Whizbang Theatre

Main Street,
DeNoya, OK

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Cimarron
Cimarron on January 19, 2014 at 4:21 am

Back a number of years my old treasure hunting club obtained permission from the land owners to metal detect the Wizbang town site. The only visible remains were a few decayed foundations. About 15 of us searched the site and did find a number of early 1900’s coins. My find was a 1907 well worn penny..Anyway the land owners did provide some of the history to our group and yes, the name was just as it says as there were a number of the ladies in red that provided oil workers with entertainment..Interesting area.

raybradley
raybradley on April 3, 2011 at 4:02 am

This link has photos of the Whizban/DeNoya site today
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raybradley
raybradley on April 3, 2011 at 3:44 am
  • marks the exact spot where Whizbang stood
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seymourcox
seymourcox on April 2, 2011 at 7:52 pm

This song was written to commemorate wild towns like Whizbang that gave a spirited fight, but lost the battle when finally it just “blowed away"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky-HYHrm_oE

missmelbatoast
missmelbatoast on April 1, 2011 at 5:35 pm

Off topic, but worth reading about; Bathsheba, OK, was a town created to be a utopia for women where no men were allowed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathsheba,_Oklahoma

raybradley
raybradley on April 1, 2011 at 4:52 pm

This site reports that Whizbang was located in Osage County, about one and a half miles north and one and a half miles west of present day Shidler, OK (Clark Gable was a roughneck in Shidler before heading out to Hollywood).
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To take a look at a good 1920s ariel view of Denoya on this site type in “whizbang"
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Ret. AKC (NAC) CCC Bob Jensen, Manteno, Illinois
Ret. AKC (NAC) CCC Bob Jensen, Manteno, Illinois on April 1, 2011 at 4:13 pm

If you go to the Map for Denoya, it shows 3 locations, Albuquerque, Chicago and Pawhuska OK. None of course is correct. I guess this is because the town no longer exists?

As best as I can find out it was 1 ½ miles North & 1 ½ miles West of Shidler, OK or 1 mile straight East of Webb City, OK. I could not find names or numbers for roads at the Denoya site.

More info and photos are always welcome.