The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Disney was founded on November 12, 1939, by a land developer named C.D. Armstrong, who saw the area as a potential 'resort center of the Midwest.' A U.S. Post Office was established on May 21, 1938, and dedicated to the U.S. Congressman Wesley E. Disney.
After Cherokee Nation member Henry Holderman led a successful campaign advocating for local hydroelectric energy, the Oklahoma legislature formed the Grand River Dam Authority (GRDA) in 1935. In 1938, construction began on the Pensacola Dam, which would connect the towns of Langley and Disney. A by-product of the Second New Deal, the dam was a project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), a New Deal agency focused on work relief during the Great Depression.
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Nothing in Disney is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Disney has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Pensacola Dam in Langley, 0.9 miles away.
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