Altus  —  (former names: Frazer and Leger)


        Founded in 1886, the name Altus, means high-place in Latin. This came about due to the fact that the original town (Frazer) was founded some 2½ miles west of the present town, and in the middle of a river/creek bed (see map - State Hgwy 62, just north of where the red, Jackson County dot, is located). Upon the advent of the first "flood" (1891) the local settlers were "flooded-out" and removed their scant remaining belongings to the town's present location, a higher place.

Blair  —  (former name: "Dot")
        When the Zinn family first settled in the area, they named the town "Dot" after one of their daughters (possibly a nick-name for Dorothy).
        The community was renamed for John A. Blair, a railroad official, instrumental in securing a small railroad line (locals termed it "The Doodlebug"). The Doodlebugs ran daily except on Saturdays and Sundays, carrying passengers and mail and were always "on time". They passed my Grandmother's house (one mile north of Blair) at 11:15 A.M. and 3:30 P.M.. In 1925 The Orient railway offered daily passenger train service between Wichita, Kansas and Alpine in two days and one night with sleepers added between San Angelo and Altus, Oklahoma (Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway [KCM&O].
        This Railroad prompted several businesses in Blair to begin operation (The Orient Drug Store). The Orient drug store finally closed for business sometime in the early 1960s, when it's sole proprietor, Mr. Floyd Lollar, passed away.
        From 1952, Blair had it's own newspaper, The Blair Enterprise, owned and published by Mr. Virgil Guy. The newpaper too, went the way of the drugstore and the railroad and stopped publishing and has gone out of business.
        In the 1930s and 40s, Blair had a post office, a bank, two grocery stores, a movie theater, drugstore, two grain-feed stores, two cotton gins and a railroad depot. There was also a small "repair shop" owned by Frank and Ruby Hawkins, and there were two laundries (before the time of laundromats), where women gathered and used "wringer-washers" to clean clothes, then hurried home to hang the clothing "on the line" (no dryers then). Blair even had "the pool-hall" where men met, played pool and cards (or, so it was said). There was a lumber yard, several gas stations, four churches and a dry-goods store (Venable Dry Goods).

Duke  —  (AKA East Duke). Duke was named in honor of (territorial) Judge F. B. Duke who was the federal judge in Mangum, Oklahoma (Old Greer County).

Eldorado  —  Google Map of Eldorado (interactive)

Elmer  — 

Friendship  —  (former name: Alfalfa)

Historic Information - Origionally known as "Alfalfa", changed it's name to Friendship in 1908. Currently a portion of "Navajo" School District.

Hedrick  — 

Lincoln  — 

Martha  —  Google Map of Martha (interactive)

Olustee  — 

Warren  —  (not shown on the map). What is left of the township lies 7 miles east of Blair, on State highway 19. The Warren School (grades 1 through 12) was disbanded after the "Friendship" school burned. The two communities together, formed another school district (Navajoe), in 1962.