Volume 11 , Issue 6

1934 - Volcano Ashes Found Near Alva

The Oklahoman, dated November 14, 1934, page 16, had these headlines: "Ashes of Volcano Found Near Alva."

Did you know that Alva even had a volcano nearby?

Evidently, ashes from that long extinct volcano amid the permian beds of western Woods county, where volcanic activity hitherto had never been suspected, was discovered during a biological survey the week of November 13, 1934.

Volcanic ash was found in sufficient quantities near Winchester to indicate that commercial development there is possible. It was used in commercial cleansing and scouring substances.
Winchester had a post office in a small community northwest of Alva, Oklahoma -- located seventeen miles northwest of Hatfield Park and the town of Alva. During 1903 the Pilgrim Bard, Scott Cummins, resided at Winchester, Oklahoma.
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