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Payne County Courthouse
Stillwater, Oklahoma |
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1917 Architect - Hair, Tonini, & Bramblet Photos: Robert Deering 4/23/2006 |
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 1895 Courthouse |
COUNTY NAMED FOR: David L. Payne, a central figure in the Boomer movement.
COUNTY SEAT NAMED FOR: Stillwater Creek. According to one legend, local Native American tribes — Ponca, Kiowa, Osage, Pawnee — called the placid, spring-like creek “Still Water” because the water was always still. Another legend states that cattlemen driving herds from Texas to railways back east always found water "still there". Regardless, the creek received its official name in 1884 when William L. Couch established his “boomer colony” on its banks.
COURTHOUSES: 1892, 1895, and 1917
STANDING: 1917 Courthouse with 1965 and 2005 additions.
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 1917 Courthouse |
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| ADDRESS: 606 S Husband, Stillwater, Oklahoma | ||