DOUTHAT

NAME: Douthat
COUNTY: Ottawa
ROADS: 2WD
GRID: 3
CLIMATE: Hot summer, cold winter
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Anytime
COMMENTS: 2 miles south of Picher. Almost nothing remains.
REMAINS: Abandoned, weed overgrown buildings.
Douthat was another mining center. Post office was established March 17, 1917 and was discontinued in the 1930's or 1940's. The town was named after the townsite owner Zahn A. Douthat. Douthat serioulsly went downhill within a few years and was all but gone by the 1950's. Submitted by: Steven McGinty


Douthat business district (1920's).
Courtesy Steven McGinty


Douthat school buildings. (No longer exist today.)
Courtesy Steven McGinty


Remains of Douthat today.
Courtesy Steven McGinty


All of Douthat is now overgrown with weeds and crumbling.
Courtesy Steven McGinty

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