Editing Fallis, Oklahoma (section)

==History==
Fallis was founded in 1892, just south of an Indian village on the western edge of the [[Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma|Iowa Reservation]],<ref name="The History of Fallis Oklahoma"/> in a wooded area and "on a long red hill."<ref name="Fallis, OK - Ghost Town">{{cite web|title=Fallis, OK - Ghost Town|url=http://www.abandonedok.com/fallis/|access-date=November 28, 2011}}</ref> Originally known as '''Mission''', it was renamed in 1894 for its prime developer and first postmaster, Judge William Henry Fallis. Although the town is mostly abandoned today, and is nearly a [[ghost town]], during the early 1900s Fallis was a whistle-stop for several railroad lines, and was a thriving little community with stores, hotels, banks, lumber yards, and other businesses, as well as a city hall.  The population may have reached 400 during this time.  Fallis was the home of several accomplished authors and poets.<ref name="The History of Fallis Oklahoma"/><ref name="Fallis, OK - Ghost Town"/>

After the [[Great Depression]], the [[Dust Bowl]], and the decline of the railroad, by 1950 the population had fallen to just 105 residents,<ref name="The History of Fallis Oklahoma"/> and much of the town was destroyed by fire in 1960.  Very little of the old town was ever rebuilt, and only a handful of buildings remain.<ref name="The History of Fallis Oklahoma"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Fallis, Lincoln County, Oklahoma|url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sfollis/states/oklahoma/fallisok.html|access-date=November 28, 2011}}</ref>

However, Fallis still maintains a volunteer firestation, and a community center was built in 1999.<ref name="The History of Fallis Oklahoma"/>