Sammye, thanks, I'll try to track one down. JoAnn 8^) Sammye Darling wrote: > The book "The History of Ottawa County" is a huge tome and sold by the > Dobson Museum. It was printed in 1987 and has a lot of family histories > in it. I think I paid $50.00 for it and it has been invaluable to me. > My mother spent days looking through it and it brought back a lot of > memories for her. Most of it is in the Northern portion of Ottawa > County. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "JT" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 4:20 PM > Subject: [OKOTTAWA] Any Ottawa history books? > > 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 > > >>