Whizbang Theatre
Main Street,
DeNoya,
OK
Main Street,
DeNoya,
OK
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Back a number of years my old treasure hunting club obtained permission from the land owners to metal detect the Wizbang town site. The only visible remains were a few decayed foundations. About 15 of us searched the site and did find a number of early 1900’s coins. My find was a 1907 well worn penny..Anyway the land owners did provide some of the history to our group and yes, the name was just as it says as there were a number of the ladies in red that provided oil workers with entertainment..Interesting area.
This link has photos of the Whizban/DeNoya site today
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This song was written to commemorate wild towns like Whizbang that gave a spirited fight, but lost the battle when finally it just “blowed away"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky-HYHrm_oE
Off topic, but worth reading about; Bathsheba, OK, was a town created to be a utopia for women where no men were allowed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathsheba,_Oklahoma
This site reports that Whizbang was located in Osage County, about one and a half miles north and one and a half miles west of present day Shidler, OK (Clark Gable was a roughneck in Shidler before heading out to Hollywood).
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To take a look at a good 1920s ariel view of Denoya on this site type in “whizbang"
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If you go to the Map for Denoya, it shows 3 locations, Albuquerque, Chicago and Pawhuska OK. None of course is correct. I guess this is because the town no longer exists?
As best as I can find out it was 1 ½ miles North & 1 ½ miles West of Shidler, OK or 1 mile straight East of Webb City, OK. I could not find names or numbers for roads at the Denoya site.
More info and photos are always welcome.