1968 - City of Stilwell

Carolyn Ca
Stilwell,
Oklahoma
May ll, 1968
FESTIVAL HISTORY
BiS event
comes of age
The Strawberry Festival dates back to
1948 when the Stilwell Kiwanis Club decided to do something about stimulating
interest in one of Adair County's rnajor
economic resources.
The strawberry
crop that year was
valued at about $750.000 a,nd was describerd as "the biggest berry h,arvest the area
had ever experienced."
With the assis[ance of the entire comrnunity, the first annual Festival was held
May 22, 1948.
The prqgram irncluded games and contests, several numbers by the Stilwell
High School Band , selection of the Strawberry Festival Queen, music by a high
school hill-billy
orchestra, llalks by Lt.
Gov. James E. Berry and others, and a
dance that night at the Americar Leglon
Ha'il. Th,ere was ,no parade.
Hunrd,reds of free portio,ns of strawberr;es and ice cream were served.
The first queen, Pat Reed (now Mrs.
Bob Leatherwood
of
Stilwell)
was
nine
years old. Besides being cute and attractive. contestants in ,the
first years of the Festival were required to
be actual strawb,erry
pickers
and were
sponsoredby their
employers.
"The contest, on the
same day as the FesFirst Queen
tival. was h.eld on t,he
steps of the cor.rrthouse," Pat recalled.
"There were about 10
co,ntestants. We didjust sat there
n't have to perform-we
:nA- were j,rdgeC on the basis of applause
from tlr,e crowd."
"I received a
$50 U.S. Savings Bond and
a wrisrtwa[c,h-plus
sorne new clothes given to me by my sponsor, Bethel Eubanks."
"I still have my crown, which was made
of candboard."
The late Jack Chaffi'n was presid,ent of
the ,Stilwell
Kiwanis
Club that year.
Arnong Stilwell
men taking arn, active
p.rrt in the celebration were Norvell HenIey, Geo. Watens, J,oe H. Carson, Ted Sebastian, Doc Beene, and the late Paul
Chambers, Stilwell mayor at that time.
After the Festival, the Stilwell Democrat-Journal cornmented :
"From conservative businessmen and
citizens, we hear that the largest crowd
ever to ass'emble in Stilwell (except circus day) registered for the Firsl! Annual
Sfrawbery Festival."
The second Festival was more ambitious.
Th,at was the year that the Oklahoma
House of Representatives designated Stilrvell as the Strawberry Capital of the
Worl,d following introduetiorn, of a resolu'''cn bv W.H. (BiIl) Langley, a member of
the House then.
Each vear, the Festival has grown and
has become m,ore successful.
The biggest Festival yet was held in
1967 urhen the parade feattrred 21 bands,
mairy beautiful girls and dozens of floats.
Thousands of persons from :this four-state
area attend'ed the parade arnrd program,
and stayed to eat strawberries and ice
cream. Ten of the former Festival Queens
earne back to receive special honors. The
thrree-night rodeo held in connection with
the Festival drew record crowds.
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ABOUT TIIE COVER
The eover o'f the Strawb"rry Festival booklet, featuring tJre photograph
of th,e 1968 Queen, Miss Carolyn
Carson, was made nossible through
the cor:tribution
of the Stilwell
Canning Co.
This page mado possiblo through
the contributions of the fo,llowing:
Matney Ford, Ine.
Your Business App,reciated
Foremost Milk
A Perfectly BalancedNlilk
Vanderheiden Oil Co.
35 Years in Stilwell
YOU'RE INVITED
Welcome to the Festival
The Strawberry
Festival comes o,f age today.
This is the 2,1st a'nnual Festival arnd, as priesident of th,erStilwell Kiwanis
r join the entire membership in extending a welcome to each of you.
Club,
fhe St,ilwell Kiwanis Club feels that it is a privilege,to spoflrrsoran er&nt that
means so much to our entire comrnunrif,y. Our membership is snaall and,
tihereforg
eactr memb,er must serye onl more than one committee. However, with
double e.ffort
on our part, this Festival could rnever be a success without the co,operattion and goodwill of the businessmen, farmers anrd other citizens of t'herenfiirre coudty. We
appreciate them and their work.
