Ramona/Caney Valley Alumni Association

Ramona/Caney Valley Alumni Association Annual Alumni meeting 2nd Saturday of June each year held in the Gym in Ramona, Oklahoma.

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04/15/2026

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Ramona Caney Valley Alumni Association...... our annual meeting is the 2nd Saturday in June.Please pass this information...
04/14/2026

Ramona Caney Valley Alumni Association...... our annual meeting is the 2nd Saturday in June.
Please pass this information along to those who do not have Facebook. Don't have everyone's current emails and the cost of mailing out the information to over 1000 is costly. Thank you for your help and hope we have a good turn out.

Once again it is time for our Alumni Reunion... put date on your calendar.... June 13th HIGH SCHOOL GYM.10:30 socializin...
02/11/2026

Once again it is time for our Alumni Reunion... put date on your calendar.... June 13th
HIGH SCHOOL GYM.
10:30 socializing
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Meeting/Presentations

08/28/2025

Did you know....

RAMONA.
The Washington County community of Ramona lies seventeen miles southeast of Bartlesville and just east of U.S. Highway 75. In 1899 Sam Kimbro resided along a tributary of Double Creek in the Cooweescoowee District of the Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory. That same year the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway purchased an outbuilding that belonged to Kimbro and constructed a depot nearby. The station was named Hobson in honor of Richmond Pearson Hobson, a hero of the recent Spanish-American War. A townsite developed as businesses relocated from neighboring settlements to be near the railroad.

The Hobson post office was established in September 1899 with William DeMoss as postmaster. He was replaced by Ira Hollingsworth, who renamed the mail office Bonton, a French word meaning "good style." The depot was still called Hobson, yet most residents preferred neither designation. Therefore, Ramona, the title of a popular Helen Hunt Jackson novel, was suggested and accepted as the town's official name in November 1899. Ramona was incorporated in 1901, and in 1902 Lee Roy Gideon became its first mayor.

The town's initial newspaper, the Ramona Record, premiered in 1902 and was followed by the Ramona Herald in 1903. The Ramona Star was first published in 1905. A Ramona-area subscription school was replaced by a public facility in 1900, and a brick school building was constructed in 1909. Local petroleum and natural gas revenue benefited the Ramona school system, making it one of Oklahoma's best. In 1922 the town's undefeated high school football team was among the nation's elite.

The Prairie Oil and Gas Company, a Standard Oil subsidiary, constructed a tank farm north of Ramona in 1904 and built the Cherokee Pumping Station west of town in 1906. Prairie opened a division office at Ramona in 1914, three years after the discovery of the Ramona Oil Field. The town prospered as boarding houses, cafés, supply stores, and other businesses serving oil-field workers were established. The Ramona Brick Plant began operations in September 1905.

At 1907 statehood Ramona sheltered 873 inhabitants. During the oil boom approximately five thousand people occupied the town. The boom was short lived. The Prairie Oil tank farm was disassembled before World War II, and the Cherokee Pumping Station was closed in 1949. Ramona's population fell from 793 in 1920 to 617 in 1930. Numbers stabilized around five hundred, with 574 and 546 reported in 1940 and 1960, respectively. The 1970 census counted 600 residents and the 1990 census, 508. In 2000 Ramona had 564 citizens, and in 2010 the population was 535. At the turn of the twenty-first century the town remained a farming and ranching community. Area students, as well as those from Ochelata, Vera, and Oglesby, attended the Caney Valley public schools in Ramona. The April 2020 census reported 525 residents.

Ramona High School Class of 1945 Top row: James Laughlin, Donald Nickels, Gale Fletcher, Reamon Melton, Charles Horseman...
08/25/2025

Ramona High School Class of 1945

Top row: James Laughlin, Donald Nickels, Gale Fletcher, Reamon Melton, Charles Horseman, Leon Miller

Middle row: Mrs. Wanda Mitchell (sponsor), Betty Pulliam, Sylvia Hill, Gladys Taylor, Thelma Luster, Dixie Gray

Bottom row: Mrs. Mabel Neal (sponsor), Charles Sears

"After the Prize Fight" - photo of a man pushing around another man, in a wheelbarrow, holding up a small parasol. The J...
08/25/2025

"After the Prize Fight" - photo of a man pushing around another man, in a wheelbarrow, holding up a small parasol.

The Jess Willard-Jack Johnson fight in 1915, caused many bets to be won and lost.
Many bets were placed on the fight, one of the pay-offs - between Joe Harshburger, who weighed over 400 pounds and Humphrey Donaldson, took place down the main street of Ramona.

Onlookers are Gerald Milford, right and Bob Petty. The young boy is unidentified. - information provided by C.D. Price.

A crowd of people standing in the street in front of the Hotel De Hosley, Ramona, Ok. c.1910
08/25/2025

A crowd of people standing in the street in front of the Hotel De Hosley, Ramona, Ok. c.1910

Ramona, Okla. 1905 Postmarked 1907 on the back. Photo of Main Street. First National Bank and Lumber Yard on the right s...
08/22/2025

Ramona, Okla. 1905 Postmarked 1907 on the back.
Photo of Main Street. First National Bank and Lumber Yard on the right side of the street, Livery and feed store on the left side. Dirt street with horse and wagon parked on the right side and further down horses are tied up at hitching post.

Newsletter.....2025
06/19/2025

Newsletter.....2025

Another year in the books. The 67th Annual Ramona Caney Valley Alumni Association. Had a great turn out. Food was plen...
06/18/2025

Another year in the books. The 67th Annual Ramona Caney Valley Alumni Association. Had a great turn out. Food was plentiful. Next year menu will be a little different. Put the date of June 13th, 2026 for our next Amuni meeting. We need to get our graduates from 1995 to present to come. If you know of anyone let them know of meeting for 2026. We will be honoring the 2026 graduates and our 50 year class 1976.
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06/13/2025

To all Ramona Caney Valley Alumni..... this year, tomorrow Saturday, June 14th we will be meeting in the new gym NOT the Holly Ward Gymnasium. Please pass on this change of place. Setup is a little different this year. See you all tomorrow. Doors open at 10:30. Please sign in and go to respective table of pre paid or paying at the door. Thank you. Also if anyone happens to have a picture of the Oglesby school before the windows were boarded I would appreciate an email of it or text a picture of it. Look in your old school albums and see if there is a picture of the school. Thank you.

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