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Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, the Durant Democrat will be printing a day earlier next week and there is a change in deadlines.

BRYAN COUNTY HISTORY: Finchtown- A Community under Water

BRYAN COUNTY HISTORY: Finchtown- A Community under Water Bryan County Genealogy Library There has always been a bit of confusion about Finchtown, a community that ceased to exist when Lake Texoma was filled.  Sources say that a post office named Finch was established two miles northwest of Colbert in 1898, also briefly known as Finchville, and in 1901 was permanently changed to Platter.   Finchtown, just northwest of Platter where a ferry crossed the Washita, was founded in 1870 by Ode Finch, a Chickasaw. J. M. Finch, a descendent of Ode, celebrated his sixty-third anniversary in 1963 and told the Democrat that he and his bride, Vada, got married on the Finchtown Ferry boat in 1900. In 1905 the newspaper in nearby Woodville reported: “Work has begun and is progressing nicely on the road to the Finchtown Ferry and it will not be long before we will begin to reap the reward for our labor.” Mr. Bowen was in charge of the ferry. 

BRYAN COUNTY HISTORY: Finchtown: A Community under Water

BRYAN COUNTY HISTORY: Finchtown: A Community under Water Bryan County Genealogy Library There has always been a bit of confusion about Finchtown, a community that ceased to exist when Lake Texoma was filled. Sources say that a post office named Finch was established two miles northwest of Colbert in 1898, also briefly known as Finchville, and in 1901 was permanently changed to Platter. Finchtown, just northwest of Platter where a ferry crossed the Washita, was founded in 1870 by Ode Finch, a Chickasaw. J. M. Finch, a descendent of Ode, celebrated his sixty-third anniversary in 1963 and told the Democrat that he and his bride, Vada, got married on the Finchtown Ferry boat in 1900. In 1905 the newspaper in nearby Woodville reported: “Work has begun and is progressing nicely on the road to the Finchtown Ferry and it will not be long before we will begin to reap the reward for our labor.” Mr. Bowen was in charge of the ferry. I

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