"Most of the residents left, the school closed, the city government disbanded and starting this week, nearly every commercial building in Picher, Oklahoma, will be demolished.
It makes for a kind of lonely feeling for the owner of the last-remaining open business in Picher, which has been vacated over the years because of lead contamination."
Kevin Murphy reports for Reuters January 27, 2011.
Source: Reuters, 01/28/2011