LeFlore County Oklahoma American History and Genealogy Project

Le Flore County Directories
1902-1903 Oklahoma and Indian Territory Gazetteer and Business Directory
R. L. Polk & Co.
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LeFlore County listings from this book. I searched for, but did not find, entries for Arkoma, Calhoun, Forest Hill, Fort Coffee, Green Hill, Hill, Liberty Hill, McClure, Pine Valley, Stapp, Zoe and Zafra.



BOKOSHE
Population, 150. On the Ft. S. & W. R. R. and on Buck Creek in the Choctaw Nation, 11 miles west of Spiro, the nearest banking point, and 30 southwest of Fort Smith, Ark. Tel., W. U. Exp., W. F. & Co. Telephone connection. James Taylor, postmaster.

Alexander, Rev. C. L. (Baptist)
Blackburn, Mrs. L. A., hotel.
Burns, Rev. J. L. (M. E.)
Cariker, Don A., cotton gin (1 mile south).
Clossin, J. W., R.R. exp. and agent.
Davies, C. W., general store.
Humbleton, J. L., blacksmith.
Moffett, O. B., contractor.
Osborne, W. H., contractor.
Rabon Bros., live stock.
St. Clair, G. W., physician.
St. Clair & Allen, drugs.
Sims, Mr., blacksmith.
Statham, J. F., general store.
Taylor, James, hotel.
Thompson, B. T., live stock.
Thompson & Walker, RR contractors.
Vaughn, W. H., contractor.
Whitaker, J. A., live stock.
Wilkeson, Mrs. Maggie, boarding.
Woodward, B. B., general store.



BRADEN
Population, 100. On the Ft. S. & W. and K. C. S. Rys., in the Choctaw Nation, 8 miles southwest of Fort Smit, Arkansas, the nearest banking point. Telephone connection. H. A. Reynolds, postmaster.

Meadows, B., grocer and drugs.
Pate, C. M., physician.
Reynolds, H. A. & Co., general store.
Stanton, Littlefield & Co., general store.
Stanton & Littlefield Bros., cotton gin.



BRAZIL
A country postoffice in the Choctaw Nation, 6 miles from Shady Point, on the K.C.S. Ry., shipping point, and 15 northeast of Poteau, the nearest banking point. Mail daily. Edna L. Bond, postmaster.

Molthan & Boozman, cotton gin.



CAMERON
Population, 300. On the St. L. & S. F. Ry. in the Choctaw Nation, 8 miles from Poteau, its banking point. Tel., W. U. Exp., W. F. & Co.

Adams, George, grocer.
Adkins, Charles G., general store.
Black, C. T., general store.
Boozman & Green, general store.
Carrell, J. W., general store.
Chrestman & Comer, grocers.
Gunn, R. H., blacksmith.
Harbour Bros., drugs.
King & Son, drugs.
McCann, John, cotton gin.
Norvell & Smith, undertakers.



CONSER
A country postoffice in the Choctaw Nation, 4 miles west of Houston, on the K. C. S. Ry., its usual shipping point, and 20 from Poteau, the nearest bank location. Mail tri-weekly. A. S. Williams, postmaster.

Carshall, S. C., farmer.
Conser, Peter, general store.
Conser, Susie, teacher.
Dorsey, J. M., farmer.
Holdsworth, Kate, teacher.
Noblet, E. A., blacksmith.
Noblet, Joshua, blacksmith.
Perry, Rev. Dixon (Methodist)
Perry, Hampton, farmer.
Sexton, G. H., farmer.
Williams, Rev. A. S. (Methodist)



COWLINGTON
Population, 300. An incorporated town, 1 1/2 miles from the Arkansas river, in the Choctaw Nation, 16 miles northwest of Spiro, its usual banking and shipping point. Has Baptist, Methodist and Presbyterian churches, and a graded public school. Telephone connection. Mail, daily. J. W. Robinson, postmaster.

