Source: Localized History of Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma to 1907 by Charles W. Mooney, B.S., University of Oklahoma, Lt. Colonel, U.S. Army Retired, pgs. 44-47

WANETTE

This article states that  …. The first town-site lot was sold by D. M. Newell (1853-Kentucky.) on Feb. 3, 1903.  He had previously been a Deputy Court Clerk in the County for Geo. Southgate for 4 years.  He was a Mason in 1875, then a member of WANETTE Lodge #66.  He gave the land for the first school here, and also for two churches. His children were: W. O. Southgate, a merchant here, Lena Southgate, a teacher, Oscar Southgate, Emma A. Southgate, and Beula Southgate.  Dr. J. C. Patterson (1872-Tennessee), whose father was a physician in Tennessee, came here in 1904, was a member of WANETTE Masonic Lodge #66.