Boughton, George

Picher, March 28 Mr. and Mrs. George Boughton of Picher remember the early days of the mining field, when tents were used as temporary residences. When they came to Picher in 1917, they lived in a tent on North Connell avenue on the site now occupied by the newspaper plant at Picher. Mr. Boughton at that time worked for the Bingham Mill, just across the Street. There were few operations at Picher at that time, mostly small mills. After living in the tent for three months, Mr. and Mrs. Boughton rented a three room house on the corner of Connell and Second Streets, but never occupied it for the reason it was soon razed to make room for the modern brick structure which is now occupied by a drug store.

Helen Louise Carrithers, who recently calibrated her eighteenth birthday, was shown a picture in a copy of the Picher Oklahoma's Outlook, dated Nov 4, 1927, in which she is shown along with other members of Mrs. W. C. Collins' kindergarten class. Miss Carrithers is a granddaughter of George W. Boughton of Picher, pioneer mine operator of the district.

A pioneer mining operator of the Tri-State district Note: See article on Galena Oklahoma for more details.