Hi! Wondering if there are any books on the Ottawa area? Alot of relatives from Ottawa Co. and I'd like to learn more about the local history. (SHARPS, ESTES). Thanks, JoAnn [email protected] wrote: > Jeannie: > > I too have a miners card from Picher, OK on my great Uncle - from around > 1924. I have been to the Picher mining museum in OK - it is very small and > you will find other mining cards there as well. > > I think one of the best web sites I have seen yet on Ottawa County (which > includes Picher) is the one below by John Schehrer. He has many collections > of pictures of Picher and all the nearby towns with all the mines of years > past. I think he even borrowed a few of the pictures from the museum. I was > even able to print most of them out. > > <A HREF="http://www.homestead.com/schehrer/ottawa.html">Click here: Ottawa</A> > or > http://www.homestead.com/schehrer/ottawa.html > > Hope this helps -- I have only found an obituary on my great Uncle - his name > was Carl Henry Wiman. OK doesn't even have a copy of his death certificate. > I seem to find nothing else on him. I visited the Miami Library - which is a > town nearby and that is where I found his obit - but I wish I would have > known about the Dobson Musem while I was there. They are suppose to have a > large amount of info. Here is a link to them below. > > <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hollow/1723/">Click here: Dobson > Museum of Ottawa County, Oklahoma</A> > or > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hollow/1723/ > > Hope I have helped in some way--- > Good Luck!! > Jan Scott > > In a message dated 10/31/00 11:00:57 AM Central Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > << Does anyone know where I can find out more info on the Mines in Picher, > OK. > I have an old Miner card dated back 1929. It has the Mine name and number > on it. > Thank you, > Jeannie Owens > >>