Visit the Stratford, Oklahoma Web Site
See the McGee site for some history on Stratford.  McGee was moved and Stratford was created when the
railroad was built and did not come through the existing town of McGee.

Stratford is famous for it peach groves and there is an annual peach festival held there.

1909 picture of Stratford, Oklahoma

Below are some pictures of the historic downtown area

Above is the old First National Bank building and a view of the old Stratford water tower.

The picture on the left shows a small park and memorial to the Ozark Trail which is situated between buildings in
historic downtown Stratford.  On the right you have the Chamber of Commerce as it is on June 15, 2001.

On the left you have a view the south side of the street looking west and on the right you have the north side of the street looking east.  They have flower pots on the sidewalks along with wrought iron benches for people to sit and rest or pass
the time.

 
See McGee Cemetery      See Family Photos     See Calton/Griffin Family Letter    

George Ellison Calton & Son, Will, pictured here in the Calton Store

This submission is dedicated to my Mom, Mary
Irene Cantwell Thompson, and to my Grannie, Mary Ann Griffin Calton
and her husband, George E. Calton, as well as her,
Mary Ann's, father and mother, C.L. Griffin and Margaret Walker Griffin. 

Submitted by  Inis Faye Bloomster

 

 

Photos of Stratford Residents, Garvin County, Oklahoma
Part of the Brumley-Hart Collection
submitted by Claudine McCoy from her Mother's Estate

I am 84 yrs old and I remember only a couple of the
folks, but I do remember Mama and Grandma speaking of many of them. 
My Grandpa W. A. Brumley owned a mercantile store in Stratford.  He and J.R "Bunk" Sanford moved the store from McGee when Stratford was built.

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Abner Cromer & Wife	Alexander Family	Anderson McCartney & Family	Bill Bynum	Charlie Perry	Dr. Gaddy's Wife & Child
Carl Eeds	Elmer Forest	Emma Finley	George Blevins & Family	George Flick & Family	George Morris & Family
Dr. Haley married Walsie Goodwin	Joe N. Bouyer	Lewis Brothers	Monroe James	Miss Georgia Rippie	Mrs. John Strickland & Addie Mae Strickland
Nannie Walker	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Nina Rotenberry Jackson	Miss Griffin married George Gosnell	Mrs. Luther Watts	Gosnell Girl	Owner of the Stratford Star & Family	Gosnell Girls