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homesteaders to join the community and by 1908, the community had 25 families with about 300 people and a number of businesses (including a blacksmith shop, a hotel, a weekly newspaper, and a
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Blackdom was officially incorporated in 1921. Blackdom was to be 40 acres and 166 lots in the original plan. However, by the time it was recognized as a town, most of the population had relocated because of the water problems. There are no structures remaining in
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on foot with two students, Daniel Keyes (who married Ella's sister Willie
Frances) and one with the last name of Ragsdale, picking up day labor work along the way. Ella and their four children followed in 1901. Frank's idea was to establish a self-sustaining community which would be free from the
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