'we,hope
our efforts have produced fo-r you a,Festival you will enjoy, rlemernber and wish to visitt again.
J. L. Hallford,
Pnesident,
Stilwell Kiwanis
CIub
Kiwanis Club officers
J.L. Hallford
President
L.T. Spray
Past Presid,ent
Burnell Isaacs
Vice President
Berry A. Ferggson
Secretary-Treasurer
Joe H. Carson
Past Lieutenant-Governor
Other Kiwanis Club members
Marvin Apple
Frank Garrett
H.D. Gounrd
Norvell H,enley
Phil Keeter
Jarnes Lindsey
Sem O. Lnve
W. Neil Morton
Tobe O'Neal
W.B. Pembertqt
Jaek Perry
J.H. Thomas
Clint Thomas
Claude E. Todd
Jimmy Varnell
Wade Zumwalt
This pago made possible through
the contributions of the following:
Felts Family Shoe Store
Wear for the Family
Stilwell Lumber Co.
774-7058- Building Supplies
Cox Circle Inn Mote,l
774-7022- Downtown Stilwell
Okmulgee Packing Co.
Pal's Pride Products
Home Supply
Frigidaire - Maytag -
Zenith
Lichty Freezer Storagc fnc.
Fort Smith, Arkaasas
PROGRAMI
May 11,1968
Breakfast for Queen, Atterndants and Former Queens
Stilwe]I Cafe, 7:00 A. M.
Master of Ceremonies for Festivtl Program: NeiI Morton
10:00A. M.
Parade
National
Invocation
Parade Marshal, H.D. Gound
Anthem
11:00A. M.
Miss Barbara Green
11:03A. M.
Jim Woolsey, Minister
First Christian Church
11:05 A' M'
of the Strawberr-y-Queo1 for 1968
Crowning
"giil
XXI
Divis:an
Lt'
Governor,
iv.i.t-ka,
Cunningha-,
Texas-dklahoma District Kiwanis Internetio'nal
11:20A' M'
Welcome Addre,ss
J.L. Hailford, President, Stilweli Krwanis Club
Johnnie Lee Wills and His West'ern Band ---
11:25A. M.
Intrc,d,ucti'onof Former Queens -- ,--------J.L. Hallford
12:05 P' M'
12:10P' M'
Folk Singers -------Gwartney
Brenda
and
McNabb
Mo'nna
Hilligoss,
John
Johnnie Lee Wills and His Western Band --
12:45 P'M'
Masters Quartet
1:30 P' M'
Awards ChamPion Growers
2:00 P' M'
Strawberry Auction
2:25 P' M'
Free Servings of S'trawberries and Ice Cream
3:00 P' M'
Friday and Saturday -------Rodeo, Thunsday,'sponsbred
by Stilwell Round-Up Club
-
B:00 P' M'
This page matle Possible through
the. comtributiorns of the following:
Asgrow Seed ComPanY
Atlanta, Georgia
JonesTruck Lines, Inc.
Springdale,Arkansas
ConsolidatedIndustrial Equip. Co.
Fort Srnith, Arkansas
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Queen Carolyn carsron and Miss Eeverly
Green, left, and Miss sherrie
cole.
TO REIGN OVER FESTIVAL
Her Royal Highness'1968
Miss Carolyn Carson, 17, queen of the
1968 Strawberry Festival, was chosen from
a field of 19 lovely young ladies on the
basis of b,eauty, poise and pers'ona-lity.
She will reign t'hroughout the year as
Stilwell's Gcod-Will Ambassador.
The new queen, daughter of Dr and
Mrs John H. Carson, will graduai'te t,his
sprlnrg fr'om Stilwell High School where
she is drum major of the school band,
president of the stud:nt council, humor
editor of the sohool new'spap.er, and a
member of the Future Homemakers of
y' merica and Future Tea'chers of America
Chaprters. She is a former Stilwell Higlr
School Basketball Queen and Carnival
Queen.
Her attendants ar.e Miss Beverly Green,
High School,
16, a Junior at Stilwell
daughter of Dr and Mrs Burdge Green;
and Miss Sherrie CoIe. 16. also a Ju:rior
at Stilwell High School, daughter of 1\llr
and Lllrs Lloyd Cole, Jr.
