Blackwell is in the Red Carpet Country region of Oklahoma. A Cherokee Outlet land run town from 1893, and regrettably a rather sordid sundown town for a good while after. Its big money-maker, a zinc smelter, would later come back to haunt the town with long-lasting environmental damage.

See

• 1 Electric Park Pavilion (Top of Oklahoma Historical Museum), 303 S Main St, ☏ +1 580 363-0209. With dioramas such as one on a bad tornado outbreak in 1955. 

Sleep

• 1 Rodeway Inn Blackwell - I-35, 1201 N 44th St, ☏ +1 580 363-7000. Has a fairly large indoor pool area. (updated Sep 2021)
• 2 Surestay Hotel By Best Western Blackwell, 4545 W White Ave, ☏ +1 580 363-1300. Also with indoor pool. (updated Sep 2021)

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Routes through Blackwell

Kansas City ← Wichita ←	N  S	→ Jct W E → Guthrie → Oklahoma City
END ← Jct ←	N  S	→ Ponca City → Stillwater