Beckett, J. B., physician.
Berry, W., principal of school.
Bush, Dr. F. D., drugs and mayor.
Cheek, John W., notary public.
Cowling, A. F., live stock.
Edwards, J. M., live stock.
Greenlee, F. M., blacksmith.
Greenlee, Rev. W. M.
Johnson, W. M., barber.
Overstreet, T. G., live stock.
Puckett, T. A., cotton gin.
Pyle, O. Z., photographer.
Robinson & Stein, general store.
Russell, P. C., cotton gin, 4 miles east.
Smith, W. J., blacksmith.
Waters, J. K., RR exp. and tel. agent.



FANSHAWE
Population, 125. On the C., O. & G. Ry., and on Coal creek in the Choctaw Nation, 19 miles from Poteau, the nearest banking point, and 56 east of South McAlester. Has a Union church. Mail, daily. C. F. Igo, postmaster.

Askew, John, saw mill.
Barton, A. J., general store and gin.
Crenshaw, Rev. David, notary public.
Emerson, T. D., general store.
Emerson, W. H., drugs.
High & Phelps, coal miners.
Lewis, J. H., physicians.
McPherson, Dr. J. M., hotel.
Mize, John, drugs.
Watkins, P. W., blacksmith.



FARMERS
A country postoffice in the Choctaw Nation, 5 miles from Cameron, the nearest shipping point. Mail, daily.

Melchor, W. H., general store.



GILMORE
Population, 75. In the Choctaw Nation, 8 miles south of Cameron, on the St. L. & S. F. Ry., its usual shipping point, and 6 from Poteau, its nearest banking point. Has a Baptist church, gin and mill. Telephone connection. Mail, daily. James R. Barnes, postmaster.

Barnes, J. R., farmer.
Boles, Thomas, blacksmith.
McClure, P. J., physician.
Pilgreen, F. & Co., general store.
Robbs, C. W., cotton gin.
Townsley, H. S., live stock.
Tucker, Bud, live stock.



HEAVENER
Population, 400. An incorporated town on the K. C. S. Ry., and the A. W. Ry., in the Choctaw Nation, 12 miles south of Poteau, the nearest banking point, and 35 south of Fort Smith, Ark. Has Free Will Baptist, Missionary Baptist and Methodist churches, and a newspaper, the Headlight. Ships cattle, hogs, cotton and potatoes. Telephone connection. Tel., W. U. Exp., W. F. & Co. E. W. Moore, mayor. S. E. Johnson, postmaster.

Banks, B. F., blacksmith.
Brewer, O. J. M., notary.
Combs & Johnson, drugs.
Costellow, Samuel, notary.
Courington, J. M., live stock.
Daily, G. M., grocer.
Fortner, W. F., grocer.
Fowler, J. D., physician.
Hall, J. P. & Co., dry goods and groceries.
Heavener Headlight.
Hill, G. T., hotel.
Johnson, R. C., dry goods and groceries.
Johnson, S. E., hotel.
Johnson, T. J., general store.
Jones, T. F., general store.
Lawson, J. D., restaurant.
McDaniel, S. A., live stock.
McKenna & Brewer, general store and live stock.
McMillen, D. P., hotel.
Mason, C. J. & Co., blacksmiths.
Olive, J. R., dry goods and groceries.
Pearson, W. H. & Henry, cotton gin.
Shakel, R., R.R. & Exp. agt.
Stanford, D. E., general store.
Stinson, Rev. J. C. (Baptist)
Taylor, James, blacksmith.
Young, J. M., general store.



HOUSTON
On the K. C. S. Ry., in the Choctaw Nation, 44 miles south of Fort Smith, and 18 from Poteau, the nearest banking point. Mail, daily. E. McCurtain, postmaster.

McCurtain, E, Bro. & Co., general store.



HOWE
Population, 700. On the K. C. S. and C. O. & G. Rys., in the Choctaw Nation, 7 miles from Poteau, the nearest banking point, and 35 southwest of Fort Smith, Ark. Coal, coke, cotton and potatoes are the chief products. Tel., W. U. Exp., W. F. & Co. John Slusser, postmaster.

