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| ID Number |
11000336 |
| Historic Name |
FRAZER CEMETERY |
| Description of Significance |
THE FRAZER CEMETERY IS ELIGIBLE LOCALLY FOR THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES, CRITERION A, UNDER EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT FOR ITS ASSOCIATION WITH THE EARLY SETTLERS FROM THE TOWN AND NEIGHBORHOOD OF FRAZER IN GREER COUNTY, TEXAS (JACKSON COUNTY, OKLAHOMA). RESIDENTS ABANDONED FRAZER IN 1891 AFTER SEVERE FLOODING SWEPT THROUGH THE TOWN, MOVED ABOUT TWO MILES EAST AND ESTABLISHED A NEW TOWN, ALTUS (NAMED SUCH BECAUSE IT WAS ON HIGHER GROUND). FRAZER SETTLERS AND NEIGHBORS ARE BURIED HERE, BUT FRAZER FAMILIES WHO MOVED TO ALTUS AFTER FRAZER WAS VACATED ALSO CONTINUED TO BURY THEIR DEAD HERE UNTIL 1950 WHEN THE LAST BURIAL OCCURRED. THE CEMETERY CONTAINS THE NAMES OF FRAZER SETTLEMENT FAMILIES WHO CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALTUS AND BECAME LEADING CITIZENS IN THE COMMUNITY. THE CEMETERY ALSO DOCUMENTS THE SETTLEMENT PERIOD BURIAL TRADITIONS OF FRAZER RESIDENTS AND NEIGHBORHOOD FAMILIES. THE CEMETERY ALSO MEETS CRITERIA CONSIDERATION D BECAUSE THE CEMETERY IS THE ONLY EXISTING RESOURCE ASSOCIATED WITH FRAZER ONE OF THE EARLIEST SETTLEMENTS IN GREER COUNTY. FRAZER WAS ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE GREAT WESTERN CATTLE TRAIL, A STAGE STOP, AND AN EARLY MAIL ROUTE IN EARLY GREER COUNTY. WHILE THE TOWN OF FRAZER LASTED ONLY FROM 1885 TO 1896 (THE DATE THE POST OFFICE WAS DISCONTINUED), MANY RESIDENTS BECAME LEADERS IN THEIR TRANSPLANTED TOWN NOW NAMED ALTUS.THE PERIOD OF SIGNIFICANCE BEGINS IN 1886 WITH THE FIRST KNOWN BURIAL AND EXTENDS TO THE LAST IN 1950. THIS BURIAL WAS IN THE ESTABLISHED RALEY FAMILY PLOT. |
| Current Name |
SAME |
| Address |
2 MILES WEST OF THE JACKSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE ON U.S. 62, AND ½ MILE SOUTH ON COUNTY ROAD 202 |
| City |
ALTUS VICINITY |
| County |
JACKSON |
| Lot |
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| Block |
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| Current Section |
23 |
| Township |
2N |
| Range |
21W |
| Type |
SITE |
| Historic Function |
FUNERARY: CEMETERY |
| Current Function |
FUNERARY: CEMETERY |
| Area Significance 1 |
EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT |
| Area Significance 2 |
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| Date Prepared |
2011 |
| Year Built |
1886-1950 |
| Original Site |
YES |
| Architect/Builder |
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| Architectural Style |
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| Roof Material |
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| Wall Material |
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| Window Material |
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| Door Material |
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| Decorative Details |
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| Condition |
EXCELLENT |
| Comments |
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| Restricted |
N |
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