Stroud is a city in
Lincoln County and Creek County, Oklahoma. Founded in 1892 and named
for trader James Stroud, this small town began by selling whiskey to the
many cowboys and travelers escaping nearby “dry” Indian Territory. Thirsty
for a drink, the town soon boasted nine saloons and became a wild
“hell-raising” town, as cattlemen relaxed after days on the range with their
herds. Stroud’s wild party days soon came to an end when Oklahoma Statehood
forced the town “dry” in 1907.
Though its
wild party days might have been over, Stroud had not yet seen the end of its
Wild West days. On March 27, 1915, Stroud became the victim of one of the
last outlaw robberies in Oklahoma, when Cherokee Bad Boy, Henry Starr, chose
two of the towns banks for a historic double daylight heist.
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