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Dakoma's Past Busninessmen

Past Businesses of Dakoma, OK

Courtesy of - "Pioneer Footprints Across WDS Co."

"Business places I remember in early years, besides my father running a phone service, . . .", as written by Earl Applegate for his recollection and stories as printed in the "Pioneer Footprints Acoss WDS Co.

Mr Applegate wrote that Dacoma had Boardwalks before D. R. Carpenter started building cement sidewalks around town.

"About 1914," says Applegate, "I used to go to about 5 or 6 places in town to light the gasoline street lights with Bob and Harold June."

Earl also remembered when the Woods County Fair was held in Dacoma before it was moved to the county seat in Alva.

In early life for amusement there was an old man (Edd Kehoe) who lived south of Dacoma, who would give a general ring on the telephone line and let people listen to him sing and play the violin. this was before they had radio.

Past Businesses & Owners ...

Past Businessmen-Dakoma

M. C. Purdy's Grocery Store
Polson & Henderson Hardware
C. H. Vore & W. D. McGinley Garage
Clifford Van Sawn Garage
Blacksmith, Mr. Zimmerman
George Weber & Porter Read, Bank
J. E. Hardy Store
L. M. Vance, Postmaster
Drugstore, Dr. S. H. Welch
Fennessey Grocery Store
J. E. Bothwell Grocery Store
Mrs. Haines Boarding House
J. W. Whittet Meat Market
McCully Grocery Store
Cowgill Dry Goods Store
W. C. Hendricks Real Estate & Ins.
H. E. McKay Pool Hall
Carpenter's New Cottage Hotel
Carpenter's Printing Office (Dacoma Enterprise Paper)
Whittet Livery Stable
A. W. Lewis Lumber Yard & Elevator
E. L. June, Enid Milling Co. Elevator
R. L. Townsend, Elevator
Walter Hunsaker, Ranels & Grub Elevator
Farmers Elevator, M. H. Purdy & later by Roy Jansen
Joe Hood, 1st Depot Agent
Johnnie Drake, Tye Drayman

Dacoma Platte Map

Twp. 25N-13WIM map of 1906
land owners around Dacoma.

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