Davis News 2005 Dec 28 - 100 Years Ago - Murray County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Deborah 09 Apr 2006 Return to Murray County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/murray/murray.htm ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Surnames: Allen, Gilliland, Gober, Knapp Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UaB.2ACI/1499 The Davis News, Wednesday, December 28, 2005, Page 2 printed the following: "100 YEARS AGO: J. R. GILLILAND and Son of Hart, I. T., exhibited 'some fine Poland China swine' on the streets of Davis. H. H. ALLEN added an oyster parlor to his confectionery. The blacksmith shop of GOBER and KNAPP was revived. The new 40-room hotel in Davis was expected to be completed by February 15. A Sulphur Times-Journal article speculated that with Davis on the Oklahoma City, Lexington and Sulphur Springs Interurban (railroad) line now being graded, Davis was one of the liveliest towns in the section." ------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Murray County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/murray/murray.htm