How Public Power came to Cushing
Electric Distribution from left to right: Vilas Robinson, Brandon Harris, Doug Biswell, Josh Moore, Dub Hargrove, Travis Oakes, Sam Ryhmer, Seth Campbell, Dewayne Abbott, and Brendon Campbell.
Power Plant from back row left to right: Richard Vier, Travis Robinson, Willie Green, Gerald Reagan, and Dustin Kanady. Front row left to right: Everett McKinney, Peyton Ervin, and David Cooper.
Meter Readers from Left to Right: Philip Radel, Nathan Huckabay
CUSHING — Electricity first came to Cushing soon after the 20th century began. Incorporated in 1894, the community granted the first electricity franchise to the Cushing Electric Light & Power Company in 1912. That company, owned by a few citizens, was to supply the town with electric lights at the maximum rate of ten cents per kilowatt hour.By 1918 — perhaps as an illustration o...
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