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1887 - Carney and Addie Staples set up camp near a cold
spring in the Oklahoma Territory. Carney was a land surveyor, Addie helped out and
delivers mail and packages to other nearby settlers.
1892 - Addie Staples makes and application for a Post Office under the name of
Cold Springs. That name had been assigned to another Post Office. So she names
the Post Office after her husband Carney Staples. Addie becomes the first
Postmaster.
1893 Congregational Church was built. It was the first church in Carney,
followed by the Methodist, Seventh Adventist, Christian Church, and the
Pentecostal. The Baptist and the Assembly of God came much later.
1905 Carney really boomed! 22 stores, the railroad (Katy), cotton gins and a
variety of establishments came into this bustling little town in the heart of
Oklahoma Territory.
1905 thru 1907 Carney went to work organizing the cemetery association, as well
as the Masonic Lodge, the bank, the Fire Department and a 32 number
telephone service was in effect.
1907 Oklahoma becomes a state!
1909 The first movie was shown in Carney . It was, '' The Great Train
Robbery''.
1909 Carney State Bank was robbed.
1910 The brick schoolhouse at the South end of main Street was built.
1914 Carney State Bank was robbed again.
1918 The flu epidemic killed a great many Carney citizens.
1920 All three Carney Newspaper closed.
1921 The east side of Main Street was burned down to the ground!
1922 The bank was robbed for the third time, the Carney Rifle Club was formed to
prevent another bank robbery.
1928 Electricity was offered to the residents of Carney for the first time.
1929 A newspaper called the Carney Express opened for business. Cotton was .29 a
pound.
1930 Drought and the Great Depression hit Carney hard! Only ¼ of the cotton
fields produced that year.
1931 The Community building was erected. The Hotel and Café burned down. Cotton
prices dropped to less than 2 cents a pound. The ponds dried up and the boll
weevils ate what was left of the cotton.
The next 25 years in Carney History shows a steady decline. During this time
Carney saw the death of their last newspaper.
1952 The Katy Railroad stops carrying passengers.
1975 The Katy Railroad stops all together.
A few notable historic sites still remain in Carney.
The World War 1 Doughboy (Located on Main Street). They're only few of this type
of monuments left in the U.S. A local citizen was commissioned by the government
to create this statue to pay tribute to the soldiers of WWI.
The Christian Church boasts a 950 lb. bell in their church's tower. It came to
town in the back of a wagon.
The North end of Main Street is the town well. The town well has been a part of
Carney's History since the beginning. The town's people used the well for their
main source of water. The livestock as well as the guests at the hotel got their
water from the old well on Main Street. Neighbors visited, catching up on
gossip, while fetching water for the day. Modern water system did away with the
need for the old well. It faded into the pages of Carney's history until 1976
when there were a few misguided citizens decided to fill-in the well and forget
it ever exited. This would have happened, except for the outcry from the rest of
Carney's citizens. Money was raised and the pump was set on the site. The well
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