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Erick,
known as the “Gateway to Oklahoma,” was once the westernmost
city of the state due to surveying disputes with Texas. Getting
its start in 1901, the town was named for Beeks Erick, a
developer for the Choctaw Townsite. Primarily formed as a farm
and ranch community, the area was first known for the many
cattle drives that passed through, stopping at old Salt Springs
southwest of Erick. Nature’s gift to these early-day cattlemen,
the fresh-water springs made an ideal stopping off place during
the late nineteenth century.
Erick was the boyhood home of
Roger Miller, the late country music legend, Mr. “King of the
Road” himself. The stretch of 4-lane that enters Erick from
Sayre has been renamed Roger Miller Memorial Highway, and that
part of Route 66 through town, is called Roger Miller
Boulevard. Further memorializing Mr. Miller, current plans are
in the works to create the Roger Miller Museum.
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