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Turpin, OK
Turpin is a small unincorporated community and census-designated place in Beaver County, Oklahoma, United States. The post office was established April 8, 1925. As of the 2010 census, the community had a population of 467. History Turpin was named for Carl Julian Turpin, a son of Thomas James Turpin and Elmanda (Kennerly) Turpin. Carl was born on 10 Aug 1871 in Quantico, Wicomico County, Maryland. He died 20 Nov 1942 in Oklahoma City."Carl J. Turpin, Savings and Loan Official Here, Is Dead," '' The Daily Oklahoman'', November 20, 1942 Carl J. Turpin was the general manager of the Beaver, Meade and Englewood Railroad (BM&E). In 1918, two farmers from Hardtner, Kansas, Jacob Achenbach and Ira B. Blackstock, requested his assistance. Messrs. Achenbach and Blackstock had been asked by farmers in Beaver County and the surrounding areas to build a railroad through the Panhandle so that their wheat crops could be shipped to outlying markets. Achenbach and Blackstock knew how to buil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Census-designated Place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such as self-governing cities, towns, and villages, for the purposes of gathering and correlating statistical data. CDPs are populated areas that generally include one officially designated but currently unincorporated community, for which the CDP is named, plus surrounding inhabited countryside of varying dimensions and, occasionally, other, smaller unincorporated communities as well. CDPs include small rural communities, edge cities, colonias located along the Mexico–United States border, and unincorporated resort and retirement communities and their environs. The boundaries of any CDP may change from decade to decade, and the Census Bureau may de-establish a CDP after a period of study, then re-establish it some decades later. Most unin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beaver, Meade And Englewood Railroad
The Beaver, Meade and Englewood Railroad (BM&E) extended from Beaver, Oklahoma to Keyes, Oklahoma in the Oklahoma Panhandle, about 105 miles. It was chartered in 1912, and abandoned in 1972. History The BM&E started as an effort by the citizens of Beaver, Oklahoma to ensure survival of their town by getting it connected to the railroad grid. It was initiated at a town meeting on December 28, 1911, after the Wichita Falls and Northwestern Railway (WF&NW), a subsidiary of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (MKT), declined to build to their locale. Formally incorporated January 19, 1912, the railroad's ultimate goal was to create two trunk lines, one running north-northwest to Meade, Kansas to connect to the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (CRI&P), and the other running east-northeast to Englewood, Kansas to connect to the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (AT&SF). However, the minimum goal was to run north to Forgan, Oklahoma, to at least connect with the WF&NW, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Stoddard (author)
James Stoddard is an American fantasy author. He lives in West Texas, United States, where he is also a music recording and engineering instructor. Stoddard's first published short story, ''The Perfect Day'', was penned under the name James Turpin and appeared in ''Amazing Stories'' in 1985. Stoddard won the 1999 Compton Crook Award for his novel ''The High House''. The book was also nominated for the 1999 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award, placed in the top ten of the Locus Best First Novels of 1999, and was nominated for the Crawford Award by the International Association of the Fantastic in the Arts. In 2018 he was one of five judges of the prestigious Philip K. Dick awards. Novels #''The High House'' (1998) (Compton Crook Award winner) #''The False House'' (2000) #''The Night Land, A Story Retold'' (2011) #''Evenmere'' (2015) (Book 3 in the award-winning Evenmere series) #''The Back of the Beyond'' (2020) (Book 1 of The Animonean Chronicles) #''Liberty Bell and the Last American'' (20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lynn Scott
Lynn Scott (born June 23, 1977) is a former American football safety in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys. He played college football at Northwestern Oklahoma State University. Early years Scott attended Turpin High School, where he helped his team win the 1995 Class 1A state title. He accepted a football scholarship from Northwestern Oklahoma State University, where he was a three-time NAIA All-American and helped his team win the 1999 NAIA national championship. As a freshman, he was named a starter at safety, recording 90 tackles, 2 interceptions, while returning 17 punts for 208 yards (12.2-yard average). As a sophomore, he registered 49 tackles, 2 interceptions, 4 passes defensed, while returning 12 puns for 337 yards (28.1-yard average) and 2 touchdowns. As a junior, he collected 87 tackles, 5 interceptions, 5 passes defensed, while returning 16 punts for 197 yards (12.3-yard average) and one touchdown. As a senior, he posted 72 tackles, 4 interceptio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dallas Cowboys
The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. The Cowboys compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East division. The team is headquartered in Frisco, Texas, and has been playing its home games at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, since its opening in 2009. The stadium took its current name prior to the 2013 season. In January 2020 it was announced that Mike McCarthy had been hired as head coach of the Cowboys. He is the ninth in the team’s history. McCarthy follows Jason Garrett, who coached the team from 2010–2019. The Cowboys joined the NFL as an expansion team in . The team's national following might best be represented by its NFL record of consecutive sell-outs. The Cowboys' streak of 190 consecutive sold-out regular and post-season games (home and away) began in 2002. The franchise has made it to the Super Bowl eight times, tied with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyrone, Oklahoma
