Shamrock, Oklahoma, oil boom ghost town

[@donsailing1356]

My great grandmother Cargill lived in a little house with asphalt siding designed to look like bricks on the main “dirt” street about 3 or 4 houses east of the big “brown store” on the corner. I think it’s now….or was….. the Shamrock Museum? My sisters and I would run to the store to buy Yucatan gum. I couldn’t find it anywhere but there! I visited there a lot when I was a kid from about ‘56 to ‘66. She passed in ‘68 at 97 years old. Lots of fun times there exploring the old buildings. I remember playing on the big slide and swings behind the school. My great grandmother had a pristine ‘46 Ford two door sedan parked in a shed out back. In ‘66, it had only 51,000 miles on it. The first thing I’d do when we’d visit was run out to the shed and sit in that maroon beauty! I wanted that car so badly, but my parents thought it was too big and had too many blind spots. Sadly, it was traded in ‘68 for a yellow Ford Torino….(groan)…. and I never saw it again. I’ve been a car lover all my life. I do remember when grandma added an indoor bathroom to the little house…… she had an outhouse prior to that. She had a large garden in the back…..She would cook amazing breakfasts for all the family visitors…. Lard…. Biscuits….fresh eggs… sorghum…. homemade jam…you name it. And she lived to 97!! I spent many Sunday mornings fanning myself in the pews of the Baptist Church there. I remember when a brand new Skelley Gas station was put on the main corner, and I thought Shamrock was growing!! I’d love to go visit Shamrock …. one of these days…….

[@natalieford3238]

Yes MAMA!!! I'd love to investigate here!!

[@everythingoklahoma]

Working on a video right now about OK's smallest towns... Shamrock definitely made the list lol! Thanks for the video!!

[@jimmyramsey2189]

I was born in Shamrock in 1930....we moved to Florida in 1940. My childhood in shamrock was unforgetable.....free and easy for a young boy to roam around in and explore the woods without fear.....go down into the woods behind the High School and swing on the big swing, or go down to the city water pump at the west end of the un-paved main street and ride on the pipe as it moved back and forth......on saturday nights go to the empty lot a block or two east of the Gymnasium and watch movies, free, in the open air. What better childhood could you wish for? I wonder if anyone else remembers the time the single-motor plaane landed in the empty field back of the cemetary.....JIM RAMSEY

[@jimmyramsey2189]

as a very young boy, in the thirties, I spent my pennies in Mr. Cargall's little candy store. The pictures of a dead town are sad...I also remember Eric Ferrin and the Ferres family...they lived across the alley from us...their barn backed on our out-house...JIM RAMSEY

[@scottsmith1386]

Thank you for sharing your memories. It really adds to the video experience to hear people's comments.

[@dntulsa5039]

In the early days of Shamrock, there were 6 oil camps in the nearby area. They were: Dropright, Gasright, Alright, Downright, Justright, and Damright. I guess the nearby town of Drumright influenced their names. After the oil ran out the camps rotted away; they were wooden. I got this information from a book named "Oklahoma Ghost Towns which was published in 1977.

[@countryroots]

I really wish I was healthier! I would sure enough go to a bunch of the old Ghost Towns in Southern Oklahoma!! Because these are all really good!!! Thanks for posting!!!

[@dwtaylor999]

I agree, these places are everywhere, and bits dissapearing every day. The old school in Shamrock burned down in 2006, and one of the old churches was torn down a couple of years ago. There are so many places on my list, I'll never be able to see them all.

[@billbateman7225]

I was in Shamrock two weeks ago, and it has almost completely disappeared.

[@thedeltabluesthedeltablues3828]

My girlfriend family The Langford were from shamrock who came from Ireland , they left to Bakersfield when the oil wells went dry

[@DashDarrenger]

It's not a ghost town though. Ask the officer.

[@tulsatombob2769]

Years ago I was living in Bristow a few miles down the road. I remember Shamrock being a place to avoid, because everyone that drove thru there got a speeding ticket. LOL

[@JonJohn33]

Everyone is still VERY cognizant of their speed when passing through.

[@DashDarrenger]

It still is a place to avoid. My mother was just stopped there... Again.

[@studgwhit]

Great video! I just discovered that my Great Grandmother, Martha Crockett and two of her sons, Beryl and Oscar resided in Shamrock during the 1920 census. They moved from Swan, Missouri after my Great Grandfather passed away the year prior from the pandemic flu. I wonder why she went to Shamrock?

[@vireinaqueenbee7876]

Kat Crockett back then to ur grandmother and any others any place was better off till now days . If im not mistaken .Stormy came from one of those places and describe being very poor as a child .

[@tommydickensjr4540]

I lived in shamrock about seventeen years or so ago and was pretty desolate then but the people were great

[@rosalie7936]

Yes I live about 5 miles south of Agra. For year's there was always an ongoing debate on where QUEEN CITY WAS ? Some of the old timers said it was about 5 miles west of Agra. Others said it was north of Agra. Billy Pool (RIP) once brought to Agra a newspaper and in large print on the top of the page it said QUEEN CITY. .So can you clear this up ? Also do you have and pictures and or history of QUEEN CITY ????? Thanks for your time. Rosalie

[@crystaldelgado1508]

I always wanted to see what was in the museum

[@pitt64jobar]

Have you been to Macomb, in Pottawatomie Co? That is where I was born and it is now considered a ghost town. It might make an interesting video. By the way, there is a fairly new high school across the road from the town, the town itself has almost nothing. Thanks for all your videos. I like them all.

[@coyotetrail2124]

Is the blarney stone still there?

[@crystaldelgado1508]

yes

[@vannadoll8418]

Yes thats my grandpas rock. And its not actually blarney. Its just a rock he painted green that everyone takes a picture of.