Blackwell is in the Red Carpet Country region of Oklahoma. A Cherokee Outlet land run town from 1893, and regrettably a rather sordid sundown town for a good while after. Its big money-maker, a zinc smelter, would later come back to haunt the town with long-lasting environmental damage.
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Map of Blackwell
Get around
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[edit]- 1 Electric Park Pavilion (Top of Oklahoma Historical Museum), 303 S Main St, ☏ +1 580 363-0209. With dioramas such as one on a bad tornado outbreak in 1955.
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[edit]- 1 Rodeway Inn Blackwell - I-35, 1201 N 44th St, ☏ +1 580 363-7000. Has a fairly large indoor pool area.
- 2 Surestay Hotel By Best Western Blackwell, 4545 W White Ave, ☏ +1 580 363-1300. Also with indoor pool.
Go next
[edit]| Routes through Blackwell |
| Kansas City ← Wichita ← | N  S
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→ Jct W  E → Guthrie → Oklahoma City
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END ← Jct  ←
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N  S
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→ Ponca City → Stillwater |