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From: "Mary Berdollt" <>
Subject: Frisco/Stonewall
Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 22:36:47 -0700


> History of Frisco/Stonewall:

> FRISCO. 2 miles south of present Stonewall, and at the location of
the
> original site of Stonewall. A post office from June 13, 1906, to April
30,
> 1941. It was named by the towns-people under the mistaken impression
that a
> railroad under construction by the Oklahoma Central Railway was the
Frisco
> Railroad. the first postmaster was Benjamin F. Abernathy.

> STONEWALL. 13 miles southeast of Ada. The original site was at the
location
> of present-day FRISCO. The post office was established Dec. 30, 1874.
It was
> named for the Confederate General, T.J. "Stonewall" Jackson. The first
> postmaster was Thomas J. Phillips.


> The above information was taken from the website regarding the post
offices of
> Pontotoc County.



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