GATE

NAME: Gate COUNTY: Cimarron ROADS: 2WD GRID: 1 CLIMATE: Snow in winter; hot summer BEST TIME TO VISIT: Spring, summer, fall

COMMENTS: No residents. About 7 miles East of Willowbar, now Keyes. REMAINS: No buildings.

Post office closed in 1910, I believe. I think the railroad went through here or close by. My gr-grandfather, Dr. W. McKay Dougan, lived here and lost a leg when hopping a train to attend to a patient in 1908. I believe he was establishing a homestead claim. Obituary in Texhoma newspaper of that date indicates "of 4-8". Buried at Texhoma but gravesite could not be found. Possibly was part of cemetery buried in the dust storms of the 30's. Submitted by: Dorothy Dougan Cooper

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