This prge rnade possitrle threngh
the eontributions of the fol!^'w':ra:
Garrett Chevrolet
and Olds Co.,Inc.
Waters Furniture Co.
New & Used Furniture
Container Corn. of America
CorrugatedContainers- Muskog:ee
:
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Pretty
girLs enhance beauty of oolorful
floats
PRETTY GIRLS, PRETTY FLOATS
Everybody loves a parade
Thousands lined the streets of Stilwell
i,n 1967 to enjoy what is d'escribed as the
best Strawberry Festival parade in history.
The line of march included 21 bands,
many beautiful girls, dozens of colorful
floats, miscellaneous entries, and 180 cow_
boys and Indians on horseback.
Cash prizes were awarded to the best
floats in two categories.
The Stilwell Study Club's float, decorated with huge paper strawberries
and
bl,ossoms, placed first in the Senior Division. Other winners were sponisored by
the Stilwell Canning Co., Stilwell Mercantile Co., Stilwell Future Farm,ers of
America Chapter, Stilwell
Cub
and Adair County 4-H Clubs.
The bands, which came from as far
away as Oklahoma City anrd Shidler. re_
ceived trophies.
Many weeks of plannin,g by the Stil_
well l(iwanis Club are required each year
to stage the parade which receives the co_
operation of man-'r individuals ai:d orsan_
izations over a wide area.
IDEAL BASE
Whether
business or pleasur.e brings
you to Eastern Oklahoma, Stilwell is an
ideal base for one-day tours.
This page made possible through
the contributions of the fol,lowing:
Ozarks Electric Cooperative
"Consumer-Owned Utility"
Scouris,
C.J. Carson
fnsurance Agency
"The Friendly"
Bank of Commerce
One of the 2l bands in the procossion,
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Prize-winning
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float
This page made possible through
the co,ntributioms of the following:
Dairy Berry
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Perry
Cliff's Drive In
Welcome to the Festival
Pigsly Wissly
The Original Self-Service
Queen gets kiss on cheek
IT'S OFFICIAL
Queen of
'67
is crowned
Miss Karen Nichols, queen of the 1g6?
Strawberry
Festival,
was erowned
bv
Dwight
L. Morelock,
Ada, Lieuternani_
Governor, Division XXI, Texas_Oklahoma
District,
Kiwanis
International.
After_
wards, Morelock gave the queen a kiss on
the cheek.
The ceremony took place on a platform
on the courthouse lawn as thousanrds of
visitors watohed.
The queen, now Mrs Ken Maples, a
student at the University of Arkansas i,n
Fayetteville, is the daughter of Mr and
Mrs Fred Nichol,s of the Zion Communitv
nerr Stihvell. She is a 196? graduate of
St:hvell High School.
Her attendants were Miss Reta Robbins,
daughter of Mr arnrdMns Geonge Robbins,
Stilwell; and Miss Joyce Eversoll (now
Mrs Ed,die Walden of Srtilwell), daughter
of Mrs Opal Ever:soll of near Dutc,h Mills.
Ark.
This page mradft possibtre through
the contributi,ons of the followinrg:
B.G. Ste;ryart, Vfholesale
Candy, Drugs & Noti,orrs
BilI Goodalt
Welcome, Visitors
Compliments of
Shiptey Baking Co.
Worsham Tractor Co.
For Farm & Home power Needs
Fadler produce Co.
Frosh Fruits & Vegetables
Co,mpliments Of
Colonial Breaat Co.
,Brewer Ctty FilIing Startion
"36 Years
Conrtinuous Servicett
"Butch" Ogden's
Phillips 66 Serviee, Stilwell
Bob Cain, left, Claucle Totkl antl Queem
THE WINNING BERRIES
Bought for 50 cents per berry
A new record for the Stilwell Strawberry Festival Auction
was established
at the 1967 Festival when, Claude Todd,
president of the Stilwell Canning Co., bid
$350 for Bob Cain's first place crate of
Blakemores.
That figures out to about 50 oents per
berry.
Cain, who has a 55'acre patch of berries,
received $25 in prize money, bringiing his
total to $375 for the 16-quart crate.
The second place winner was Jack
Wright who received $225 for his crate
frorn a Prairie Grove, Ark., canning company.
