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State maps from 1932 to 1953 show some Farm-to-Market Roads with "FM" in a circle (later a diamond). On the 1954 map they are given normal state highway numbers. One of the photos on [1] is labeled "Signing at US66 and FM4", but this portion of SH-4 was never a Farm-to-Market Road on the official map.
Cattle drives represented a compromise between the desire to get cattle to market as quickly as possible and the need to maintain the animals at a marketable weight. While cattle could be driven as far as 25 miles (40 km) in a single day, they would lose so much weight that they would be hard to sell when they reached the end of the trail.
A post office named for Hollis was established October 31, 1901. [5] Hollis was in Greer County, Oklahoma until 1909, when Governor Haskell divided the old county into Greer County and Harmon County, Hollis fell into Harmon County. An election was held to choose a county seat. Contenders were Hollis, Dryden, Looney and Vinson. Hollis won the ...
Harmon County is a county in the southwest corner of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 2,488, [1] making it the second-least populous county in Oklahoma, behind only Cimarron County. It has lost population in every census since 1930. The county seat is Hollis. [2]
The Drummond family is an American ranching family from Oklahoma. The family is one of the largest land-owning families in the state of Oklahoma and the United States. In 2017, the family owned 433,000 acres according to The Land Report magazine.
The United States Post Office Hollis, at 120 N. 2nd St. in Hollis, Oklahoma, was built in 1939. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. It includes a New Deal program mural by artist Lloyd Lozes Goff , described in its NRHP nomination:
Visiting students from other countries often are surprised that Oklahoma voter turnout is so low. Some don't have the opportunity where they live Opinion: Oklahoma's voter turnout is low.
Cattle feeding on a large scale was first introduced in the early 60's, when a demand for higher quality beef in large quantities emerged. [24] Farmers started becoming familiar with the finishing of beef, but also showed interest in various other aspects associated with the feedlot such as soil health , crop management, and how to manage ...