back then, it…
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Anadarko Basin
· 14.5 mi · Eohc
You're driving through the Anadarko Basin, a massive geological feature that's been a goldmine for Oklahoma's oil and gas industry. While discoveries were made here as early as the 1920s, things really got interesting…
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Certain Bison Kill Site
· 14.5 mi · Eohc
You're driving near Elk City, Oklahoma, and right here, in this canyon, American Indian hunters were killing hundreds of bison over 2,000 years ago! This Certain Bison Kill Site is one of only two known bison jumps in…
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Hefner, Robert Alexander III
· 14.5 mi · Eohc
You're driving through western Oklahoma, and right here in Beckham County, you're passing through the heart of the deep natural gas revolution. Robert A. Hefner III, a petroleum geologist, is known as the 'Father of…
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Shadid, Michael Abraham
· 14.5 mi · Eohc
Right here in western Oklahoma, you're driving past a place that changed healthcare in America. In 1929, Dr. Michael Shadid opened Community Hospital in Elk City. It wasn't just any hospital – it was the very first…
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Webb, James Layne
· 14.5 mi · Eohc
Right here in Elk City, Oklahoma, you're passing through the birthplace of one of America's most celebrated songwriters, Jimmy Webb. Born in 1946, Webb is the genius behind hits like "By the Time I Get to Phoenix,"…
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Willard, Jess
· 14.5 mi · Eohc
Right here in Oklahoma, you might have driven past the stomping grounds of a true giant of boxing history: Jess Willard, the "Pottawatomie Giant." Standing six-foot-six, Willard wasn't just big; he was the world…
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Elk City
· 14.5 mi · Eohc
You're driving through Elk City, a town born right at the turn of the 20th century. Imagine this: it's 1901, and cattle drives are still rumbling through this very spot on the Western Trail. The town was officially…
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Oklahoma Route 66 Museum
· 14.8 mi · Historical Marker
Museum in Clinton documenting Oklahoma's 400 miles of Route 66, the longest stretch of any state along the Mother Road.
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Rocky
· 15.2 mi · Eohc
You're driving through Washita County, near Rocky. This town owes its name to a store built back in 1898. Two settlers, W. F. Shultz and John C. Riffee, built the Rocky Mercantile Store using rocks gathered from the…
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Keith, Toby
· 15.6 mi · Eohc
You're driving through Oklahoma, and right here, near Clinton, is the birthplace of country music superstar Toby Keith. Born Toby Keith Covel on July 8, 1961, he rose from working the oil fields and playing…
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Beutler Brothers
· 15.6 mi · Eohc
Right here in Oklahoma, you're driving past the birthplace of a rodeo dynasty! The Beutler Brothers started their legendary livestock contracting business in Clinton back in 1928. These guys didn't just raise bucking…
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Clinton
· 15.6 mi · Eohc
You're driving through Clinton, Oklahoma, but did you know this town owes its name to a courtroom battle? It started as Washita Junction, a railroad stop. But the nearby town of Arapaho didn't want competition, so they…
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Anderson, Bernard Hartwell
· 15.6 mi · Eohc
Right here near Clinton, Oklahoma, you might have heard jazz legend Bernard 'Step-Buddy' Anderson back in 1934. He was just starting out, playing with the Ted Armstrong band. Anderson, born in Oklahoma City, was a true…
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The Cap: Storm Country as a Pressure Cooker
· 16.1 mi
On the most dangerous spring days out here, the sky can look deceptively calm right up until it explodes. The reason is something forecasters call the cap: a layer of warm, dry air riding along aloft, drifting out over…
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Washita National Wildlife Refuge
· 19.5 mi · Eohc
You're driving through Custer County, just west of Butler, and right here is the Washita National Wildlife Refuge. Established in 1961, this 8,200-acre haven is a critical stopover for migrating waterfowl along the…
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Butler
· 19.5 mi · Eohc
You're driving through Custer County, and right here is Butler, established back in 1898, six years after the Cheyenne-Arapaho land opening. It's named for Major General Matthew C. Butler, a U.S. Senator from South…
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Anti-Horse Thief Association
· 19.6 mi · Eohc
Right here in Oklahoma, you're driving through a place that was once a major battleground against outlaws. Back in the late 1800s, horse and livestock theft was rampant, so folks organized the Anti-Horse Thief…
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Hunt, Roy Orlando
· 19.6 mi · Eohc
Right here in Arapaho, Oklahoma, you're passing through the birthplace of Roy Orlando Hunt, a true pioneer of Oklahoma's early aviation scene. Born in 1897, Hunt wasn't just a pilot; he was a record-setter! In 1931, he…
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Arapaho
· 19.6 mi · Eohc
You're driving through Arapaho, Oklahoma's county seat for Custer County. This town sprang to life on April 19, 1892, the very day of the Cheyenne-Arapaho land opening. Imagine it: four hundred people staking claims,…