Lyman was a town in
Osage County,
Oklahoma
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, located about 20 miles (30 driving miles) northeast of
Ponca City, Oklahoma
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, and 30 miles southeast of
Winfield, Kansas
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...
, the two closest population centers.
It became an oilfield boomtown shortly after the discovery of the
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field in 1920.
It was named after A.J. Lyman, who platted the town and sold the lots.
[
It was substantial enough that beginning July 2nd, 1923 and completing in early 1924, the Osage Railway extended its trackage northwesterly from ]Shidler, Oklahoma
Shidler is a city in Osage County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 328 in the 2020 census, a decline from the figure of 441 recorded in 2010.
History
Shidler was founded in December 1921 and named for Eugene S. Shidler, a Pawhuska ...
through Webb City to terminate in Lyman.[ But the oil production decline in the area starting in the late 1920s, and the ]Great Depression
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, hit the town hard.[ The school closed in 1929, the district merging with Webb City.][ Oil refining in the area tapered off after ]World War II
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, and the Osage Railway was abandoned in 1953.[
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See also
* List of ghost towns in Oklahoma
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References
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Osage County, Oklahoma