McClain County, Oklahoma
History
McClain County was named for Charles Morgan McClain, a Missouri born, transplanted Tennessean and Confederate who moved to Purcell about 1890 with his family from the Gainesville area. Though he had been in the area earlier on cattle buying expeditions with his Sparks in-laws, Mr. McClain's occupation as a Purcell resident was that of insurance salesman. It is believed that he was chiefly responsible for the town obtaining fire insurance coverage shortly before the disastrous business district fire in 1895. He was also a delegate to the Constitutional Convention for statehood.
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