I noticed your recent discussion of labor exchanges and meant to send you the attached article. It’s a good overview of the movement. There is another historian named Grant who’s also written on them. But otherwise, there really isn’t much known.

Magliari’s article has a list of exchanges at the end of his article. I don’t what his source for that is. But I do see several towns in Oklahoma listed. Do you know perchance if any of the Oklahoma exchanges actually existed, and issued notes? If I knew of any, I’d make the effort to look through the historical society’s newspaper archives.

Of the four towns listed, two (Bernardi and Bellmont) are ghost towns--that's pretty common in Oklahoma history. Of course, the very name "Bernardi" suggests it was settled by Labor Exchange enthusiasts! Bernardi was located in Major County, NW Oklahoma, near the Kansas border. If it was really the #3 exchange, That suggests Bernardi was one of the very earliest of these exchanges.