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Old Hardesty

Texas County
Location: on OK-3 on west edge of Hardesty
Material: Granite
Topics: Indian and Frontier Trade; Ranching; Retail; Settlement Patterns; Territorial Period, 1861–1907; Transportation

Old Hardesty was a trading post established in No Man's Land in 1886. It was named for Colonel Jack Hardesty, a local prominent rancher. Old Hardesty flourished while trail herds crossed the area but faded away when the Rock Island Railroad bypassed the community.


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