The 100 Best Small Towns in America

I am the former Mayor of Poteau (Poe-Toe), Oklahoma which is included in the book "The 100 Best Small Towns in America" to live in. I know the author Norman Crampton and worked with him a lot, supplying him with truthful and accurate information on our town for the book. Mr. Crampton did portray our town exactly as it is, a place that Norman Rockwell would have loved. I have also had the opportunity to visit many of the other towns in the book and beleive that his portrayal of those towns is likewise very accurate, without bias. Since the first edition came out in 1992 we have had a great many families who have moved here as a result of reading the book. My wife and I now own Homestead Realty here in Poteau and I am happy to testify that Mr. Crampton's book is right on target....a good place to start looking for a great place to raise a family, rural America at it's best. "Diamond Don" Barnes Poteau, Oklahoma Mayor (1991-1995) E-Mail: [email protected]

I am a real estate broker and a nationally certified relocation specialist. I use this book as a preliminary step to help my clients get a feel for various communities within the United States. I used the '92 edition myself to determine the best place to move my own family. I can tell you that the information here is valid and generally a good reflection of any given community. As a result of this book my family and I are now very happily living and working in Poteau, Oklahoma, which is everything the book indicated. If you'd like to know more about this book, real estate, relocation services, or the area where I now live and work e-mail Shirley at [email protected].

As you bumper-car your way to Work along unscenic slowways choked by carbustrucks, you may imagine yourself Elsewhere: where neighbors lean on fence rails to talk; and the night-Air feels like someone ran a brush through it. "The 100 Best Small Towns in America" will add heft to those images by providing useful and comforting statistics of Place. You may not be able to wriggle out of the Trace Chains that guide you now, but "Best Small Towns" will provide alternative Escape Routes, if not Exits from your Workaday World.