Ada Inc becomes a town of Ada with new city officials
Ada is incorporated with Mayor McKnight sworn in by Judge Winn. The first council, minus Tom Hope, adopted officers including Marshal R C Couch at $50 monthly and a calaboose committee. Population shown as 2236 with taxable property $336 499.95.
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McKnight
Center
Judge Winn
Ada
Tom Hope
B.A. Aldridge
W.H. Nettle
Calaboose
R.C. Couch
Indian Territory
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Texas
Our City
Ada Aims to Grow from Good Town to Better
In 1901 Ada pursues progress beyond being merely a good town. Local leaders commit to development plans and community improvements to raise Ada’s standing and quality of life for residents and businesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Dennison Commercial Club
Dennison Herald
Ada News
Chickasaw Praires
Ada Indian Hospital gains early planning approval for 1979 completion
Ada's proposed Indian Health Service project, a $14.8 million facility, enters initial planning with federal funding assured and meetings at the Ada Chamber of Commerce. Construction could begin August 1977, with completion targeted August 1979 and a 275 person payroll once open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Ada Indian Hospital
Indian Health Service
Ada Chamber of Commerce
Chickasaw
Overton James
Congress
House
Senate
Appropriations
James
Dawes Roll
Chickasaw Nation
Ada Industrial Development Corporation
N. Country Club Road
Nation Housing Authority Ofice
Henry Pratt
Indian Health Advisory Commission
Coral Gillham
Peach harvest attracts crowds at Stratford area orchard
At L B Baker orchards north of Stratford crowds of families arrive in pickups and wagons to pick peaches for eight dollars per bushel. The 140 acre farm hosts about 6 000 trees with 8 full time pickers and public picking daily from 7 30 a m to 8 p m during the harvest season.
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Stratford
L.B. Baker
Donnie Bumpus
Homer Smith
Tulsa
Mr. Smith
Kansas
Arizona
Texas
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Santa Fe
Jeff Reed
Reed
Ada High
First National Bank
Pontotoc County
Sandy Creek
Grand Master of the
Masons
William McKinley
Roosevelt
Gibson
Reeves
Hugh Biles
Ada Evening News
The
Merchants and Planters State Bank
Broadway and
Main
J. Kent Smith Jewelers
Nation
Stockton
City of
J.W. Reeds
Ada Reed
J.W. Reed
Indian Hospital
Bois d'Arc Beames
Chickasaw Housing Authority
Neal McCaleb
William Altom
John Davis
Indian Health Service Area
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