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Photo
courtesy Stephen & Elizabeth Taylor |
History in
a Pecan Shell
Oklahoma
Lane had been a part of the legendary XIT
Ranch before it was broken up. In 1916 five Oklahomans brought
their families to the site and named the community after their former
home. They were joined by additional Oklahoman families which necessitated
the building of two schools in 1917.
The schools, Sunnyside and Knox, were merged in 1921 as a district.
An auditorium / gymnasium was added in the 1920s. During the school
consolidations in the late 40s, the district was divided among Bovina,
Lazbuddie and Farwell
schools with the gymnasium becoming a recreation center. It remains
the the nucleus of present-day Oklahoma Lane.
Oklahoma Lane doesn't appear on the state map, although it does on
detailed county maps. The population has been given as 64 since 1980.
See Oklahoma
Lane Methodist Church [former School] |
Cemetery Memorial
to Pioneer Families
Photo Courtesy Barclay
Gibson, December 2008 |
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