Picher is a ghost town and former city in Ottawa County, northeastern Oklahoma, United States. It was a major national center of lead and zinc mining for...
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Picher may refer to the following two places: Picher, Oklahoma, a former city in the U.S. state of Oklahoma Picher, Germany, a municipality in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern...
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merger with the Picher Lead Company of Joplin, Missouri occurred in 1906, becoming Eagle–Picher Lead, which evolved into Eagle–Picher Industries, Inc...
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Picher-Cardin Public Schools was a school district headquartered in Picher, Oklahoma. The district operated an elementary school, a junior high school...
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Tornado outbreak sequence of May 7–11, 2008 (redirect from Picher tornado)
flattened, and some swept away. The damage in Picher was rated EF4. At least 150 others were injured in Picher alone. The tornado continued eastward, passing...
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Oliver S. Picher (January 1, 1905 – July 20, 1984) was a United States Air Force lieutenant general. He served as commander of the 307th Bombardment Group...
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United States Superfund site, declared in 1983, located in the cities of Picher, Douthat and Cardin, Ottawa County, in northeastern Oklahoma. From 1900...
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Bresegard bei Picher is a small municipality in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Often it is simply referred to simply as Bresegard. There is...
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northward. South of Picher and west of Quapaw, US-69 meets US-69 Alternate. US-69 splits from HR-66 and heads north through the town of Picher. At the Oklahoma/Kansas...
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resulted in severe environmental degradation, and mining centers such as Picher, Oklahoma in the county were included within the Tar Creek Superfund Site...
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