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WEER, OK Map Location: Section 18, Township 18N, Range 15E. Post office established 21 Feb 1894, closed 30 Nov 1906. Weer was established about 1857. It began as a trading post for the Creek Indians and smaller number of white settlers in the area. Tulsa World article on Weer [TCHS] "Located between Broken Arrow and Leonard, was the home of a monumental cotton gin owned by John E. Weer. The cotton gin attracted a gathering of frame buildings which housed a drug-store, a church and a post office. Broken Arrow Scout Newspaper, September 26, 1993, locates Weer between 121st & 131st Streets south and County Line Road in Broken Arrow." [There are other references to Weer found on the Tulsa site. Use the site's search engine on the main page to find them.] Arrived here via a search engine? Go to Cities Index page
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