• Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad (CO&G), known informally as the "Choctaw Route," was an American railroad in the states of Arkansas and Oklahoma....
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    Wister is named for Gutman G. Wister, an official with the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad.[self-published source] A post office was established at...
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    route of the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad line that was to be built west from El Reno. Edmund Guerriere, of French - Cheyenne ancestry and a former...
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    in 1895 and named for John W. McLoud, attorney for the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad. Early day McLoud was known for manufacturing and selling whiskey...
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    development of coal mining and timber production attracted considerable railroad construction: the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad built tracks from Wister...
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    through the area. In 1902, the Western Oklahoma Railroad, which became the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad (CO&G), built a line southwest to northeast...
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    This community developed along the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad line (later the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway), built in 1902. On November...
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    May 24, 1895. The Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad was constructed in the 1890s from Arkansas to Indian Territory. Between 1895 and 1897, the construction...
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    of the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad, which built through the area in 1889–90; however, the town had no role in choosing the name. Railroad executives...
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    investments began when he and James Elliot started the Hailey-Ola Mining Company, leasing coal land from the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad, which laid tracks...
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