Editing Frederick, Oklahoma (section)

==History==
Originally established in 1901, the Frederick area was among the last of the [[Oklahoma Territory]] land to be opened to settlement.  What is now Frederick used to be two towns: Gosnell and Hazel. Both towns were established in 1901, when the Kiowa-Comanche-Apache reservation was opened to settlement. {{efn|Gosnell was named for Rev. Sanford N. Gosnell, who was a lottery winner that established the town named for himself.  Hazel was named for Hazel  Stout, the daughter of another lottery winner.<ref name="EOHC-Frederick"/>}}  In 1902 the towns combined in order to take advantage of the [[Blackwell, Enid and Southwestern Railway]]. The new town was named Frederick, after the son of a railroad executive. Gosnell received the depot, and the residents of Hazel moved north to the new town of Frederick.  The post office moved from Gosnell to Frederick, for which it was renamed in 1902.<ref name="EOHC-Frederick">[http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=FR011 Evaige, Wanda Jo. "Frederick," ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''.] Accessed January 2, 2016.</ref>

Most of the business district was destroyed by fires in 1904 and 1905. The buildings had been made of wood and were quickly replaced with brick.

In the spring of 1905, President Teddy Roosevelt visited Frederick to meet with [[Jack Abernathy|Jack "Catch-'em-alive" Abernathy]], the famed barehanded wolf hunter, and introduced the area to tourism and its recreational value. In 1907 the City of Frederick was incorporated, Oklahoma became a state, Frederick was named the seat of Tillman County, and the [[Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad]] ("Katy") came to Frederick.<ref name="EOHC-Frederick"/>  By 1915, Frederick had 15 miles of sidewalks and crossings, and 75 miles of wide, graded, rolled streets. The first paved streets were laid in 1918.<ref name="CofC"/>
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The Frederick Army Air Field opened in 1941, training pilots to fly UC-78 light transport aircraft and B-25 bombers. In 1953, the base was turned over to the City of Frederick, and is now the [[Frederick Regional Airport]].<ref name="EOHC-Frederick"/><ref name="CofC"/>

In 1962 a flagpole was erected in Pioneer Park, fulfilling the agreement between Gosnell, Hazel and the railroad.<ref name="CofC">[http://www.frederickokchamber.org/ history_government.htm  Frederick Chamber of Commerce - History] Accessed January 2, 2016,</ref>