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including feed and grocery stores, jewelry stores and drug stores as well as banks, barber shops, hotels and a small theater. Many leading families of
Oklahoma, such as the McAlisters, the O'Dells, the Patterson's, the Campbells and the Byruns, lived in the town. There were also many doctors with offices in Asher. For a while, Asher became prosperous.
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forty-five state championship trophies and fourteen state runners-up, and sent dozens of players to college and minor-league baseball. No high school in history, public or private, has won as many games as the Asher
Indians. A book was written about a man who once played baseball for the Asher Indians, called
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September 21, 2007. This date was chosen to coincide with the Oklahoma Centennial. Other Asher honorees were the First Baptist Church, which was founded in 1902 and Asher School, which was established in 1903. The monument is located in Centennial
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ended when only four wells proved to be profitable. Once again, Asher was in danger of dying out. Fortunately, another oil well was found just west of the town. This time the people connected to the well were local citizens and were cautious and conservative in their estimates and spending. This led
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Schools' main and original building (after consolidation) was constructed in 1929. The building would later receive two additions, to either end. The center of the facility originally served as the schools' gym, before being converted to an auditorium when a new gym was built in the 1940s. An
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In 1927, oil was discovered in and around the town. Asher sprang up almost overnight to serve the needs of the oil workers. It was also around this time that executives moved into Asher and purchased enormous amounts of supplies and merchandise at inflated prices. There were many businesses in town
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Asher and the new settlers had hopes of creating a large city. However, the settlers were disappointed when the towns of
Seminole and Konawa were built and took away much of Asher's trade. The people of Asher would not give up, and pulled together town resources and constructed a bridge across the
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January 15, 1903, The Jennings Company closed on 1,000 business and residence lots. The Jennings Company advertised investment in the growing town and new factories and industries of
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living together, 16.1% had a single householder with no spouse present, and 34.2% were non-families. Individuals living alone accounted for 29.2% of households. Individuals living alone who were 65 years of age or older accounted for 14.3% of households. The average household size was 2.44 and the
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Asher School, the
Indians, participates in baseball, softball and men and women's basketball. For forty years, from 1959 to 1999, Asher had the winningest high school baseball team in the nation, led by head coach Murl Bowen. In those forty years, Asher won 2,115 games, lost only 349, hauled home
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Asher, originally a cotton farming community, suffered in its early years from crop losses caused by boll weevils. Farmers were then dealt a further blow when the town's first two cotton gins were destroyed by fire. These setbacks compounded the loss of trade and left the town in dire straits.
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601:, there were 393 people, 161 households, and 106 families residing in the town. The population density was 491.25 inhabitants per square mile (189.67/km). There were 184 housing units at an average density of 230 per square mile (89/km). The racial makeup of the town was 75.8%
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Rock Island Train Depot, Asher OK - 1902. The station was located at the west end of Main ST, west of what is now US 177. The
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2181:"Sheep Trophy Goes to Asher's Thompson Family for 10th Year". Shawnee News-Star. March 13, 1998.
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1958:"Asher Townspeople Struggle to Keep Hamlet Alive, Well". Shawnee News-Star. c. 1985.
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1940:"Monument dedication set for today". Shawnee News-Star. September 21, 2007.
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1779:"Asher Police Chief Vigilant...". Shawnee News-Star. September 9, 1989.
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1929:"Sleepy Hamlet Sees 'End of an Era'". Shawnee News-Star. June 9, 1985.
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1915:"This is Oklahoma". Oklahoma's Orbit (Oklahoman). March 6, 1960.
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1984:"Asher Prepares for Town Celebration". Shawnee News-Star. 1977.
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Asher receives the following television stations off-air.
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Fire destroys blk of business, incl. Canadian Valley Bank
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First school in Avoca (near what is now Avoca Cemetery)
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The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town
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The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town
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CensusViewer:Population of the City of Asher, Oklahoma
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The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town
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1873:"People Worked for Town". Shawnee News-Star. 1990.
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1569:The Canadian Sands (Monthly Regional; Wanette, OK)
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1002:Oil workers/executives moved in; Asher prosperous
2121:"The Alligator". Asher High School. October 1913.
1893:"Looking Back". Wanette Newsletter. January 1988.
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1995:"Asher Bridge Brings Vast, Inaccessible...".
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2246:Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture
1825:Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture
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1862:. Shawnee, OK: Herald Printing. p. 72.
1597:- minor league baseball player, subject of
922:District Judge J. Knox Byrum born in Asher
877:George Stone (Dep. Sheriff) moves to Asher
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2086:They Came from Everywhere and Settled Here
724:Graham Hotel on Asher's Main Street, 1918.
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337:in Pottawatomie County. According to the
2049:"asherok.info :: School Renovation"
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1637:An Asher State Bank Check, from 1910s
1572:The Ada Evening News (Daily; Ada, OK)
1073:Asher School main building renovated
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1301:Lois L. Rennewanz (ofc. in charge)
1237:Linda L. Sturgill (ofc. in charge)
1041:Shawnee-Asher railroad branch ends
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2100:"USPS Display Postmasters by City"
1802:"Census of Population and Housing"
1412:Asher School following renovation.
1389:Wayne A. Cooksey (ofc. in charge)
1317:Cynthia Schaffer (ofc. in charge)
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1466:Business Professionals of America
930:Asher Mercantile Co. established
2192:Broadcast media in Oklahoma City
2010:"Asher Bank is Doing Business".
1705:"ArcGIS REST Services Directory"
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1464:Asher also has chapters of the
1325:Debbie Turner (ofc. in charge)
1277:Teresa Sexton (ofc. in charge)
1261:Teresa Sexton (ofc. in charge)
18:Town in Oklahoma, United States
1601:'s first work of non-fiction,
1365:L. M. Conley (ofc. in charge)
1285:Vicky Stover (ofc. in charge)
625:average family size was 3.01.
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2286:Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma
2084:Kennedy, Authur Ward (1995).
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1520:-12 CBS (Sherman-Denison, TX)
1514:-10 NBC (Sherman-Denison, TX)
1349:Carol Kelly (ofc. in charge)
1253:Janna Jones (ofc. in charge)
846:First general store in Avoca
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2014:. July 26, 1925. p. 44.
1357:Bill Beard (ofc. in charge)
1205:Orval L. Harris (appointed)
1189:John R. Hibbard (appointed)
986:Canadian Valley Bank robbed
954:Canadian River Bridge opens
869:Public sale of lots ($ 750)
774:Park, on the grounds of the
1969:"Crack Safe, Get $ 4,000".
1823:Robert E. Seikel, "Asher,"
1748:United States Census Bureau
1125:Kate R. Snyder (or Snider)
339:United States Census Bureau
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1625:An early Asher gas station
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786:Timeline of major events
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2356:Pottawatomie County map
2069:"Old Becks Last Gasp".
1550:-52 IND (Oklahoma City)
1544:-43 MNT (Oklahoma City)
1532:-25 FOX (Oklahoma City)
1526:-13 PBS (Oklahoma City)
1397:Michael L. Hockersmith
1229:Perry H. Townsend, Jr.
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978:Pearson oil discovered
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2235:Asher Photos on Flickr
2211:. Doubleday. pp.
2203:Grisham, John (2006).
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2132:Grisham, John (2006).
1858:Fortson, John (1936).
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2029:. September 5, 1927.
1973:. December 14, 1906.
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