"Ghost" town of Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma Location: 4 miles west and 1 mile north of Maud
Named for: Mythological Remus who with twin, Romulous, was a founder of Rome The first Postmaster was William R. Foyil. The second Masonic Lodge established in the county waas Remus Lodge #26. Dr. Lucian J. Truscott came here in 1898. He was the father of World War II General Lucian J. Truscott. Although Dr. Truscott did not arrive in Remus as doctor until 1898, many years before, in 1876, he first crossed Oklahoma from Texas over the old Chisholm Trail as a cowboy drover with a herd of cattle. Upon his arrival at Remus, he bought an 80 acre farm and planted 4,500 fruit trees. Other pioneers living in the Remus area included: Dr. Samuel David Dodson Dr. M. A. Warhurst L.P. Childers Elizabeth Boatman F.M. Lamb Benjamin W. James William E. Clover George E. Truscott J.C. Tiffin J.W. Tiffin William C. Andrews
|
|
Source: "POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY OKLAHOMA HISTORY" compiled and edited by Pottawatomie County History Book Committee; published by Country Lane Press, Claremore, OK, 1987. |
|