Oklahoma is
steeped in history and is proud of its "cowboy and Indians"
heritage.
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Photo Courtesy
Of Fish and Wildlife Service
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Moore was founded during the land-run of 1889. The early settlers came
on train, horseback, wagons and on foot. According to local
historians, the town's original name was "Verbeck" as designated by
the railroad company. However, a railroad employee named Al Moore
lived in a boxcar at the camp and had trouble receiving his mail. He
painted his name - "Moore" - on a board and nailed it on the boxcar.
When a postmaster was appointed, he continued to call the settlement
Moore. The town was incorporated in 1893 and the name was legalized.
The little town went sleepily along for some 70 years, then began a
flurry of expansion and development. In 1961 approximately 21.6 square
miles of additional territory was annexed, and Moore became a city in
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