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Photo courtesy Stephen
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| History
in a Pecan Shell
Oklahoma Lane had been a part of the legendary XIT
Ranch before it was broken up. In 1916 five Oklahomans brought their families
to the site and named the community after their former home. They were joined
by additional Oklahoman families which necessitated the building of two schools
in 1917.
The schools, Sunnyside and Knox, were merged in 1921 as a district.
An auditorium / gymnasium was added in the 1920s. During the school consolidations
in the late 40s, the district was divided among Bovina,
Lazbuddie and Farwell
schools with the gymnasium becoming a recreation center. It remains the the nucleus
of present-day Oklahoma Lane.
Oklahoma Lane doesn't appear on the state
map, although it does on detailed county maps. The population has been given as
64 since 1980.
See Oklahoma
Lane Methodist Church [former School] |
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