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Latimer County, Oklahoma
Latimer County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Its county seat is Wilburton.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 As of the 2010 census, the population was 11,154.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/40/40077.html )〕 The county was created at statehood in 1907 and named for James L. Latimer, a delegate from Wilburton to the 1906 Constitutional Convention. Prior to statehood, it had been part of Gaines County, Choctaw Nation.〔Everett, Dianna. ("Latimer County," ) ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture'', Oklahoma Historical Society, 2009. Accessed April 4, 2015.〕
==History==
In 1831, the area now known as Latimer County became a part of Gaines County in the Choctaw Nation in the Indian Territory in 1831. The county seat was then at Gaines Courthouse. In 1858, the Butterfield Overland Mail established a route through the territory, which included stage stops at Edwards's Station (near present Hughes), Holloway's Station (near Red Oak), Riddle's Station (near Lutie) and Pusley's Station near Higgins.〔
The beginning of large-scale coal mining brought railroads into the area. In 1889-90, the Choctaw Coal and Railway Company (later Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad and still later a part of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific line) laid 67.4 miles of track from Wister to McAlester, Oklahoma|McAlester]]. The Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway (Katy) completed a branch line from North McAlester to Wilburton in 1904.〔 However, the coal industry collapsed due of labor unrest, competition from oil and gas, and the Great Depression of 1929. By 1932, only one mine still operated in the county. Mining towns lost almost half of their population, and at one point, 93.5 percent of those remaining in the country was on government relief. Federal construction projects provided many jobs to help the unemployed, including Wilburton Municipal Airport, schools at Panola and elsewhere, and road-paving projects. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) developed a park project at the state game preserve, now part of Robbers Cave State Park.〔
In 1933, the Spanish–American War veterans established Veterans Colony. This allowed Spanish-American War veterans to build cabins, live there year-round, grow their own food, and socialize. In later years, membership was opened to veterans of all wars. Veterans Colony still operates.〔
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