This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Oliver Springs History and Community Highlights
Oliver Springs history notes post office era with E Houston as postmaster in 1876 and later changes. The piece outlines local schools, grave sites, church buildings, Ramsey family ties, and long serving teachers. It also mentions the Oliver Springs Club, activities, and a successful deer hunt by Mr. and Mrs. Carthen in the Glass Mountains near Marathon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frontier Postmasters
Homer Stephen
E. Houston
Oliver
T. & Hudson
Iit
Oliver Springs
Comanche County
Consolida- Wagan
Brother Ramsey
Church of Christ
de Leon
Ramsey
Callie Clark
Laura Hunt
Geo. Hallmark
Ethel Ramsey
Comanche
Eastland
Ruth Mayo Sims
Maude Rennick Underwood
Dave Harper
O. B. Carthen
Glass Mountains
Marathon
Carthen
Mrs. Carthen