Editing Cardin, Oklahoma (section)

===Early history===
When it was founded as a mining town in 1913, this was first known as Tar Creek, after a stream in the area. In 1918, William Oscar Cardin ([[Quapaw]]), and his wife, Isa (Wade) Cardin, had his 40-acre allotment platted and recorded with the county clerk. The town name was changed from Tar Creek to Cardin in 1920. There were 2,640 residents in 1920, many of them mineworkers.<ref name="EOHC-Cardin">[http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=CA054 Herman McMullin, "Cardin," ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''.] Accessed May 6, 2015.</ref>

This was part of the [[Tri-State district]] of southwest Missouri, southeast Kansas, and northeast Oklahoma, which produced more than 43% of the lead and zinc in the United States in the early 20th century.