Fun Facts
Famous/Noteable People
Pretty Boy Floyd
Charles Arthur Floyd, known by such names
as "Pretty Boy Floyd" "Choctah"
or "Choc", frequented these parts,
purportedly to see a notable local doctor
who is surmised by some to have discretely
treated the outlaw element. Floyd robbed the
bank of nearby boom town Shamrock, and was
seen casing the Depew Bank from the Post Office,
though he never robbed it.
Stacy Howard
Local residents will tell you that Depew
was once known as "Stacy's Town",
and indeed Mr. Howard was many things to the
town - City Clerk, Law Enforcement, Fire Marshall,
business owner. Town lore has it that as a
very young man, Stacy, as he is referred to
locally, took a twist to the outlaw path and
robbed a bank for which he was sentenced time
in Leavenworth. While there, the tale has
it he saved the Warden during a prison uprising.
The grateful Warden pardoned Stacy and upon
his return to Depew, he became Depew's law
enforcement officer for the rest of his life
and died at the dawning of the new millenium.
Dr. Coppedge
Jan McGuire, author
"Bitter Sweet Water"
An eight year old boy named Teddy Bergman
sets out to travel to his Grandparents home
in Sweet Water, Oklahoma. A trip that would
change his life forever. (more)
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