Below, you can read or download the scanned chapters from “Melstone: The Town and Its Times,” a book compiled by the 1972 Melstone School History Class.

For a list of additional research resources, please click here.
For old photos (in progress!), please click here.

Cover and Front Matter
Chapter 1 When it All Began
Chapter 2 A Town is Started
Chapter 3 Boom of 1916
Chapter 4 Railroad
Chapter 5 Businesses
Chapter 5 Ads
Chapter 6 Churches
Chapter 7 Schools
Chapter 8 Excitement Plus
Chapter 9 Oil
Chapter 10 Melstone in 1972
Chapter 11 Photos from the past