McCurtain Co. OK - History of Shinewell

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Submitted by: Tawsha Hubbard. Sent to Tawsha from Sharon Middleton of Idabel. 
R.C. Brinkley (Sharon's granfather) wrote it.
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The History of Shinewell

The earliest white settlers near Shinewell were the Gum Springs Sawmill 
workers, mill established in 1905 by the Frisco Lbr Co. but moved out in 
1907.  The earliest white settlers in surrounding Community was Chas. 
Koosier must have been in 1880's or earlier 1890's. The first permanent 
white settlers at Shinewell which was still known as Gum Springs was the 
Brinkley's in 1908.  The settlers increased by 1917 and organized and 
built a Baptist Church named Social Center and 2 years later the Rock Hill 
school.  In 1923 the community had grown to a school enumeration of 165 
school age.  Then 2 stores were established, one by C.P. Dossey the other 
by R.C. Kirk.  The Dossey Store closed within about 2 years, later to be 
reopened by T.P. Sikes & W.H. Segraves, and later Sikes took over then 
sold out to Edd Sullivan then Sullivan to Leona Grinnage then Grinnage 
to J.E. Nichols which sold out to R.C. Brinkley in 1951 who had bought 
out the Kirk & Brazel Store in 1925 & has been in operation since.  The 
community was named Shinewell in 1929 by the P.O. Dept. when we got our 
first P.O. which was discontinued in Oct. 1955.


Written By R. C. Brinkley, according to Ida Mae Burney, who gave the 
history account to me (Sharon Middleton). Text typed from handwritten copy.  
Typed as written, except for punctuation to clarify meaning and finishing 
words that did not copy.