Barlow & Son, meats.
Begley, John, real estate.
Billingsley, M. E., hardware, furniture and undertaker.
Blassingame, G. T., general store and drugs.
Britton, S. L., live stock.
Dean, B. T., physician.
Esserman, I., general store.
Gilbert, M. L., general store.
Holliday, P. E., saw mill.
Mexican Gulf Coal and Transportation Co. miners and general store.
Roberts, R. D., grocer.
Sigal, W., dry goods.
Slusser, John & Son, grocer.
Wellborn, Howard, drugs.
Whitford, W. E., grocer.



KENNADY
Population, 150. On Mountain creek, in the Choctaw Nation, 4 miles north of Wister, on the St. L. & S. F. and C. O. & G. Rys., the nearest shipping point, and 10 from Poteau, the nearest banking point. Has Free Will and Missionary Baptist churches, a corn mill and cotton gin. Mail, daily. M. A. German, postmaster.


Adamson & Stidham, general store.
German, M. A. general store.
German, R. D., physician.
Johnson Bros., cotton gin and grist mill.
Little, R. L., blacksmith.
Morris, Rev. J. B. (Baptist)
Riggs, J. J., notary public.
White, Rev. J. F. (Baptist)



KULLY CHAHA
Population, 100. In the Choctaw Nation, 3 miles from Cameron on the St. L. and S. F. Ry., its shipping point, and 8 from Poteau, the nearest banking point, Mail, daily. A. H. Ritter, postmaster.

Chapin & Kidwell, cotton gin.
McClure Bros., hay.
Ritter, J. S., general store.
Stallans & Ritter, blacksmith.
Tucker, Joseph, live stock.



LATHAM
Population, 100. On Brazil creek, in the Choctaw Nation, 14 miles southwest of Spiro, the usual banking and shipping point. Has Baptist and Methodist churches, and a school. Mail, tri-weekly. Frank D. Inman, postmaster.

Choate, Henry, gin and flour mill.
Eubanks, Mary, teacher.
Hornback, A. J., barber.
Jones, A., grain and live stock.
Knight, W., blacksmith.
Knight & Jones, general store.
Latham Mercantile Co. (F. D. Inman, H. A. Knight, J. C. Eubanks).



LEFLORE
Population, 100. On the St. L. & S. F. Ry., and on Long creek in the Choctaw Nation, 25 miles southwest of Poteau, the nearest banking point, and 53 southwest of Fort Smith, Ark. Has Baptist and Methodist churches. Tri-weekly mail stage to Summerfield, 8 miles east. Tel., W. U. Exp. W. F. & Co. W. H. Harris, postmaster.

Culberson, James, lawyer and notary.
Forrester, W. H., physician.
Harris, M. H. & Sons, general store and cotton gin.
Leflore, Joseph, stock breeder.
Leflore, Mary, live stock.
Tiffie, S. G., general store.



LENOX
A discontinued postoffice in the Choctaw Nation. Send mail to Talihina.



LUDLOW
A country postoffice in the Choctaw Nation, 30 miles southeast of Talihina, on the St. L. & S. F. Ry., its nearest shipping point, and 40 from Hatfield, Ark. Mail by special supply. L. S. Bohannon, postmaster.



MILTON
Population, 125. On the Ft. S. & W. Ry. in the Choctaw Nation, 32 miles southwest of Fort Smith, Ark., its usual banking point. Has a Union church and a school. Prevailing timber, post oak and yellow pine. Soil, sandy loam. Tel., W. U. Exp., W. F. & Co. J. L. Lewis, postmaster.

Adams & Co., general store and drugs.
Bailey, E. L., blacksmith.
Ballenger, B. M., physician.
Cook, Miss Myrtle, teacher.
Dosher & Cragor, general store.
Fox, W. M., barber.
Hedgecock, T. L., physician.
Hewett, P. C., carpenter.
Leard, J. T., gin and mill.
Leard, J. T. & Son, general store.
Leflore, J. W., hotel and drayman.
Lewis, James L., notary.
Parker, Rev. O. W. (Crusaders)
Peck, Miss Ola, teacher.
Riley, J. H., barber.
Southard, I. H. blacksmith.




