Photo courtesy of Joe R. Allen
Photo courtesy of Joe R. Allen
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Joel J. Swain developed the plat for the Townsite of Stilwell, Crane County.
It was a part of Section 7, Block 6, Certificate #40/4831, H & T.C. RY CO.
Survey, Crane County, containing 271 acres. Broadway was to be the main
street and was 75 feet wide and remaining streets named after states were 50
feet wide. The cross streets were numbered from First to Fifteenth. It was
located South of Juan Cordona Lake. Swain registered 99 deeds starting in
1910 when the lots sold for $40.00 until 1920 when the lots were a bargain
at $10.00. The first deed was to Nicholas Dehech, with the second going to
James S. Napier, both men of Iowa, Swain was from Missouri.
Taken fromThe Crane News, Thursday, August 27, 1987. |