Editing Wellston, Oklahoma (section)

== History ==
[[Image:Wellston OK map 1887.png|thumb|left|Wellston started as an Indian trading post and post office located on the old Kickapoo Reserve.]]

Wellston was named by Christian T. Wells, who established a [[trading post]] on the site in 1883.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=WE011|publisher=[[Oklahoma Historical Society]]|access-date=November 25, 2017|date=November 25, 2017|title=Encyclopedia of Oklahoma}}</ref> The post office officially opened September 19, 1884.

The trading post closed during the allotment of the Kickapoo Reserve. Following the Run of 95, the post office reopened June 15, 1897.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt011.cfm?stat_state_name=OKLAHOMA|publisher=[[United States Postal Service]]|access-date=November 25, 2017|date=November 25, 2017|title=Postmaster Finder. Post Offices by State}}</ref>