The previous high price parid at the Stilwell Strawberry
Festival was in 1966
whenr Willie Means received $300 for his
erate.
lbis page made possible through
the contributions of the following:
Blackarcl Real Estate
Ph. 774-7644- ??4-2990
Fletcher's Ifarilware
Ph. ??4-7500
Ed Bruton Asphalt
Paving Co.
Stilwell Pharmacy
Reasonable Prices
The Olil Trailing Post
Ar,tiques and Junque
Ben Franklin
LeBoy antl Helen Towry
Stilwell Auto Supply
Charles Ilurlbut, Owner
Morris Locker and
Processing Plant
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. TFoysA_NDS,-young- and old and from all waltrs of life, patien,tly stand
in line for their share of free strawberries and ice cream foil^owins the 196?
parade.
This page made possible through
thie contributions of the following:
Farmers Produco
Feetl Seed - Fertilizer
The Jack Riders
Vfelco'me, Visitors
Stilwell Appliance
R,CA, Kelvinator Dealer
George's Radio, TV
and Appliance
Thomas Grocery, Station
Welcome, Visitors
Smay Auto Supply
Welco'me, Visitors
Stilwell Te.lephone Corp.
Touch Tone, Mobile Dial, DDD
Jim's Service Station
Coin-Op Car Wash
CLIMAX TO PERFECT DAY comes when
Strawberry Festival visitors dig into their
free strawberries and ice cream. This is also
the time to stand around and visit with old
friends.
At left are two iittle tykes who sit on the
curb to eat their berries.
This page, made possible through
the contributions of the following:
Sinclair Refining Co.
SelanHall, Howard Johnson
ReeseTie Co.
Treated Posts and Poles
Stilwell Municipal Hospital & Staff
Welcomeyou to the Festival
The Olil Baptist Mission
THE TRAIL OF TEARS
It all ended here many years ago
Just threg miles north of Westville on
US 59 stand"s,a lirttle white church which
rnarks the 6nd ,of a long, sad journey for
a nation "r{l"d f"o- its home east of the
Mississippi
$,iver.
Acnoss the road east of the Old Baptiit
Mission Church is a quiet little cemetery
where lie thE brave leaders of this bsn.d
of Cherokeeti"ra fy the Rev. Jesse Bushyhead.
\,
by on US 59
Few rnotoristp traveling
ever stop to rela.d the historical marker
which Gov. E.W. Marland caused to be
erecrted in memory of these displaced
Cherokees.
i.
The marker summarizes the history of
the Old Baptist Mission in these words:
"Baptist Mission about 4 miles North
anrd West. Established by Rev. Jesse
Bu,shyhead in 1839 and known as Bread
Town,by ttrheCherrokees. Rev. Evan Jones
was the missionary in charge. The Cherokee Messenger printed there, beginning in
August, 1844, was first periodical in Oklahoma. Mission moved to Tahlequah in 1867.
Eacone College at Muskogee, still in operatione is the outgrowth of lthe school at
Bap'tist and Tahlequah."
These words may summarize the history
of the church at Baptist, btrlt the s'ign
above th'e door, "Moved over the Trail of
Tears in 1835" and "The End of the Trail
of Tears" give these cold facts some
human interest.
A nation forced at bayonet point to
This pago made possible through
the contributions of the followins:
Stilwell
Waters Real Estate
Democrat-Journal
Complete Apprais,al Se.rvice
Briggs IGA Foodliner
Thomas Clean Cleaners
You-All Come to See Us
Everyday
Low
Prices
Oklahoma Tire & Supply
Kenneth
& Johnnie Rains
DeJarnatt Brothers
Dirt Contractors
i
T
rnrove to new lands could not forget its
but brought with it all
own civilization
one of its
t:trat was movable, including
ctrurches.
Acoording to the Grant Forernan papers,
some four'or five heavy log beams were
transported
to this spol! and combined
with native logs to build a replica of a
church these Cherokees h,ad been force'C
to leave in Georgia.
A treally had been signed at New Echota,
Ga., which g3ve the valuable lands of the
Indian tribes to ttre white man. Men led
by Chief John Ross fought rernoval for
three years, but .att last they gave up and
were brought west by soldiers of the Federal ,government.
Much blood and manv tears were shed
building was constructed. This building is
built aocordiinrg to the same design as the
first one, and is kept in repair by the
ccmmunity.
