Editing Asher, Oklahoma (section)

===Timeline of major events===
Below is a time table of major events that occurred in Asher as well as surrounding communities whose events affected Asher's history.

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! Date
! Event
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|1847 
|Jessie Chishom establishes trading post {{convert|2|mi|km|abbr=on}} east of Asher<ref name="This is Oklahoma"/>
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|1849 
|Avoca area (Wewaukee Springs) a regular stop for adventures on way to the gold rush in CA<ref name="This is Oklahoma"/>
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|1862 
|Chishom post abandoned<ref name="This is Oklahoma"/>
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|1892 
|First members of Asher family move to OK to est. home<ref name="This is Oklahoma"/>
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|First school in Avoca (near what is now Avoca Cemetery)<ref name="Fortson 1936 72" />
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|1893 
|First general store in Avoca<ref name="Fortson 1936 72" />
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|October 30, 1901 
|Asher townsite opened up<ref name="Fortson 1936 72" />
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|November 26, 1901 
|Post Office established<ref name="Looking Back" />
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|Public sale of lots ($750)<ref name="Shawnee News-Star">{{cite news|title=Asher Townspeople Struggle to Keep Hamlet Alive, Well |publisher=Shawnee News-Star |date= c. 1985 }}</ref>
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|1902 
|George Stone (Dep. Sheriff) moves to Asher<ref name="Looking Back" />
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|Asher townsite platted, G.M. Asher supplies land<ref name="This is Oklahoma"/>
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|April 26, 1902 
|Shawnee-Tecumseh railroad expands to Asher / Old Beck begins service<ref name="Looking Back" />
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|Early 1900s 
|Asher Altruist begins<ref name="Fortson 1936 72" />
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|Asher FBC then First Methodist est.<ref name="Fortson 1936 72" />
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|Town became center of baseball interest<ref name="Fortson 1936 72" />
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|1904 
|District Judge J. Knox Byrum born in Asher<ref name="Fortson 1936 72" />
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|1906 
|Asher Mercantile Co. established<ref name="Looking Back" />
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|December 13, 1906 
|Asher State Bank robbed<ref>{{cite news|title=Crack Safe, Get $4,000 |newspaper=The Oklahoman |date= 14 December 1906 }}</ref>
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|Up to 1920s 
|2 hardware stores, 2 banks, jewelry store, lumber yard, dry goods store, general store, and (until 1907) 6 saloons—per Annie Roe<ref>{{cite news|title=Asher Prepares for Town Celebration |publisher=Shawnee News-Star |year= 1977 }}</ref>
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|May 1921 
|Canadian River Bridge opens<ref>{{cite news|title=Asher Bridge Brings Vast, Inaccessible... |newspaper=The Oklahoman |date= 12 May 1921 }}</ref>
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|1922 
|Fire destroys 2 blocks of businesses<ref name="Fortson 1936 72" />
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|January 1925 
|Fire destroys blk of business, incl. Canadian Valley Bank<ref>{{cite news|title=Asher Bank is Doing Business |newspaper=The Oklahoman |date= 26 July 1925 |page=44 }}</ref>
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|1927 
|Pearson oil discovered<ref name="Shawnee News-Star"/>
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|September 2, 1927 
|Canadian Valley Bank robbed<ref>{{cite news|title=Man Shot by Asher Bandits Improving|newspaper=The Oklahoman |date= 5 September 1927 }}</ref>
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|1928 
|Water well drilled to supply water to oil fields<ref name="Shawnee News-Star"/>
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|c. 1928 
|Oil workers/executives moved in; Asher prosperous<ref name="Shawnee News-Star"/>
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|1929 
|Oil discovered in Asher<ref name="Fortson 1936 72" />
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|Asher School current building built<ref name="Holt">{{cite web
| last = Holt
| first      = Brad
| title      = asherok.info :: School Renovation
| url        = http://www.techelp.us/asher/renovate_pics.htm
| access-date = 2006-11-03}}</ref>
|-
|1931 
|Petroleum County/Asher county seat talks<ref name="Fortson 1936 72" />
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|1940s 
|Asher School gym built<ref name="Holt" />
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|February 10, 1942 
|Shawnee-Asher railroad branch ends<ref>{{cite news|title=Old Becks Last Gasp |newspaper=The Oklahoman |date= 1 February 1942 |page=62 }}</ref>
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|1967 
|Asher segment of SH-18 is replaced with US-177, diverting traffic from town.
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|1985 
|Green's Market closes after 40 years<ref name="Sleepy"/>
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|2001
|Centennial
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|2006 
|Asher School main building renovated<ref name="Holt" />
|}