5-736: Babbs may refer to: Babbs, Oklahoma (Babbs Switch), small rural community in Kiowa County, Oklahoma Babbs Switch Fire on December 24, 1924, killed thirty-six people in a one-room school house at Babbs Switch Babbs Green , village in Hertfordshire, England Babbs Island , island in Hancock County, West Virginia on the Ohio River between East Liverpool, Ohio and Chester, West Virginia Babbs Mill Lake , man-made lake in
10-468: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Babbs, Oklahoma Babbs (formerly named Babbs Switch ) is a community in Kiowa County , Oklahoma , United States. It was named for Edith "Babbs" Babcock. Babbs is 6 miles (9.7 km) south-southeast of Hobart , and is at an elevation of 1,535 feet (468 m). Babbs was the scene of
15-728: The Kingfisher Country Park in the Kingshurst area of Solihull, England Babbs (surname) See also [ edit ] Babb Babs (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Babbs . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Babbs&oldid=712990197 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
20-540: The late 1970s, when the elevator was closed due to its age and lack of repair by its owners, "Hobart Farmer's CO-OP". There was also a gas station and a general store across Hwy 183 to the east, approximately two city blocks from the elevator. The Babbs school house was rebuilt and utilized until World War II 's final days, when the Babbs school district was consolidated into the Roosevelt and Hobart school districts. All of
25-421: The nationally known Babbs Switch Fire on December 24, 1924, in which 36 people died in a school fire. Many of the dead were children, but several families were completely wiped out. Although the Babbs school house fire is the event for which this community is best known, Babbs had as its largest feature a grain elevator that served the local farmers as a depository for small grains (wheat, barley, oats, milo) until
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