In 1843, the Bapltist Mission Board of
Bostonr, Mass., sent a printing press to be
set up anrd used to publish a periodical
in the
called The Messenger, printed
Chenokee language.
The first copy of this paper, da{ted in
1844 and printerd at the Otrd Bap,tis't Mission, is iin, the possession of the A.T. (Bud)
The pape.r
Lacie family
of Westville.
one
claimed
to have been, published
monJth previous to the first printing
of
the Cherokee Advocate in Tahlequah.
The otrd Cherokee Female Seminary was
begun at the Old Baptist Mission, but was
Traril of Tearr mural by young Stilwell Cherokee
along "The Trail of Tears." Tlhese hardships did not stop these men with tHre
spirit of pioneers. They were determined
to establish a scho,ol, village and homes
protected by law as theY kn'ew itt.
Their leader. Rev. Jesse B,ushyhead, was
the first sup,reme court judge in the Cherokee Nation before his death in 1844.
Other leaders carried out rthe plans of
Mr. Bushyhead to found a churoh and
school at this new Location.
But, just three years after the }og structure was cronst?ucted. the building was de'
stroyed by fire. A few of the logs were
saved and were used when rthe new framre
moved to the Park HilI locatiqnr ,and later
,lo Tahlequah where it is lanown as Northeastrern State College.
A school, pr,obab,ly a boarding school,
for mernbers of all the Five Tribeq was
ope'ned at Bread Tlown to teach young
Cherokees to read and write. It was
rnoved to.Tahlequah in 1867, and latber to
Muskogee where it beeame Bacone University in 1880.
Ttre end of the Trail of Tears, perhaps,
but the beginnirng of a new and better
era in the life of the Cherokee people.
-by
Mrs. Lucy Jane Makoske
This Inge maile Possible through
th,e contributions of the following:
McSpadden
Home
Roberts Funeral Home
Serving Adair CountY Since l9l3
S&H Green Stamps on Cash Sales
Kelley's Department Store
Welcome to Adair CountY
Jess and Nina Morton
Reed's Hardware & Furniture
Sarah-Quinton-Gene
Morton's
Service
Dry Goods
Rex Self-Service
Shoe Store
Welcome Visitors
ADAIR COUNTY HAS
Rich and
colorful history
,ddair County, h,ome of tlhe Cherokees,
is one of the state's smallest counties. It
is on,ly 584 square miles in area and contains 100 square miles of 10.- mountairnrs
known as the Ozark footthills.
The county was carved from two districts of the old Cherrokee Nation-Flint
anrd Goingsnake Districts.
Many Ameri,can Indian tribes favored
this area because ,of its superior hunting
an'd fishing. The western Cherokees, hovrever, had become a predominant tribe in
the area by 1808. ?hese were Indians wi:o
the main tribe ar::r:l
had teft voluntarily
tiheir homes in Geor,gia, Tenne'ssee, and
Nortth C,ar,olina to migrate west. More
than 7,000 already had settled in Arkanand Write
sas between the Arkansas
Rivers before their titl,e to the land was
conifirmed by tthe Uniterd' States by the
treaty of 18,17.
A new treaty L1 years later gave them
in exchange for their homres in Arkansas
a grant of seven million acres, part of
which extended west tro tthe 100th meridian.
Many of the Western Cherokees that
wer,e force,d to move int,o the Indian Territory elected ,to settle just across the
border in the rugged, rmoun,tainous area
in which they had hunted anrd fished and
which became the last Cherokee strotnighold.
In 1839 this anea, as part of rbhe Flint
and Goingsnake Districts, belonged to the
old Chenokee Nation. In 1907 when tihe
Indian Territory
was admitted lto the
Union as the State of Oklahoma, this
area was included as a countv anrd named
Re-learnfurg olil skills
Adair in honor of a prominrent Cherokee
jurist and educator.
The Western Crlrerokees were joined by
the Eastern Cherokees, who were forced
to leave their homes in Georgia, Tennessee, and North Carolina and were driven
over the Trail of Tears to t,h'is area, in
aboutt 1838.
Arounrl 1824, Fort Wayng was built
rear where Watts. in rnrorthern Adair
Oounty, is located. The Cherokees sought
protection there during rbhe 'Civil War.
