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The Blackwell Journal-Tribune is a weekly newspaper in Blackwell, Oklahoma.It is distributed Wednesdays via mail and has a circulation of roughly 1,500. [1]The paper primarily serves Blackwell, but also provides news and sports coverage of neighboring communities in Kay and Grant counties in north central Oklahoma and a small portion of Sumner County in south central Kansas.
Blackwell was a victim of the 1955 Great Plains tornado outbreak, a deadly tornado outbreak that struck the southern and central U.S Great Plains States on May 25–26, 1955. It produced at least 46 tornadoes across seven states including two F5 tornadoes in Blackwell, Oklahoma, and Udall, Kansas. The outbreak killed 102 from three tornadoes ...
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A.J. and Rosa Blackwell had two sons and one daughter: King Solomon, King David and Hazel. [5] Prior to founding Blackwell, Oklahoma, A.J. Blackwell lived in Joplin, Missouri, where he held bear and dog fights and built the town's first opera house. [6] He was arrested on counterfeiting charges and spent time in the Missouri State Penitentiary. [7]
Asher (c. 1913–present). Asher is and was the only high school developed within the township. See Asher, Oklahoma. Avoca (1892 - ?). Avoca had a small school near what is now the cemetery. See Avoca, Oklahoma; Cook (1892 - aft. 1920). The school, originally one-room, was formed in 1892 and later expanded when a second and larger room was added.
The autopsy was completed at around 11:00 p.m., and at 11:15 p.m. King's body arrived at the R.S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home. The assassins' bullet, as well as the subsequent autopsy, had caused significant damage to King's neck and face, and both Robert Lewis Jr. and Clarence Lewis labored through the night embalming, grooming and preparing ...