Starting with a purchase of forest in 1903 in the Indian Territory, near Valliant,[3] the company became known for its concept of the “traveling timber town”, in which the houses, the school, the church, and other buildings for the workers and their families were moved periodically to stay close to the advancing logging site.
[9] However, the locomotive was repainted again by June of 2024 with the lettering restored, and with the hope additional funds could be found to make the engine operative once more.
[11] The city of Broken Bow, Oklahoma started as a private development by a subsidiary of the Choctaw Lumber Company.
[12] The name of the town came about from Broken Bow, Nebraska, the previous home of founders Herman and Fred Dierks.
[16] It is an oil-fired Baldwin 2-8-2 Mikado which was built in May 1927, operated until 1963 when it was replaced by a diesel locomotive, and donated in 1972 to the City of Broken Bow.