The fort was later moved to Delaware
County
because the soldiers sta{tioned
there took malaria.
A historian notes that only the most
daring whiite people, mainly
those of
Irish descent, settled in the area ruled
by the Cherokees. But after the coindtruetion of the Kansas Ciity Southern Railroad,
rnany other white families moverd irntfrorn
Arkansas, Missouri, Tlernrnessee,
and Georgia.
This page made possible through
the contributions
of the following:
Doc Beene's Restaurant
'Strawberry
Shortcake Always"
Frank Briggs Co.
"For Your Building Needs"
Eastside Abstract Co.
W. H. Langley, Mgr. - Bonded
Eagle Theatre
Barga'in Entertainnrent
Gerald's Furniture & Appliance
Gibson's Appliances
Stilwell Butan,e Coi
Welcome to the Festival
Jim anil Lela I)awson
Welcome Visitors
Sti,lwell Fl,ower Shop
Flowers for all Ocaasions
FACTS TO REMEMBER
ABOUT STILWELL
(estimated) - City, 1,950;
Population
Adair County, 13,200.
2,185; female, 792.
Labor force-Male,
59
Highways
Transportdtion-Federal
and 62; and State Highways 51 and 100.
Interstate 40 is 30 miles south. The Kainsas Ciity Southern Railroad and six truck
lines serve the area. Stilwell also has a
city airport with runways of 1,600 and
2,000 feet.
Council. ActGovernment-Mayor-City
ive volunteer fire rdepartment. Five city
police officers and three county officers.
Two Oklahoma Highway Patrolmen are
stationed here.
of Comrnerce has total
Banking:-Bank
if
capitalizatiorn' $523,000,with $4,935,154.60 in depo'sirls,and total asset's of $5'512'472.29.
of 'Commetce,
Organizdtions-ChamLber
Kiwanis, Garden Club, RounduP Club'
Junior Ohamber of Commerce, Stilwell
Study CIub, Strawberry Capital Square
Dance Club, American Legion, Veterans
of Foreign Wars, Masonic Lodge, Order
of Eastern Star, Oddfellows Lordge, ReCountY Quarter
bekah Lodge, Adair
Municipal
Horse Association.
sports, fishing and
Recreation-W.ater
picnicking at nearby Lake Tenkiller, small
game and deer huntinS, citY Park, two
gymnasiums, movie theatre, and four golf
courses in 30-mile radius.
stations in
Television reception-Three
Tulsa, Okla., and one in Fort Smiiih, Ark.
Festival,
events-Strawberry
Special
Dogwood anrd fall foliage tours, rodeos
and Adair County Fair.
Municipal
Stilwell
Hea1th-Fifty-bed
Hospital, and Adair County Health Bttilding. The city has one denti:st, three M.D.'s,
two osteopaths and one optornetrist.
winter temperature
Climate-Average
is 3?.4 degrees. Average summer temperature is 82.1. Rainfall averages 42.46 inches
elevation above se'a
per year. Stilwell's
level is 1,112 feet.
elementary school, one
Education-One
juinior high and one high school. Eastern
Oklahoma Experiment Station is located
Three instirtutions of
north of Stilwell.
higher learning are within S0-mile radius
Brown University, Siof Stitwell-John
loam Springs, Ark., 35 miles; University
airport
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This page made Possible through
the contributions of the following:
Chaffin Pharmacy
Make This Your Hdq.
Stilwell Mercantile
Drop By and SeeUs
Molloy Butane, Inc.
'Our Privilege to ServeYou'
Stilwell's new water filtration
of Arkansas, Fayetteville, 50 miles; and
Northeastern State College, Tahlequah,
25 miles.
Industrial
builtlings
available - Two
metal buildings, cne 340 by 100 feet, and
one 240 by 100 feet.
Inelustrial sites available-Thirty
acres,
located r/a rnlle norrth of city limits, can
be easily secured. Land is also available
on Kansas.City Southern Railroad rightof-way.
Prevailing
wage scale-U.S.
minimum
wage and hour law prevails.
Major intlustries-Stilwe'll
Canning Co.,
Alabama Charcoal Co., Reese Tie Co.,
Adair County Orchard Co., Stilwell Frozen Foods, and Ideal Fruit Farm.
