The Tornado Ghost Town | Picher, Oklahoma - The Most Toxic City in America

In this video, we tell the story of Picher, Oklahoma - from its roots as a prosperous mining city, to the discovery of toxic amounts of heavy metals that contaminated the city, and finally to it's demise at the hands of mother nature.

Sources:
https://www.weather.gov/tsa/weather-e... (NWS Tulsa)
https://www.okhistory.org/publication...
https://www.weather.gov/sgf/events_20... (NWS Springfield, MO)
   • Picher, Who's left?  
   • OETA Story on End of A Town - Picher,...  
   • OETA Story on Picher: The Way We Were...  
   • OETA Story on Picher: The Way We Were...  
   • Tar Creek - Beneath It All, Part 2 (S...  
   • Former Residents Come Home To Picher ...  

Video/Photos:
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https://www.okhistory.org/publication...
https://www.weather.gov/sgf/events_20... (NWS Springfield, MO)
   • Picher, Who's left?  
   • OETA Story on End of A Town - Picher,...  
   • OETA Story on Picher: The Way We Were...  
   • OETA Story on Picher: The Way We Were...  
   • Tar Creek - Beneath It All, Part 2 (S...  
   • Former Residents Come Home To Picher ...  
   • Picher  
   • Picher-Cardin graduation  
   • Picher-Cardin graduation  
   • Picher Oklahoma Tornado NEW video.......  
   • Picher Oklahoma Tornado near Quapaw M...  
   • Frantic Rare Picher Oklahoma Tornado!  
   • Pitcher Tornado  
   • Tearing down Picher  
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
   • Historic Archival Stock Footage WWII ...  
  / picher-oklahoma-street-scene--119486196338...  
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedi...
   • Toxic Town Picher, Oklahoma  
   • KTUL Picher, OK Story  
   • 1980s, 1990s Sunset over Desert, 35mm  
   • EF 4 Tornado  at Picher, OK. May 10th...  
   • Picher Tornado Damage Pt 2 (Around Town)  
   • May 8, 2008 ABC-KOCO- Picher, OK Torn...  
   • Picher - Oklahoma - USA  
   • Racine - Missouri - USA  
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jimsawt...
https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/piche...

Music:

"Art of silence" by uniq
  / uniqofficial  
Music provided by https://www.plugnplaymusic.net/

"Nebula"
by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio