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 > >>