The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The community was intended to be named after Dee Taylor, the daughter of two early settlers; however, the U.S. Post Office Department changed the name to "Bee". Its post office operated from April 5, 1889, until June 15, 1918.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bee’s history is told.
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Bee, decade by decade
Before
2000
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Bee is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Bee has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Fort Washita in Bee, 1.8 miles away.
Bee and the nearest listed places
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How a place gets listed
1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Fort Washita’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Bee?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Bee’s story, or a memory of it.
📷 Add a photo of an old placeNational Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.