Editing Wynnewood, Oklahoma (section)

==Economy==
For many years, the local economy was based on agriculture. Principal crops in the early 20th century included pecans, peaches, corn, wheat, oats, alfalfa, cotton and clover. A [[cottonseed oil]] company and four [[cotton gin]]s supported the cotton industry.<ref name="EOHC-Wynnewood"/>

The local petroleum industry blossomed in Garvin County during the second decade of the 20th century. The Texas Pacific Coal and Oil Company built an [[oil refinery]] in Wynnewood during 1922–23. [[Kerr-McGee|Kerr-McGee Company]] bought the refinery in 1950. By 1957, employment at the refinery was about equal to all other employment in the Wynnewood vicinity. The Gary-Williams Energy Corporation bought the facility in 1995.<ref name="EOHC-Wynnewood"/> In 2012, noted investor [[Carl Icahn]] announced that he had bought a controlling interest in CVR industries, which owned the 70,000 barrel per day refinery (BPD) at Wynnewood and a 115,000 BPD refinery at [[Coffeyville, Kansas]].<ref>[http://www.newson6.com/story/18164444/wynnewood-and-coffeyville-refineries-under-new-ownership Holstein, Russell. "Wynnewood and Coffeyville Refineries Under New Ownership." News on 6. May 7, 2012.] Accessed August 27, 2016.</ref> The Wynnewood refinery was one of only five operating in Oklahoma as of 2015.<ref>[http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=RE039 Weaver, Bobby D.,"Refineries". ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''.] Accessed August 30, 2016.</ref>