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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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