A Day at Rose Hill School
Tue, 27 Oct 2009 9:30 AM | Happens: October 27-30
Cherokee Strip Museum and Rose Hill School, Perry
An Oklahoma school will be attending "A Day at Rose Hill School," a unique living history program depicting education in 1910 rural Oklahoma. Each day history comes alive for a different Oklahoma fourth grade class when they attend the one-room school located on the grounds of the Cherokee Strip Museum. A costumed schoolmarm presides over the school day, which includes lessons from McGuffey's Eclectic Reader, penmanship, orthography, geography, chores, and period games. Visitors are welcome to observe, but urged to observe the rule of being "Quiet" in the classroom. Call the museum to verify the schedule as changes sometimes occur.
On the museum's five acres is a furnished one-room country school built in 1895 and moved to the museum grounds in 1971. In schools like this one, students received their education from the first through the eighth grade. Today the museum offers a living history program to forth grade children. "A Day at Rose  Hill School" provides an introduction into lifestyles, education, and the environment of early Oklahoma. At Rose Hill, scholars discover the past by pretending to spend the day in the year 1910, using pen and ink to write on copybooks, using slates and chalk for orthography, ciphering, and history, and reading from McGuffey's Eclectic Reader. The day ends with a spelling bee. The scholars bring lunches appropriate for the time and play period games at recess.
The Rose Hill School program is operated jointly by the Oklahoma Historical Society and the Cherokee Strip Historical Society.
The Cherokee Strip Museum is located at 2617 West Fir, Perry, OK 73077, phone (580)336-2405. This is an ongoing program, so check the calendar of upcoming events for available dates.
Visit our websites at www.okhistory.org and www.cherokee-strip-museum.org.
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Lunch & Learn Lecture: Blogs - Another Genealogical Resource Wednesday, October 21, 11:30 AM
Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
The Oklahoma Historical Society Research Center invites you to attend our Lunch & Learn Lecture Series.
Join us Wednesday, October 21 from 11:30am to 1:00pm in the Oklahoma History Center classrooms. Speaker Debra Osborne Spindle tells how blogs can play a part in family history research and shares tips for starting your own.
$10, lunch included. Pre-registration required.
To register call the Research Center at (405) 522-5225 or use our printable mail-in forms.
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Research Book Sale
Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:00 AM | Happens: October 29-31
Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
The Oklahoma Historical Society Research Division Book sale will be held October 29-31 from 10am to 5pm at the Oklahoma History Center. The sale includes historical and genealogical books, microfilm, periodicals and more! |
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
A hands-on, active participation class designed to introduce children and adults to Dutch oven cooking. Learn a variety of recipes as you create a dish and discover how to use a Dutch oven in your own back yard.
Cost for the class if $10.00. For more information contact Jason Harris at
All necessary materials are provided. Space is limited so sign up early! |
Even More Ghostly Tours and Eerie Tales
Tours start at 7:00 p.m. The tour is $5.00 per person. Reservations are required. Call (405)375-5176 to save your spot.
The Seay Mansion is a beautiful home, but it can look dark and creepy at night, especially on Halloween. At 7p.m. on the evening of Saturday, October 31, ghost stories will be told in the entry hall of this 1892 Victorian house. The building moans and creaks at just the right time - or the wrong time. |
Edited by Dr. Dianna Everett, Director of Publications for the Oklahoma Historical Society with the assistance of Associate Editor Linda Wilson and Designer Preston Ware, the encyclopedia soon will be sent to press.
Major financial support for the project was provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The Encyclopedia contains articles by leading scholars. Through the cooperation of the Oklahoma State University Library some of the articles now are online. One such article is on the Osage County oil boom town of Avant by John D. May
You may read the story about this interesting community by clicking on http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/A/AV001.html.
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