Today we are discussing The Asylum in Nowata, OK.

Uncover the disturbing secrets held within The Asylum in Nowata, a terrifying haunted attraction that will leave you frightened for days. The story goes that this building is a former mental institution that was the site of a horrible fire decades ago, and many of the details are unknown, including if there were any survivors. Experience The Asylum at the risk of your own sanity, because you'll see scary things beyond your wildest nightmares, based on the unrestricted operations of sanitariums in the 1940s.

Nowata, derived from the Delaware word "no-we-ta," meaning "welcome," is located in the heart of Green Country on Hwy 169 and Hwy 60.

In 1889, the Iron Mountain Railroad completed a rail through Indian Territory and set stations every six miles along its tracks from the Kansas border to Arkansas. The Cherokee town of Nowata was established in 1892 and incorporated in 1904.

Also discussed JCM & Sons, Nowata County Historical Museum & Travelok.

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