MONROE
Population, 175. On Sugarloaf creek and on the C. O. & G. Ry., in the Choctaw Nation, 10 miles southeast of Poteau, the nearest banking point. Has Baptist and Methodist churches. John W. Chronister, postmaster.

Baldwin & Bayless, general store.
Cawson, James, blacksmith.
Cotner & Jones, general store.
Harris, L. E., mill and gin.
Mathies, C. C., notary.
Riggan, Dr. C. E.
Woodson, B. D., physician.



MUSE
A country postoffice in the Choctaw Nation, 25 miles east of Talihina, on the St. L. & S. F. Ry., the nearest shipping and banking point. Mail weekly. M. S. Carver, postmaster.

Carver, M. S. drugs.
Easton, William, dry goods.
Gipson, William, gin and mill.
Payne, A. R., blacksmith.



OAK LODGE
Population, 200. In the Choctaw Nation, 2 miles northeast of Spiro, on the Ft. S. & W. and K. C. S. Rys.,the shipping and banking point. Has Episcopal and Methodist churches. Mail stage daily to Spiro. J. B. Tibbitts, postmaster.

Ellis, Marion, cotton gin.
Mitchell, T. cotton gin.
Tibbitts, J. F. general store.



OCTAVIA
A country postoffice in the Choctaw Nation, 22 miles from Hatfield, Ark., the nearest shipping point, and 32 from Mena, Ark., the nearest banking point. Mail, semi-weekly. Matilda Wilson, postmaster.

Smith, W. W., general store.



PAGE
A country postoffice on the K. C. S. Ry., in the Choctaw Nation, 5 miles from Thomasville, the telegraph and express point. Mail daily.



PANAMA
Population, 250. On the K. C. S. Ry., in the Choctaw Nation, 6 miles south of Spiro, the nearest banking point. Has a Baptist church, cotton gin and press, and a grist mill. Tel., W. U. Expr., W. F. & Co. Telephone connection. John H. Goodnight, postmaster

Carter, J. F., general store.
Goodnight, John H., live stock.
Henderson Smokeless Coal Co., miners.
Kettlewell, Mr., railroad and express agent.



POCOLA
A rural postoffice in the Choctaw Nation, 3 miles from Bonanza, Ark., its nearest shipping point, and 12 from Fort Smith, Ark., the nearest banking point.

Hickman, W. I., general store.



POTEAU
Population, 1,200. Located at the crossing of the K. C. S. and St. L. & S. F. Rys., in the Choctaw Nation, 29 miles southwest of Fort Smith, and 58 miles east of South McAlester. It has numerous coal mines in the vicinity and also a large agricultural region near it. One hickory ax handle factory, a planing mill, and cotton gin comprises the manufacturing interests. A bank, a weekly newspaper, the Poteau News, is published. Telephone connections. Ships coal, cotton, produce and potatoes. Tel., W. U. Exp., W. F. & Co. Mrs. L. A. Spaudling, postmaster.

