Editing Hallett, Oklahoma (section)

==History==
The town of Hallett was founded on December 8, 1904, at the junction of the [[Arkansas Valley and Western Railway]] (later the [[St. Louis and San Francisco Railway]]) and the Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad (later the [[Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway]]). The developer, Hallett Townsite Company, was named for Charles H. Hallett, an officer in the [[19th Kansas Volunteers|Nineteenth Kansas Cavalry]]. A post office was established in the town on May 19, 1905, and the first newspaper, the weekly ''Hallett Herald'' was published.<ref name="EOHC-Hallett">Wilson, Linda D. [http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=HA011 "Hallett,"] ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''. Retrieved February 11, 2016.</ref>

Hallett became a trade center for the local agriculture industry. The discovery of Hallett oil field brought a brief boom in 1908 and again in the 1920s. Population peaked at 279 in 1920, then declined to a low of 120 in 1950.<ref name="EOHC-Hallett"/>

An [[Aerlex Fireworks plant explosion|explosion at the Aerlex Fireworks plant]] killed 21 people on June 25, 1985.<ref name="EOHC-Hallett"/>
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