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!
Davis Gin and Old Geraldine Chronicle Plant History
A detailed reminiscence traces the rise and fall of the first and second Davis Gins, from 1912 through 1985, noting managers like Vitge Wilson and P. M. Johnson, crew members such as Dick Scott and Will Scott, and the fires that destroyed the plants. It covers modernization, accidents, shifts in ownership to Chickasha Cotton Oil Company, and the third metal gin opened in 1950, plus personnel changes up to closure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vitge Wilson
Davis Gin
Olan ‘Hester
Ralph Rogers
Will Scott
Dad Bozart
Dick Scott
P.M. Johnson
Davis
Ellis Johnson
Mr. McPherson
Dick Johnson
Gus Branum
Ozro McKinney
Cecil Fillpot
Mr. Estes
Geraldine
Davis Gin Company
Dodsonville
P.J. Johnson
Olan Hester
Fred Boyd
Bob Tabor
Horace Estes
Odell Miller
Lawrence Miller
McKinney Boys
Norman Boys
Lynn Carter
Willie Fillpot
R.T. Jameson
Lowell Crisco
Marvin Wynn
Altus
Oklahoma
John Davis
Wynn
Chickasha Cotton Oil Company
Clarence Dill
Chickasha
Leroy
Hubert Felder
Huber
Boley Tabor
Boley
Vey
Grover Graham
Grover Royce Graham
Noel Burge
Mac Ellis
J. Jackson
Chester Wadley
L.A. Davis
Bobby Motsenbacker
Grady Phil
Grover
Frank Gully
Regie Lewis
Nell Wilbur
June Norman
Dorothy Ford
Eunice Wilfong
Maxine Ellis
Gay Seddon
Clinton Oil Mill
Clinton
Milton Seymour
Don Drew
Cudd
Everett Nelms
Dale McClain
Lyn Marvel
Bill Greathouse
Jack Walker
Larry Rollins
John Peters
Bill Dea
Weldon Guthrie
Horace Carr
Allen Wood
Red Mills
Dutch Cunningham
Vince Etheridge