Editing Woodward, Oklahoma (section)

===Economic boom===
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From 1934, ''Trego’s Westwear'' manufactured western cut clothing for customers all over the world. The company frequently made costumes for rodeo stars, movie stars, [[Dale Evans]], and [[Roy Rogers]].

In late November 1956, people first discovered natural gas in Woodward County at McCormick Number One well; a two-decade boom of oil and gas production ensued. Main Street and Oklahoma Avenue stretched westward into the "Oil Patch."

On January 14, 1957, [[United States Secretary of Agriculture]] [[Ezra Taft Benson]] accompanied President [[Dwight David Eisenhower]] in a {{convert|12|mile}} inspection tour of drought-damaged lands around Woodward. A crowd of 12,000 received him at Woodward Municipal Airport.

One of the largest deposits of iodine in the world underlies many portions of Woodward County. Since 1977, numerous companies explored and produced this crude iodine. These companies include Woodward Iodine and Deepwater Chemicals, located in Woodward.

As beef cattle again dominated the land and with the new goal of reestablishing grassy pastures, in 1978, United States Department of Agriculture renamed its facility the Southern Plains Range Research Station.

The population exceeded 10,000 in the 1970s. Good times brought a new high school, a vocational-technical school, a new post office, a new hospital, and an industrial park.

The economic decline in the oil industry during the 1980s caused the first population decrease in the history of the city.

[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Woodward County, Oklahoma]], in 1988 added Woodward Crystal Beach Park.

In March 2023, the National Collegiate Soil Judging Contest took place in Woodward. The event was organized by the [[Oklahoma State University College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources|Oklahoma State University Ferguson College of Agriculture]] and [[Natural Resources Conservation Service|USDA-NRCS]] Woodward Major Land Resource Area (MLRA) Soil Survey Office<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 2023 |title=Woodward Major Land Resource Area Soil Survey Office Supports the 2023 National Collegiate Soil Judging Contest |url=https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/sites/default/files/2023-05/2023-05-SCR-National-Collegiate-Soil-Judging-Contest.pdf |access-date=17 February 2025}}</ref> and brought 240 students from 24 universities to Woodward.<ref>{{Cite news |date=24 March 2023 |title=Woodward hosting soil judging event |url=https://www.woodwardnews.net/news/local_news/woodward-hosting-soil-judging-event/article_8de821a4-ca9b-11ed-92c2-bb396cec8e94.html |access-date=17 February 2025 |work=Woodward News}}</ref> Participating students completed technical descriptions, classifications, and interpretations of soil profiles in the competition, which was won by the [[University of Maryland College of Agriculture and Natural Resources|University of Maryland]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Terps Squeeze Out Win at National Soil Judging Championship |url=https://enst.umd.edu/news/terps-squeeze-out-win-national-soil-judging-championship |access-date=2025-02-17 |website=enst.umd.edu |language=en}}</ref>