Pittsburg Co., OK - News:  The Quinton Pioneer, 1907
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        The Quinton Pioneer, Friday, November 22, 1907

Mr. J.A. Nation is on the sick list this week.
S.C. Crawford left Wednesday evening for Muskogee, on business.
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         The Quinton Pioneer, Friday, September 27, 1907
              "A Visit To Quinton By A Tennessean"

W.A. Owens, of Fork Ridge, Tenn., and M.M. McCoy, of Halsey,Ky., arrived in
Quinton last Thursday. The following is a letter to their friends back home,
telling of the wonderful country in which they will make their future home.

I will say for the benefit of those that contemplate going to the great west,
that I have spent about one week in and around Quinton, and will say that I was
surprised to find so large a town as it is. There are about twenty-two business
houses, all enjoying a good business. I have visited the high school addition
and have found it just as represented. There is not a single lot in the
addition but what can be built on with a nice location. I am well pleased with
my lots and those who had a chance to purchase and did not, made a big mistake,
and in my judgement they are worth from 25 to 100 percent more than they are
selling for, and will say that every person that has their money planted there
has it in a safe investment.

As to the resources, will say I visited the coal mines and investigated the
coal. It is in fine quality and in fine condition for mining if properly opened
up. It is a dense blocky coal suitable for long haming and handeling. This
strata is from 32 to 49 inches in the lower strata. I am told is from 5 to 7
feet in thickness and also of a very fine quality, besides this just under the
coal lies a vein if fire clay, which in my judgement is of fine quality.

Quinton has the finest water of a soft crystal nature, which can be had at the
depth of from forty to sixty feet. The agricultural part of the country is in
its infancy as I saw thousands of acres virgin land both bottom and rolling
prairie lands not in cultivation. My estimation it that only about 5 percent of
the tillable land is in cultivation.

Quinton has a fine public school employing four teachers.

Quinton has six denominations and eight lodges.

Quinton has two good cotton gins working at full capacity. One man bought 70
bails last Saturday, there being other buyers on the ground, I do not know how
much the other buyers bought. Cotton in the seed sold for 3 7-8, and line
cotton sold for 11 3/8.

This country is very fine for anything you wish to raise, corn, cotton,
alfalfa, fruit and berries, in the way of farm products, add hogs, horses,
mules, cattle, sheep, goats and all kinds of poultry can be raised with a big
profit.

This is as glorious a climate as I was ever in. And all this country needs is
men of music and fair judgement, for everybody who has come here has made a
success. The restrictions are being removed which will give homes for
thousands. There is plenty of native timber here pine, black walnut, oak of all
kinds, ash, hickory, maple cottonwood and other kinds of timber to numerous to
mention. Saw mills and shingle mills are working overtime making the pine into
lumber and shingles.

Yours very truly,

W.A. Owens, Fork Ridge, Tenn M.M. McCoy, Halsey, Ky.