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Rural Electrification

Kingfisher County
Location: on US-81, one mile north of Kingfisher
Coordinates: 35.8943648,-97.9336192
Material: Aluminum
Sponsor(s): Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives
Topics: Agriculture; Early Statehood, 1907–1941; Industry/Business; Social/Cultural

Consumers Rural Electric Company was formed on December 23, 1936, and established the first rural electric cooperative in Oklahoma (later known as Cimarron Electric Cooperative). On Christmas Eve of 1937, the first home in Oklahoma to receive power from a rural electric cooperative was that of Earl Harrison.

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