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Grain
elevator in Laketon
Photo
courtesy Erik Whetstone |
History in
a Pecan Shell
Founded
on a spur of the Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway in the early 1900s,
Laketon supported a post office until mail was re-routed through Miami
in neighboring Roberts
County. It was reestablished with the discovery of the Laketon
gas field in 1929.
In 1930 Laketon had several businesses, but only ten citizens. In
1947 the population had increased to 50, but businesses were reduced
to only two. Nearby Pampa
drained population from the town and for the last forty years the
population was reported as less than 20. |
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Another
view of the grain elevator in Laketon
Photo
courtesy Erik Whetstone |
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