Editing Stigler, Oklahoma (section)

==Economy==
Stigler prospered through agriculture during the early part of the 20th century. However, cotton and corn could not sustain the town through the [[Great Depression in the United States|Great Depression]] of the 1930s. According to the ''[[Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture]]'', local farmers became raisers of livestock, largely with the assistance of the federal government. After World War II, construction of two large new reservoirs in the region, [[Eufaula Lake]] and [[Robert S. Kerr Reservoir]], generated many jobs in construction, followed by an upsurge of [[tourism]] to the area. Stigler also succeeded in attracting several small manufacturing plants.<ref name="EOHC-Stigler"/>{{efn|One is Rosewood Industries, which produces furniture for hotels and motels.<ref name = "StiglerOK">[http://www.stiglerok.net "Stigler."] Accessed October 16, 2016.</ref>}}

The Stigler Industrial Park is owned by the city (Stigler Industrial Trust), and covers {{convert|35|acres|ha}}, located a quarter mile off State Highway 9. It currently houses seven employers, with a total of 194 employees.{{Citation needed|date=January 2018}}