Motels and Restaurants-Th,ree
motels
good eating
with 56 units. Numerous
places.
plant
Water and sewer system-S'tilwell
has
an abundance of clean, pure water4,000,000 galtrons per day-from
140-acre
city lake. The lake is l,arge enough to
serve Stilwel,l for three years without a
dr'op of rain falling. Present sewer system
is large enough to accommodate a city
of 10,000. A $500,000 industrial sewer system, now under cornstruction, will handle
2,000,000gallons of industrial wastes daily.
power-The
Electrical
City owns i,ts
own electrical
distribution
system, and
gets its own power frorn th.e Grand River
Dam Authority.
Speeial industrial
rates
are offered. Present capacity of 5,000 KW
oould easily be enlarged.
Communic ations-Independentlyowned
telephone company, serving 2,000 dial telephone stations iln 500-square mile area,
offers direct distance dialing, ,toucrh tone
This page maile possible through
the comtributions of the following:
Swede's Food Market
Maudine's Beauty Shop
Gray's Dairy Cup
Gemeand Bonnie
Stilwell Cafe
Welcome, Visitors
Catron's Buililers Supply
Floor Covering Specialists
Freeman's Food Center
'Don't Shop-Just Stop"
Roek's fron & Metal Co.
Scrap, New and Userl fron
PeggY's Flowers
"Flower for AII Occasions"
Worsham's Cardinal
Food Store
Stilwell,
a growing
and mobile dial telep'hones. Stilwell will
be amoqg the first in Oklahoma with onreparrty service in initial rate area.
Indusfoundation-Stilwell
Intlustrial
trial Foundatidn is a non-profit org-rnization with $500 capital.
DevelopmenLt AssistIndian Intlustrial
Bureau of Indian Affairs, in
ance-The
cooperation with Oklahoma employee service agencies, will assist industry in recruitment of qualified applicants to meet
personnel staffing requirements.
With the Arkanrsas River only about 30
communitY
mitres away, Adair,Cou'nty is lookirng rhopeboom when the
fully for an industrial
Arkansas and Verdigris Rivers are opened
fuin the not-too-distant
to navigation
ture.
Industries interested in this area are invited to write Joe Lyn'n Carson, president
of the Stilwell Chamber of Commerce.
TRAVEL COUNTR,Y
Adair County is first-rate travel counbecause you'll find us
try, principally
frie'n'dly and helpful anrd proud of our
picture-book scenerv and historical spots.
This page matle Possible tthrough
the contributions of the followiltg:
Bruce-Rog:ersComPanY
Ft. Smith -- Rogers, Ark.
Corneli SeedCompany
St. Louis. Missouri
KansasCity SouthernLines
Southern Belle
Stilwell churches
Most religious
the immediate
Other
faiths
Stilwell
are represented
denominations
ccrnmunities
in
area.
have
surrounding
churches
in
Stilwell.
The local churches are:
Assembly
of God Church
Central Baptist Church
Church
of Christ
First Baptist Church
First Christian
First
Methodist
Church
Church
Free Holiness Church
Methodist
Indian
Mission
Pentecosrtal Holiness
. r i l ,r r i l r t t ! .
This page made possible firrough
tfte contributions of the following:
Strawberry Capitol Mo,tel
and Restaurant
Maytag Automatic Laundrv
Gene and Eula Cranford
V.E. Vanderheiden Automotive
319 S. Znd - Vlholesale & Retail
Stilwell Grocery & Market
Free Delivery - ??4-?186
Hunter,s b and l0
Clifton & Christine Hunter
General Glass Co.
Store Fronts, Awnings, Carports
Holiday Motet
Television - Swimming poot
Waldroop's Store at Watts
"ff You Need
ft, We Have ft,,
Osborn,s Laundry
Weloome to Our Festival
Farmers Supply Co.
Ilome of the Farmers'Needs
Stilwell FFA Chapfer
Welcomes You to the Festival
Welcome to the Festival
E.G. and Ella Mae Carroll
j,
A growing industry
AGNICULTUNE
Diversified and mechanized
Adair County's agriculture and related
services are important rto the entire region.
Strawberri'es, green beans, apples and
peaches grown in Adair County are sold
all over the Nation. Some are processed
locally, while others are shipped fresh.
