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Boise City's Rise as Farm Center and Trade Hub Explored
A longitudinal portrait of Boise City Oklahoma Cimarron County detailing its growth from a speculative townsite to a major agricultural market. It notes founders J E Stanley A J Kline W T Douglas, later civic leaders, bank figures, school strengths, irrigation projects and extensive county trade reach into Texas New Mexico and Colorado. It highlights economy driven by wheat sorghums broomcorn cattle and grain handling from multiple elevators and government bins. It also covers public works parks churches and community groups, plus 4-H bond sales and war loan drives.
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Oklahoma Panhandle
Boise City
United States
J. E. Stanley
A. J. Kline
W. T. Douglas
Texas County
Oklahoma
Dallam County
Texas
Union County
New Mexico
Springfield
Colorado
Chamber of Commerce and
City Federation of Women’s Clubs
E. Palmer
R. L. Johnston
Boise City Grain Company
E. R. Murray
Continental Oil Company
Southwestern Public Service Company
D. D. Meredith
John C. Johnson
First State Bank
Lester Mont
Yarbrough
Boise
Idaho
Cimarron County
Dodge City
Kan
Felt
Okla
Amarillo
la Junta
Colo
Santa Fe Railway Company
Cimarron County Pioneer Association
Arthur Brookhart
Frank Conner
Frank E. Garrett
Kenton
Black Mesa
A C. Easley
W. M. Eddy
Eddy
Cimarron River
Kohler
Tucker
Panhandle
Wm. Er. Baker
Uncle Bill
Margaret Edsel
Keyes
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