Alderson’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Alderson. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗A post office was established at Alderson, Indian Territory on March 5, 1890. It was named for William Charles Alderson, treasure of the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad. W.C. Alderson, under the name "Willy," was one of the children written about and the source of much of the material in Mary Howitt's Our Cousins in Ohio (1849).
At the time of its founding, Alderson was located in Tobucksy County, a part of the Moshulatubbee District of the Choctaw Nation.
Alderson was linked to McAlester, Krebs, Bache, Haileyville, and Hartshorne by the Pittsburg County Railway interurban from 1903 to 1946.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Alderson’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Alderson’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewAlderson, Choctaw Nation, Indian …, 1902: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Alderson
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Alderson, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Alderson is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Alderson has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Hokey's Drugstore in Krebs, 2.4 miles away.
Alderson and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Alderson, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory Showing Lands Constituting Proposed Additions, Choctaw Railway and Lighting … (1902) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.