Amos Bros. Handle Co. (E. C. and C. H. Amos), handle manufacturers.
Bagwell, C. M., lawyer.
Ballard, Rev. T. J. (Baptist)
Bank of Poteau (Ed McKenna, pres.; W. A. Steele, cash.).
Beard, Walter, mayor.
Beaty, W. J., jeweler.
Bolger, P. C., lawyer.
Brantley, Rev. Erskine (Presbyterian)
Buckley & Warner (W. D. Buckley, C. E. Warner), lawyers.
Corey, J. W., photographer.
Davis, G. W., transfer.
Davis, J. H., restaurant.
Devlin Wear Coal Co., John O'Brien, supt. coal miners.
Dunn, Ramay & Singleterry (W. L. Dunn, C. W. Ramay, J. M. Singleterry), grocers and produce.
Eastern Hotel, Mary Sellers, propr.
Emmerson, R. M., restaurant.
Fowler & Day (H.J. Fowler, J. P. Day), lawyers.
Frederick, C. J. & J. W., lawyers.
Fry, Mrs. F. L., milliner and dressmaker.
Fuller, I. M., shoemaker.
Goode, Samuel, meats.
Graves, W. G. & Sons (W. G. and C. C. Graves, J. Bryant), general store and cotton buyers.
Green, P. H., lawyer and insurance.
Hale, James L., lawyer.
Hansard / Hausard, John, carpenter.
Harper, Benjamin, cotton gin.
Harvey & Kidd (J. M. Harvey, R. L. Kidd), Publrs. and Proprs. Poteau News.
Hemphill, J. W., carpenter.
Howell House, J. T. Howell, propr.
Ivey & Daniel (Edmond F. Ivey, Edwin E. Daniel), livery and transfer.
Jaggers, Frank, painter.
Jones, John W., barber.
Kelly, John, carpenter.
Ketcham, Irving F., physician.
Lawson, W. E., hotel.
Lowrey Bros. Mercantile Co. (John A. and Wiley W. Lowrey), general store.
McDonald, B. A., general store.
McKenna & Daniels, (Jerry McKenna, E. E. Daniels), insurance agts.
McKissick, Samuel T., blacksmith.
Miller, C. L., lumber.
Miller, James F., drugs and books.
Miller & Co., (A. N. and J. F. Miller), hardware and furniture.
Murray, M. W., dentist.
Neal, Thomas W., lawyer.
Noble & Bird (George B. Noble, F. W. Bird), drugs.
Pilkington, Jacob A., meats.
Plumlee, M., physician.
Pollan, John R., U.S. Commissioner.
Poteau Fruit Co., (Ed McKenna, Michael Richards), fruits and vegetables.
Poteau Telephone Co., J. W. Taylor, mgr.
Potter, Ethel M., milliner.
Ragon, S. B., physician.
Reck, E. & Co., bakers.
Rodman, Emmett, principal of schools.
Rosser, Malcolm E., lawyer.
Smith, L. L., notary public.
Smith, R. P., agt. K. C. S. Ry.
Sorrels & Rogers, (J. M. Sorrels, J. A. Rogers), soda water manufacturers.
Terry, George W., barber.
Turman Bros. & Co. (R. D. and W. W. Turman, W. M. Hopkins), grocers and produce.
Turman, R. D., notary public.
Varner, T. T., U. S. Deputy Clerk.
Vick, Rev. J. E. (Methodist).
Welch, C. A., lawyer.
Welch, W. A. jr., livery stable.
Welch, W. A. jr. & Co., general store, farm machinery, hardware and cotton buyers.
Wellborn, J. M., agt. St. L. & S. F. Ry. and Wells Fargo & Co. express.
Williams, White & Co. (J. O. Williams, W. S. White), dry goods.
Wolfman & Epstein (estate of Sam Wolfman, J. H. Epstein), dry goods.




REICHERT
A postoffice in the Choctaw Nation, 9 miles northeast of Houston, on the K. C. S. Ry., its shipping point, and 20 south of Poteau, the nearest banking point. Mail, tri-weekly. M. C. Carrington, postmaster.

Cagle, Rev. W. F. (Baptist)
McClelland, Ethel, teacher.
Perry, C. F., sheriff.
Roop, A. F., blacksmith.
Wade, Rev. Stanford (Baptist)
White, Rev. L. B. (Baptist)



SHADY POINT
Population, 200. On the K. C. S. Ry., and on the Poteau river, in the Choctaw Nation, 6 miles north of Poteau, the nearest banking point. Has Baptist, Methodist and Presbyterian churches, a cotton gin and a grist mill. Tel. W. U. Exp. W. F. & Co. Telephone connection. E. R. Goode, postmaster.

Cariker, W. W., gin, mill and general store.
Cox, Bert, general store.
Echels, N. W, rr and exp. agent.
Edward, J. W., blacksmith.
Goode & Switzer, general store.
Lewis, Frank & Co., general store.
Lindsay, J. C., physician.
Lippard, S. E., drugs.
Shepherd, Dr. H., general store.



