Oklahoma Town Gets Double Whammy

May 15, 2009- As Thomas Wolfe said, “You can never go home again.”
For Marion Police Chief and resident Josh Whitwell and his family, it is true, but pleasant memories remain.

In 2007, townspeople of the small, mining town were paid to leave their community because of exposure to lead and the risk of cave-ins.

Part of the Tar Creek Superfund site, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency determined soil and water in the city and in the area around the mines were contaminated. State and federal governments spent more than a year buying residents’ homes and properties.

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