Volume 11 , Issue 27

Chester (Tailholt, Oklahoma)

Chester (Tailholt, Oklahoma) -- Back in 1999, I came across some information of How Chester, Oklahoma got it's nickname of "Tailholt." I would love to hear other versions of the story if some of you Major Countians in Chester, Oklahoma have anymore info.

For those of you who don't know, Chester is a small town in Major County, in the Northwest part of the State of Oklahoma. It's where Hwy. 281 intersects in the middle of town with the highway leading east towards Fairview (Hwy. 60).

It seems that way back when (not sure of the date) there were sandy roads in Chester which caused autos to get bogged-down in the sand and unmovable. On one of the corners an elderly man had a couple of donkeys that he would hitch to the front of the entrapped autos. After everything was set up and tied on, he would take hold the donkey's tails (in a tailhold) and crank those stubborn mules into motion. Henceforth, the nickname of "Tailholt" was born.
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