Beer City was founded in 1888 in No Man's Land. [3] No Man's Land was created when Texas sought to enter the Union in 1845 as a slave state. Federal law in the United States at the time, based on the Missouri Compromise, prohibited slavery north of 36°30' parallel north.

2009年11月12日 · After 1890, the alcohol, girls and debauchery ended as No Man's Land came under Oklahoma Territory Law, and Beer City was abandoned, leaving nothing but Midwest prairie.

2024年7月8日 · The town of Beer City was part of the Public Land Strip (photo above), often referred to as “No Man’s Land,” which was an area unattached to any state or territory from 1850 to 1890. This absence of jurisdiction and law enforcement created an environment where lawlessness prevailed.

Since liquor was forbidden in the territory under an 1834 statute requiring strict prohibition in any place defined as Indian Country, beer no longer could be sold in Beer City. The town—such as it was—disappeared forever.

2010年1月15日 · Some of the livelier and more colorful Oklahoma ghost towns have been the "liquor towns." In 1888 Beer City, in No Man's Land (also known as the Public Land Strip and the Oklahoma Panhandle), catered to cowboys and cattle dealers with its saloons and dance halls.

2006年6月12日 · The Rock Island railhead reached Liberal in the spring of 1888, a stockyard appeared, and the cattlemen and cowboys followed. These men were given to celebrating in style, and to accommodate their taste for booze and other more intimate indoor sports, a little town popped up just over the border in No Man’s Land. It called itself Beer City.

The No Man's Land Historical Society is an organization that has been preserving the Oklahoma Panhandle's heritage since its establishment in 1934. The founders were surviving pre-territorial pioneers from the area who wanted to sustain the historical documents and pioneer relics that marked the settling of No Man's land for future generations.

2010年1月15日 · Today, it is the Oklahoma Panhandle, but during the late 1880s it was popularly known as "No Man's Land." The Public Land Strip, seasonal home to nomadic American Indians of the High Plains, was controlled by Comanche bands and allied groups from 1850 to 1875.

In 1890, No Man’s Land was officially included in the Oklahoma Territory and the town ceased to exist. Today, the area is used for agricultural purposes only. Attractions near Beer City: The No Man’s Land Museum in nearby Goodwell displays items from the Oklahoma panhandle, while Guymon boasts a game preserve and a unique drive-in theater .

2015年8月4日 · One boom town, the straightforwardly named Beer City, was called "the Sodom and Gomorrah of the Plains." Cimarron is America's most neighborly county.