Everything Cleo Springs is known for
Songs written about the waterways and highways that run near Cleo Springs.
22 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.
You're driving through Major County, and right here near Cleo Springs is the birthplace of Steve Owen, a man who had one of the most unlikely careers in professional football history. Owen started at Phillips University…
You're driving through Major County, and right here is Cleo Springs. Legend says this town got its name from Cle-oh-i-to-mo, a Native American maiden who was here when Coronado passed through way back in 1541. The…
You're driving through Oklahoma, where trees were scarce on the prairie. So, what did early settlers do? They built their homes right out of the ground! These 'soddies' were tough, two-to-three-foot-thick walls made…
Step back in time at this 1894 sod house, a reminder of the hardy pioneers who built their homes from the earth itself. In 1894, Marshall McCully built this sod house about four miles north of Cleo Springs in Alfalfa…
You're driving through Alfalfa County, and right here is Aline, a town born from the Oklahoma land rush. Back in 1893, this area opened up for settlement, and soon after, a post office was established. It was named for…
You're driving through Major County, and look to your west on Highway 412. Those aren't really mountains, but mesas and buttes that rise 200 feet above the plains. They're known as the Glass Mountains, or Gloss…
You're driving through western Oklahoma, and right here, you're passing through a piece of a grand dream: the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway. Arthur Stilwell, who'd already built the Kansas City Southern,…
You're driving through Fairview, the county seat of Major County. This town owes its existence to the Cherokee Outlet land opening way back on September 16, 1893. An early settler, Adam J. Bower, looked out over the…
You're driving through Major County, established in 1907 from the southern part of Woods County. This land was once part of the vast Cherokee Outlet, opened to settlers on September 16, 1893. Imagine the scene:…
You're driving through Ringwood, Oklahoma, right where Highway 412 meets 58. This area was settled in the wild rush after the Cherokee Outlet opened back in 1893. Imagine this: the townsite was literally ringed by…
You're driving through Carmen, Oklahoma, a town that knows resilience. Back in May of 1903, this brand-new settlement of wood-frame buildings was hit by a devastating tornado. It ripped through, killing three people and…
You're driving through Helena, a town that literally moved! Back in the 1890s, settlers were farming near a place called Carwile. But when the railroad came through, it bypassed Carwile. So, what did the folks do? They…
You're driving through Meno, a town with a name that almost wasn't! Settled in 1893 after the Cherokee Outlet opening, the community was intended to be named for Dutch theologian Menno Simons. But, a little oopsie…
Selenite crystal-covered mesas that glitter in the sun. One of Oklahoma most otherworldly landscapes.
You're driving through Major County, and right here is the town of Ames. Originally part of the Cherokee Outlet, this area saw settlers rush in during the big land opening of 1893. The town itself got its name in 1902,…
You're driving through Goltry, Oklahoma, a town that owes its very existence to a railroad. Back in 1904, the Arkansas Valley and Western Railway laid down tracks, and the nearby settlement of Karoma packed up its homes…
You're driving through Alfalfa County, near Goltry. Right here, Heinrich Voth, a missionary and ethnographer, served as the resident minister for the Zoar Mennonite Church starting in 1914. Voth spent years working with…
You're driving through Dacoma, a town with a unique beginning. It was platted in August 1904 on land homesteaded by two African American settlers, Nathan Dedman and Frank Kinberling. The original post office was named…
Right here in Lambert, Oklahoma, was born Harold Verne Keith in 1903. He grew up to be a celebrated author and historian, but you might know him best for winning the prestigious Newberry Medal for his novel 'Rifles for…
You're driving through Alfalfa County, near the town of Lambert. This spot on the map owes its existence to a land run and a railroad. Ambrose Lambert, one of the brothers who participated in the 1893 Cherokee Outlet…
You're driving past Lahoma, and you might be surprised to learn this town's name is a mashup! Lahoma gets its name from the last three syllables of "Oklahoma." Founded in 1894 after the Cherokee Outlet land run, the…
You're driving through Blaine County, past the shores of Canton Lake, on State Highway 58. Right here is Longdale, a town born from a pioneering couple's homestead. Lucious Walter Long and Carrie M. Millerman, who…