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Did you know? 6-19-2026

Did you know is a feature we run daily on LeFlore County history facts and figures.

The Pennsylvania Coal Co. core-drilled the first two wells here in 1889. One was located where the Methodist Church is now located, the other one was in the 900 block of West Fifth Street in Heavener.

Information courtesy of the Heavener Historical Book published on Heavener’s centennial in 1996.


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