SPIRO
Population, 900. An incorporated city on the K. C. S. Ry., and one the Arkansas river in the Choctaw Nation, 16 miles southwest of Fort Smith, Ark. It dates it settlement from 1898 and has Baptist and Methodist churches, good schools, lodges of the leading secret and benevolent societies, a cotton gin, a bank and a weekly newspaper, the Gazette. Mail stage daily to Ward, Bokoshe and Cartersville. Tel., W. U. Exp., W. F. & Co. Telephone exchange. Charles H. Mahar, postmaster.

Adler, W., general store.
Allen, R. H., live stock.
American Cotton Co.
Barbee, W. H. H., jeweler.
Baronn, L. L., barber.
Boswell Grocery Co.
Bower, James, live stock.
Bryan, R. M., jeweler.
Bunch, R. A., hotel.
Burgeoin, F. E., physician.
Chapman, P., hotel.
Chastain, William, barber.
Choctaw Commercial Bank, A. F. Bissell, pres.; J. W. Underwood, cash.
Coin, Rev. N. A. (Baptist)
Cox, G. W., hotel.
Evans, Mrs. J. M., milliner.
Evans, J. M., publr., Spiro Gazette.
Farris, W. A., grocer.
Frederick, W. C., physician.
Greenlee, L. A., drugs.
Hackett, T. P., drugs.
Hairland, Rev. E. B. (Baptist)
Hamby, Mr., blacksmith.
Harrison, H. H., meats.
Hickman & Hinton, general store.
Isaacson, I., general store.
Jennings, D., general store.
Kayser, Mrs. S. W., live stock.
Lee & Webb, meats.
Lewis, Frank, lawyer.
Libe, Michael, propr., New Capitol Hotel.
Lillard Cotton Gin.
Lowrie, M. H., lawyer.
McBride, J. E., hardware.
McDaniels, Ed, live stock.
Mahar, Dr. C. H., drugs.
Merryman, J. S., general store.
Moore, A. J., live stock.
Neely, J., dentist.
Oak Lodge Hotel.
Oak Lodge Mercantile Co., general store.
Parker, F. E., lawyer.
Redwine, R. L., lawyer.
Redwine & Bro., general store.
Ross & Whitley, milliners.
Scorgall, George, blacksmith.
Shanks, Rev. T. O. (M. E. South)
Shuler Hickman Drug Co.
Smith, C. T., commissioner.
Smith, J. W., lawyer.
Smith, W. J., livery.
Spiro Furniture Co., furniture.
Statham, W. R., general store.
Styles, Thomas, blacksmith.
Thompson, A. P., physician.
Upper Hook Lumber Co.
Walker, J. N., grocer.
Watkins, W., hotel.
Ward, Jefferson D., mayor.
Watten, J. R., rr and exp agt.
Wilson, J. L., baker.



SUMMERFIELD
A country postoffice in the Choctaw Nation, 6 miles east of Leflore, on the St. L. & S. F. Ry., it shipping point, whence it receives its tri-weekly mail.



SUTTER
Population, 100. In the Choctaw Nation, 7 miles from Shady Point on the K. C. S. Ry., its shipping point and 14 southwest of Spiro, the nearest banking point. Tel., W. U. Exp., W. F. & Co. Florence Boswell, postmaster.

Boswell, Austin, general store.
Choctaw Coal and Mining Co., David H. Hays, receiver.
Hardy, J. J., physician.
Shepherd, D. W., grocer and drugs.
Wigginton, W. L., live stock.



TALIHINA
Population, 500. On the St. L. & S. F. Ry., in the Choctaw Nation, 69 miles southwest of Fort Smith, Ark., the nearest banking point. Has Baptist, Methodist Episcopal and Presbyterian churches. Tel., W. U. Exp., W. F. & Co. S. R. Thomas, postmaster.