Stilwell is tlhe home of the Stilwell
Canning Co., which has nationwide distribution, and the Adair County Orchard
C'o. which is the largest in this four-state
reg'on.
Mechanical pea pickers were put into
use here in 1967, doubling production.
Corn, small grain, grain sorghums and
improved grasses and legumes for hay
are grown mostly as feed for livestock.
Timber is regarded as an imp,ortant cash
inoome.
Several poultry processing planrts also
flourish in this area.
This page made possible through
the. contributions
Arkansas Office Equipment
Co.
Fort Smith, Arkansas
Schnieding
Bros., Inc.
Springdale, Arkansas
Mead Containers, Div. Mead Corp.
Fort Smith, Arkansas
of tihe following:
Arkola Sand & Gravel Co.
Grade A Blocks - Fort Gibson
Van Buren Ice & Cold Storage
Van Buren,
Carrington
Phillips
Arkansas
Oil Co.
66 Distributor
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TWO-STATE MAP
All roads lead to Stilwell
A.
B.
C.
D.
Old Baptist Mission
Oldest home in county
Indian Museum
Natural Dam
E . Cherokee Ce'n'ter and
recreated village
F. Cherokee Capital
G . Golda's Mill
This page made possible through
the contributions of the following:
Ferry lVlorseSeed(h.
Nfountain View. Calif.
Kelley Canning Co.
Prairie Grove, Ark.
AAA Abstract Co.,fne.
Frank Garrett, Mgr. - Stilwell
LOTS TO SEE AND DO
'Green Country'
Come to the
"Green Country" and ernCome to the
joy spectacular vistas at every turn.
Valleys, tree-covered mountains, unlimited water fun.
best of OklaCome, enjoy it all-the
homa, crowded with color, a wide variety of things to see and do. Visit colorful
and historic nearby communities, enjoy
the mountains, sun, swim, fish, play golf,
enjoy water sports. All this and more in
highly agreeable climate.
Beautiful Lake Tenkiller, locat,ed just
a few minutes' drive west of Stilwell, is
among the major atitractions in this area.
The deep blue water of Lake Tenkiller
Iures fi.hermen, skin divers and water
skiers from a wide area.
Tenkiller Ferrv Dam, which impounds
Lake Tenkiller
water forming Lake Teinrkiller, is located
on the Illinois River near Gore. It was
built by the Corps of Engineers in 1953
at a cos,t of $23,822,000, principally for
flood control, navigation and production
of hydro-electric power.
But the public is mainly interested in
and fathe extra dividends+recreatiorn,,
vorabl,e fish and wildlife habitats.
COLORFUL
LANDMARK
Golda's Old Stone Mill, located at Bitting Springs off US 51 between Stilwell
and Tahtrequah, is over 100 year:s old. The
water wheel still providies the power for
grinding corn, just as itt did for the Indirns and the settlers.
offers recreation
This page m'a o Posible tlrrough
the contributions of the following:
Preston Refrigeration Co.
Fort Smith, Arkansas
Heekin
Can ComPanY
Springdale, Arkansas
Southern lce ComPanY
Freezing & Storage - Muskogee
Arst Equipment ComPanY
Clark Fork Lifts - Tulsa
Teel Laundry
& Dry Cleaning
Muskogee, Okla.
Ballentine
Produce, Inc.
Alma, Arkansas
CarnationIce Crearn
is being furnished for the
Twenty-First Annual Strawberry Festival
through courtesyof
Stilwell Cafe
Worsham Grocery
Freeman's Food Center
Briggs'IGA
Greens Grocery
Saveway Grocery
Ogden's Grocery
Isaacs' Grocery
Midway Grocery
Sam and Dessie Cafe
Stilwell Grocery
Chaffin Pharmacy
Ed Willis Groeery
Luther Worley
Howards Grocery
Pearl's Grocery
Lee Grocery & Station
Main Cafe
Stilwell Nursing Home
Stilwell Municipal Hospital
Doc Beene's Restaurant
J. D. Thomas Grocery
Worley Pool Hall
Peavine Grocery
Swede's Food Market
Piggly Wigigly
Claude Cain Grocery
Collins'Grocery
"For Contented Familiestt