From Ghost Town:McGee Indian Territory:
"the old McGee Cemetery at the southeast edge of the place where the town once thrived."
"W.J. Long built the first store in town, about 150 yards south of the McGee house and blacksmith shop."
The post office - "It was located in the rear of W.J. Long's store."
Dr. Jesse Mooney - "He also built the first drug store in town, about 50 feet west of Long's store."
J.A. Harris - "opened a general outfitting store (5th business) across the street North of the drugstore. A few months later he built a two story hotel, called the Harris Hotel. This was built next to the store..."
McGee Masonic Lodge #94 was installed in 1896 (thirteenth business) in the hall built as a second story over the W.J. Long Store."
From the Chickasaw News 1906-
McGee's Early Days
D.C. Hybarger of Maxwell was in town Monday. Mr. Hybarger is one of the old settlers here, his father having settled the Hybarger farm near town. He remembers seeing one of his brothers kill a wild turkey where the store of W.T. hayes now stands, and another kill a deer where Long's stable stood in the rear of Hydens store. The town, after proposals to locate it on Spring Brook, east of the present site, was finally located here at the forks of the road. The road forked just about in front of Santford & Stricklands store, one going to Pauls Valley and one to Wynnewood.
[Does that mean the road no longer forked in front of Santford & Stricklands, at the time this was written?]
F.J. Yingling says McGee built the first store house in this town and Long bought him out. He says the road did fork in front of Santford & Stricklands store, but that one fork went to Center and the left to a saloon across the river.
[It is hard to tell whether this is humor or a statement of fact.]
W.A. Ellison of near Maxwell, says he has known McGee since 1888-18 years ago. He says the roads forked at the section line running by new town bridge, one going to Pauls Valley and one to Wynnewood. It also forked about where Eldredges barn now stands, one going to Center and the other to a negro settlement on the river. McGee put up the first store in a tent where Eldredges barn now stands.
[Conflicting stories about where the road forked??]