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    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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    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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