Relocated to higher ground and renamed Altus Now a community of homes, also Indian Territory Church, cemetery, and a few homes remain. Old site 1/2 mile north of new community of Center, Oklahoma.Ī logging camp of the Dierks Lumber Company 2010 Population (prior to federal buyout): 3.ĭestroyed by fire. Name changed in 1920 because of anti-German sentiment in WWI. Original site flooded by Grand Lake o' the Cherokees. Pre-statehood community, annexed by Tulsa in 1966 Moved to New Alluwe after the creation of the Oologah Reservoir. Grew around the Acme Cement and Plaster Company mill and power plant.įormer coal mining town in eastern Oklahomaįounded by the Delaware Indians.
Population has decreased dramatically, to one fifth or less. Abandoned sites in Oklahoma are almost always located on private, state, tribal, or federal land, and trespassing laws apply. Oil boom towns also sometimes attracted thousands of people but disappeared when the boom ended. Several important Indian settlements developed around frontier forts, trading posts, Indian agencies, or where natural resources attracted permanent dwellings and dissolved when the Indian lands were opened. Other communities grew up around rural schools, post offices, or general stores, and faded away when the attracting facilities closed. Platted town sites organized by railroads, speculators, or the government during the opening of Oklahoma, many times, failed to prosper after initial settlement. Many of these communities played important roles in the history, settlement, and growth of the state. Site no longer in existence except for one or two buildings, for example old church, grocery store. Only traces remain of Grand, the county seat of Old Day County.
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