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Breton

Keystone/Breton Family Names: 

Day, Ramsey, King, Ford, Hayes, Robinson,

Bailey, Hooks.
 

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Keystone, known as a ‘black settlement’, was first established when William and Matie Allen African Americans from Oklahoma, arrived in the area in the early 1907 and laid the groundwork for its formation in 1909. Grounded in faith, the farming community’s first institution built was a church. With the arrival of the railway in the mid-1920s, came lumber mills and other work opportunities and the name changed from ‘Keystone’ to the town of ‘Breton’ in 1927. The population grew to include a variety of nationalities. Still, over time, the onset of each world war and the Depression years led to an ever decrease in the African American Canadian family presence in the Breton area. As a reminder of its rich history a museum was established and the black pioneer cemetery still stands. 

Hooks W Army Unit

Hooks W Army Unit

Funnell School

Funnell School

Mr. Allen & Ox team - circa 1915

Mr. Allen & Ox team - circa 1915

Old Breton Hotel (circa 1940)

Old Breton Hotel (circa 1940)

Gene, Jessie and William Ross (circa 1915)

Gene, Jessie and William Ross (circa 1915)

George Ramsey

George Ramsey

Funnell School

Funnell School

depot in oklahoma

depot in oklahoma

Funnell headstone

Funnell headstone

Charlie King Sr house

Charlie King Sr house

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