Byars’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Byars. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The present community of Byars is one mile southeast of the Camp Arbuckle site in what is now McClain County. Before Byars was established, there was a community called "Johnsonville", named for local rancher Montford Johnson. Thomas B. Johnson, Chief Justice of the Chickasaw Nation, lived in Johnsonville, and his daughter Katie married Nathan H. Byars, another local rancher.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Byars’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Byars’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewAdditional Station Grounds at the…, 1904: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Byars
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Byars, decade by decade
1990s
1 historic place in Byars
1 place in Byars is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Additional Station Grounds at the Eastern Oklahoma Ry. At Byars, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory (1904) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.