E.T. Guymon

E.T. Guymon (HM11DV)

Location: Guymon, OK 73942 Texas County
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Country: United States of America
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N 36° 40.657', W 101° 28.413'

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Edward T. Guymon was born in Illinois in 1859. At 21 he moved to McPherson, Kansas from Coatsburg, Illinois. Story is he sold a cow for $22 to pay his fare west. He loaded coal for the Santa Fe Railroad as a clerk and partner for the Star Mercantile.

He established the Star Mercantile in 1888 at Liberal, Kansas. Guymon took a large shipment of groceries, which he first sold from a flatcar, then from a tent while he built a building.

Guymon knew the Rock Island would build on west. With this in mind, he purchased 160 acres. With this acreage, in 1900 Guymon, Dick Quinn and T.O. James established the original townsite of Guymon, Oklahoma Territory. Mr. Guymon served as president of the corporation. He then established the Beaver County Bank (now City National Bank & Trust Company), the Star Mercantile and the Star Lumber Company for the new town that sat in the path of the 1901 Railroad extension.
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Date Added Tuesday, September 23rd, 2014 at 12:05am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)14S E 278967 N 4061961
Decimal Degrees36.67761667, -101.47355000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 36° 40.657', W 101° 28.413'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds36° 40' 39.42" N, 101° 28' 24.78" W
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Area Code(s)580, 806
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 165-199 Paul Ave, Guymon OK 73942, US
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