"In 1904 James Patillo (J.P.) Smith platted streets here in
a 10 acre wheat field and established the town of Hagerman, named from
railroad attorney James P. Hagerman.
The town consisted of 250 residents, a cotton gin, school, church,
post office, railroad depot, and several businesses by 1910. The town prospered
and grew to containthree churches and a three teacher school. However in
the 1920's residents and businesses began to abandon the area when it became
known that the creation of Lake Texoma would completely inundate the town.
Lake Texoma was created in 1943."
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