"Ghost" town of Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma Location: extreme southeastern corner of the county
The first postmaster was Francis S. Blair. It was in Corner that the Bill Doolin gang frequented, along with the Black Wyatt, the Christian Brothers, the Casey Brothers, and many of the better known criminals all hung out. Dr. Jesse Mooney who lived ten miles south of the Corner Saloons from 1892 to 1897 was the closest doctor. He had patched up literally hundreds of injured persons who sustained their injuries in the many saloon fracuses. It was here in Corner, Oklahoma Territory that the modern day term of “bootlegging” was coined. Drovers, cowboys, and ranchers rifing horses and wearing boots would sneak a flat bottle of whiskey in each of their boots, and smuggle it back into Indian Territory, which was “dry” country. Other families living in the Corner community were: John Robinett
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Source: "POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY OKLAHOMA HISTORY" compiled and edited by Pottawatomie County History Book Committee; published by Country Lane Press, Claremore, OK, 1987. |
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