Area Information
Pyote began as a small town. Its fortunes rose with oil, but its population decreased when the railroad was built away from the town. At one time Pyote had 3,500 residents. In 2014 the population was down to 114. Some sites call Pyote a ghost town.

History: In 1942 the Pyote Army Air Corp had opened the Rattlesnake Bomber Base. The name came about because of all of the Rattlesnake dens in the area.The population of Pyote was around 10,000 people in the 40's and 50's.
The old hanger even housed the Enola Gay before it dropped the bomb in Nagasawki and Hiroshima.
After World War II, the base closed down and the once thriving small city, became nothing more than a small town. Today, Pyote has about 75 people.

Pyote, originally called Pyote Tank, is on Farm Road 2355, State Highway 115, U.S. Highway 80, Interstate Highway 20, and the Missouri Pacific line, seven miles southwest of Wickett in central Ward County. In 1881, before the Texas and Pacific Railway laid its tracks through the area, the company opened a telegraph office at Pyote Tank. The name for the town has been credited to the Chinese railroad workers' pronunciation of coyote. Other sources indicate it was named for the peyote cacti common to the region.Resources: Wikipedia - Ghosttowns.com - TSHA

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