Tyrone is a town in northeastern Texas County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 762 at the 2010 census. Geography Tyrone is located at . According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 880 people, 324 households, and 243 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 374 housing units at an average density of 909.4 per square mile (352.2/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 77.39% White, 0.34% African American, 0.57% Native American, 0.11% Asian, 18.64% from other races, and 2.95% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 23.52% of the population. There were 324 households, out of which 40.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.8% were married couples living together, 10.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.0% were non-families. 21.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.6% h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hooker, Oklahoma
Hooker is a city in Texas County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 1,918. It is located approximately 20 miles northeast of Guymon on US Route 54 highway. Toponymy The city name honors local cattle foreman John “Hooker” Threlkeld, who came to the area in 1873. It has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names. The city's motto, referring to the alternative interpretation of its name, is "It's a location, not a vocation". History In 1902, the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway laid tracks from Liberal, Kansas southwest through the Hooker area to Texhoma, Texas area. In 1904, the Chicago Townsite Company oversaw the organization and sale of town lots, and the city quickly grew. In 1927 the Beaver, Meade and Englewood Railroad (BM&E) built an east–west line to Hooker. Geography Hooker is located at (36.861425, −101.213915). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forgan, Oklahoma
Forgan is a town in Beaver County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 547 at the 2010 census. History The town name honors James B. Forgan, a Chicago banker and financier.Hodges, V. Paulin"Forgan," ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture'', Oklahoma Historical Society, 2009. Accessed April 15, 2015. L. B. Tooker established the first newspaper, the Forgan Enterprise, on June 6, 1912. A total of fifty-three businesses and four medical doctors were in the town at that time. As the town was located in a wheat-producing area, grain elevators were built to store wheat prior to shipment. The population dropped to 428 in 1940 after an exodus due to the Dust Bowl. At the turn of the twenty-first century the economy was based on wheat and milo farming, ranching, the oil and gas industry, and corporate hog farms. Geography Forgan is located at (36.907505, -100.539253). Forgan lies between the Cimarron and Beaver rivers. According to the United States Census Bureau, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keyes, Oklahoma
Keyes is a town in Cimarron County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 324 at the 2010 census. History Keyes was established in 1925 by the Elkhart and Santa Fe Railway (both leased to and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway).Young, Norma Gene"Keyes,"''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture'', Oklahoma Historical Society. Accessed June 17, 2015. The company named the town after a deceased railroad engineer. The line is now part of the Cimarron Valley Railroad. Keyes was also the final destination of the Beaver, Meade and Englewood Railroad, which reached town from the east on June 25, 1931. That line was abandoned in 1972. Geography Keyes is located at . According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land. Keyes is at the intersection of U.S. Route 56 and the northern terminus of Oklahoma State Highway 171. Keyes is approximately 16 miles northeast of the Cimarron County seat, Boise City, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Fe Railroad
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway , often referred to as the Santa Fe or AT&SF, was one of the larger railroads in the United States. The railroad was chartered in February 1859 to serve the cities of Atchison and Topeka, Kansas, and Santa Fe, New Mexico. The railroad reached the Kansas–Colorado border in 1873 and Pueblo, Colorado, in 1876. To create a demand for its services, the railroad set up real estate offices and sold farmland from the land grants that it was awarded by Congress. Despite being chartered to serve the city, the railroad chose to bypass Santa Fe, due to the engineering challenges of the mountainous terrain. Eventually a branch line from Lamy, New Mexico, brought the Santa Fe railroad to its namesake city. The Santa Fe was a pioneer in intermodal freight transport; at various times, it operated an airline, the short-lived Santa Fe Skyway, and the fleet of Santa Fe Railroad Tugboats. Its bus line extended passenger transportation to areas not acce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva, Oklahoma
Eva is an unincorporated community in Texas County, Oklahoma, United States. It is located along State Highway 95, approximately two miles north of U.S. Route 412. The Beaver, Meade and Englewood Railroad built through Eva by the end of 1930. That line was abandoned in 1972, but the Eva Woodframe Grain Elevator built along its tracks remains and is on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Texas County, Oklahoma. See also * National Register of Historic Places listings in Texas County, Oklahoma __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Texas County, Oklahoma. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas County, Oklahoma, United Sta ... References Unincorporated communities in Texas County, Oklahoma Unincorporated communities in Oklahoma Oklahoma Panhandle {{Oklahoma-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