Allen Bros., live stock.
Anderson, Houston, county judge.
Bean, W. M., blacksmith.
Brewer, Pearl M., stenographer.
Bryant, Daniel, sheriff.
Calhoun Bros., drugs.
Coleman, Nelson C., barber and confectioner.
Cowan, W. R., physician.
Curnutt, W. A., blacksmith.
Davis, J. W., propr., Frisco Hotel
Dukes, Gilbert W., Chief, Choctaw Nation.
Elliot, W. T., stock buyer.
Faherty, A., hotel.
Gates, Rev. J. F. (M. E. South)
Graham, J. F., cotton gin.
Howell, Edward, contractor.
Lunsford, T. B., lawyer.
McKinley, R. H., meats.
McKinney, Rev. M. B. (M. E. South)
Miller, Dr. W. B., drugs.
Minor, S. T., collector.
Parsons, J. D., rr and exp agt.
Pitman & Co., grocery and dry goods.
Roberts, R. D., drayman.
Roberts, S. T., notary.
Thomas, D. & Co., general store, saw and grist mill.
Tucker, Rev. F. H. (Presbyterian)
Tushkaloosa Academy, Henry Willis, principal.
Wooden, J. T., general store.



THOMASVILLE
A postoffice on the K. C. S. Ry., in the Choctaw Nation, 5 miles south of Houston. Mail daily. I. C. Davis, postmaster.



TUCKER
Population 83. In the Choctaw Nation, 13 miles northwest of Spiro, on the Ft. S. & W. and K. C. S. Rys., its shipping and banking point, with which it is connected by daily mail stage. Milo G. DeWitt, postmaster.

DeWitt, Milo G., general store.
Russell, P. G., grist mill and gin.



VICTOR
Population, 50. On the C., O. & G. Ry., in the Choctaw Nation, 8 miles from Poteau, its banking point. Exp., W. F. & Co.

Phillips, T. J., dry goods.



WALLS
A country postoffice in the Choctaw Nation, 8 miles from Fanshawe, the nearest shipping point.

Wall, W. W., general store.



WARD
A country postoffice in the Choctaw Nation, 6 miles southwest of Spiro, its banking and shipping point. Cora A. Thomas, postmaster.

Stiles, Z. R., general store.
Teague, A. B., blacksmith.



WISTER
Population, 400. On the C., O. & G. and St. L. & S. F. Rys., and on the Poteau river, in the Choctaw Nation, 28 miles southwest of Fort Smith, Ark., and 8 from Poteau, the nearest banking point. Has Baptist, Methodist and Presbyterian churches, a graded public school and a cotton gin. Tel., W. U. Exp., W. F. & Co. Mrs. E. E. Shippey, postmaster.

Armstrong, G. M., blacksmith.
Baldwin General Store.
Blue Front Hotel, W. A. Lister, propr.
Brown, Morris, propr. Brown Hotel.
Candell, George W., drugs.
Cannon, Mrs., teacher.
Cannon, B., prin. public school.
Cannon, J. P., livery.
Cohen, A. E., railroad and express agent.
Craig, W. R., confectionery.
Estes, J. T., general store.
Forster, Mrs., propr. Forster Hotel.
Garner, Wm. L., blacksmith.
Harris, R. G., gin and mill.
Huff, George W. & Co., general store.
Jones, W. E., physician.
King & King, wood and coal.
McDonald, A. M., general store.
Lackey, R. H., carpenter.
Logan, J. B., drugs.
Mayfield, R. W., painter.
Sandlin, James, propr. Wister Hotel.
Shippey, E. E., physician.
Shippey, Wallace J., collector.
Smith, J. H., blacksmith.
Stoddard, J. G., general store.
Walsh, W. A., lawyer.
Wister Hotel, James Sandlin, propr.
Woods, J. C., notary public.



WITTEVILLE
A country postoffice in the Choctaw Nation, 3 miles from Poteau. Its shipping and banking point. Mail daily. J. M. Hodgens, postmaster.

Devlin-Wear Coal Co., miners.
Hodgen, M., Mgr. Devlin-Wear Coal Co.
Devlin-Wear Mercantile Co., J. M. Hodgens, mgr., general store.











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