Everything Elk City is known for
Songs written about the waterways and highways that run near Elk City.
Born here Aug 15 1946. Wrote Wichita Lineman and MacArthur Park. Youngest inducted into Songwriters Hall.
In 1929 a Lebanese immigrant doctor built America first cooperative hospital. The AMA tried to destroy him.
World deepest oil well at 31441 feet drilled in 1974. Hit molten sulfur instead of oil.
Full museum complex tracing the Mother Road through all eight states it crossed.
Three generations of Beutlers have provided rodeo stock to the NFR since the 1920s.
Founded here in 1934. Became one of the largest drilling contractors on Earth.
Named for the elk that watered at the creek. Cheyenne-Arapaho land run opened it in 1901.
Elk City girl crowned Miss America 1981. Population 10000. One in ten thousand.
35 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.
Full museum complex tracing the Mother Road through all eight states it crossed.
Founded here in 1934. Became one of the largest drilling contractors on Earth.
Named for the elk that watered at the creek. Cheyenne-Arapaho land run opened it in 1901.
Cotton was king before oil. Gins ran all fall processing the western Oklahoma harvest.
Born here Aug 15 1946. Wrote Wichita Lineman and MacArthur Park. Youngest inducted into Songwriters Hall.
Three generations of Beutlers have provided rodeo stock to the NFR since the 1920s.
Elk City girl crowned Miss America 1981. Population 10000. One in ten thousand.
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…
In 1929 a Lebanese immigrant doctor built America first cooperative hospital. The AMA tried to destroy him.
One of 26 Carnegie libraries built in Oklahoma. Still standing since 1915.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,"…
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…
World deepest oil well at 31441 feet drilled in 1974. Hit molten sulfur instead of oil.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
You're driving through southeastern Beckham County, heading towards the intersection of State Highways 34 and 55. Right here is Carter, a town that started life in 1906 as Beulah, founded by Pentecostals. It was later…
Right here in Oklahoma, you're driving past the birthplace of a grain that changed America's bread basket forever! In the 1920s, near Sayre, a self-educated farmer named Joseph Danne cross-bred wheat varieties from…
You're driving through Roger Mills County, and right here is where Amelia "Bessie" McColgin made history. She came to Oklahoma Territory in 1901, eventually settling here and becoming a teacher and postmaster. But in…
You're driving through Beckham County, Oklahoma, established way back in 1907. But this land has a much deeper history. Imagine American Indian hunters here between 200 BC and 500 AD, using tools to butcher bison.…
Right here in Sayre, Oklahoma, you're passing through the childhood stomping grounds of a man who went from a small Oklahoma town to the grand opera stages of Europe and America. Joseph Benton, who later called himself…
You're driving past Sayre, Oklahoma, right now! This town owes its existence to the railroad, specifically the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad. It was officially incorporated in 1901, named for a railroad…
You're driving through Hammon, Oklahoma, a town with a story as dramatic as the weather. In the spring of 1934, this community faced a devastating flood. Fourteen inches of rain fell in just five hours, overwhelming the…
Pull over here, you won't want to miss this. This beautifully restored Champlin Service Station is a time capsule from the golden age of Route 66. Built in 1934, this station replaced an older one, becoming a vital stop…
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…
Right now, you're driving through Beckham County, Oklahoma, an area that's seen some of the deepest drilling in the world. Back in the early 1980s, this was the site of the Lone Star Bertha Rogers well, the deepest…
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…
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…