Everything Waynoka is known for
Songs written about the waterways and highways that run near Waynoka.
14 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.
Right here in Waynoka, you're driving through a town that was once a vital link in the very first coast-to-coast air-and-rail passenger service! Back in 1929, Transcontinental Air Transport, or TAT, made Waynoka a key…
You're driving through Waynoka, a town that boomed thanks to the railroad! Founded in 1887 as Keystone, it quickly became a vital hub when the Santa Fe Railway built its tracks. By 1908, Waynoka boasted Oklahoma's…
You're driving through the Oklahoma panhandle, and suddenly, the landscape shifts. Right here is Little Sahara State Park, a fourteen hundred-acre desert of sand dunes! Back in 1958, the Waynoka Chamber of Commerce…
You're driving through Avard, Oklahoma, a town that once dreamed of being the next St. Louis! Founded in 1904 when the railroad arrived, the local newspaper editor predicted Avard would soon boast thirty-five hundred…
You're driving through Oklahoma, a state with a history that goes back way, way further than you might think. Right here, in Woods County, lies the Burnham Site. Archaeologists estimate it could be THIRTY THOUSAND years…
You're driving through Woodward County, and right here is the site of Quinlan. It started in 1901, named for a simple loading chute built by the Quinlan brothers, who were ranchers here before the Cherokee Outlet…
You're driving through Woodward County, not far from Freedom, and you're passing over one of the world's largest gypsum caves open to the public: Alabaster Caverns. Long before it was a state park, this massive cave…
You're driving past Freedom, Oklahoma, and right here, near this spot, archaeologists dug up something potentially world-changing. They found stone tools and bison bones in ancient pond deposits, dated to around 36,000…
You're driving through Woods County, not far from Freedom. Pull over for a moment and imagine this scene: it's 1878, and right here, about ten miles northeast of where you stand, the last known battle between U.S. Army…
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…
You're driving past Alva, Oklahoma, and right here, in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1893</say-as>, eleven-year-old Hugh Johnson was driving a mule team overland to this very spot. His father had already set up…
You're driving through Alva, and right here is Northwestern Oklahoma State University. It started in 1897 as the Northwestern Territorial Normal School, the second teacher-training college in the territory. Classes…
You're driving through Alva, the county seat of Woods County. This town owes its very existence to a railroad, but not just any railroad – this was a vital artery pushing southwest from Kansas into the Cherokee Outlet.…
You're driving through Woods County right now, and you're passing through a political battleground! Back in 1894, this place was known as M County, and the Democrats, Republicans, and Populists were all fighting over…