Duncan, OK news and local guide

Early wooden buildings were replaced with sandstone and brick after fires and other disasters, including four fires in 1901. When Oklahoma became a state in 1907, Duncan became the county seat of Stephens County, and its courthouse was placed in the middle of Main Street as a compromise between residents of the north and south ends of town. Oil wells opened in the county in 1918, bringing rapid growth; shacks were banned at once and other rules adopted to keep it orderly. In 1919 Erle P. Halliburton founded the New Method Oil Well Cementing Company in Duncan, the beginning of the Halliburton company. Tudor Revival homes went up in the 1930s, and Works Progress Administration projects gave the city a library, a high school, a stadium, a pool, an armory and a school and auditorium for its Black community. Sources Wikipedia: Duncan, Oklahoma