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 Book Sale September 30 to October 2Don't miss our biggest book sale of the year! The sale includes books on a variety of topics including history, geology, education, genealogy, and more. Shop for rare and out of print books as well as microfilm, maps, photos, CDs, records and videos. The book sale runs 10am to 4:45pm Thursday & Friday; 10am to 3pm on Saturday. Oklahoma! The Land We Belong to is Grand! Saturday, October 23 from 10:15am to 3:45pm. Early registration is $40; after October 1 registration is $45. Lunch is included. Pre-registration required. Sessions:Treaties & Allotment: The Opening of the Indian Territory 1830-1906 Explore the settlement of the Indian Territory, the occupants and the distribution of land by various means including laws, acts, treaties and allotments. Learn about finding the records and sources to help identify individuals who resided in the territory. Boomers & Sooners Those who opened the land by legal and not so legal means, including intruders in Oklahoma Territory. Runners & Strippers Land and towns that were opened by runs, including 1889 and 1893. Lottery Winners & High Bidders In 1901 over two million acres of surplus property belonging the Kiowa, Comanche and Apache tribes were distributed by lottery. In 1906 the Big Pasture, which had been set aside, was open for bid. Learn the mechanics of the lottery and the bidding and how to access records that identify the participants. Lunch & Learn Lecture - Finding the Girls
Wednesday, October 6 from 11:30am to 1:00pm. Pre-registration is required; $10, lunch included. Learn how to consider the times and some of the techniques for researching the females in your family with Research Division Librarian Debra Spindle, PhD. Lunch & Learn Lecture - Research in the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations:
Indians, Intruders and IntermarriageTuesday, October 26 from 11:30am to 1pm. Registration is $10, lunch included. This program includes a history of Choctaw and Chickasaw removals, the first settlements, their participation in the Civil War and the formation of their governments. Learn about the role of intermarried citizens, intruders and other non-citizens and the vast resources available to researchers. RegistrationPre-registration required for workshop and lunch & learns. To register by phone call 405-522-5225; please have your credit card ready. For more information visit www.okhistory.org/research or call (405)522-5225. |
ONEOK GalleryCaddo Leadership and Community Exhibit Opens
Representing all 39 Native American tribes currently associated with Oklahoma, the ONEOK Gallery Exhibit offers visitors the opportunity to explore the traditional historic past of native peoples of Oklahoma as well as experience contemporary Indian cultures. Using the 20th century Indian experience as a bridge between the past and the present, the exhibit offers artifacts, tribal music, photographic images, Indian art and oral histories from the Indian tribes of Oklahoma.
In this gallery, the Caddo Nation will be featured in a temporary exhibit that opened to the public on September 17, 2010. The exhibit is the result of a cooperative effort between the Caddo Nation Museum and the Oklahoma Museum of History.
The exhibit presents information regarding Caddo history, the Caddo Turkey Dance, and artifacts from the Caddo traditional homelands.
Be sure to visit soon to view this exhibit. |
Fall Encampment at Fort Gibson
Arkansas Volunteers in the Mexican War
Friday, October 8 & Saturday, October 9
Experience life during 1846-1848, the time of the War with Mexico. This living history event will focus on the lives of the Arkansas Volunteer Milita that garrisoned the fort during the Mexican War. Witness history replayed from the 1840s at this National Historic Landmark. Friday is an Education Day especially  for students.
Visitors will see and experience military drills, infantry, dragoons, artillery, period music, cooking and blacksmithing and more!
Friday, October 8 (Education Day)
Saturday, October 9
10am to 5pm
Admission is $3 for adults, $2.50 for seniors, and $1 for students 6-18. Children five and under are free.
Questions? Please call (918)478-4088. |
Route 66 Workshops to be Held in Clinton and Chandler
Preservation Oklahoma, Inc. and the Oklahoma State Historic Preservation Office, Oklahoma Historical Society, will host two workshops entitled Making the  Most of the Mother Road: How to Care for (and Benefit from) Your Route 66 Resources. Route 66 is a national treasure and an important asset to the many communities it touches across the state. The workshops will focus on tools and resources for the preservation, revitalization, and promotion of Route 66 resources and communities. Many useful programs specifically focus on the preservation of the  character of this historic road across the country, and this workshop will help communities and individuals tap into those programs. It will also introduce other non-Route 66 specific resources for individual property owners, groups, and communities to utilize as they care for their historic places. The workshops will be held November 6 in Clinton and May 14 in Chandler. The Clinton workshop will be at the Frisco Center at 101 S. 4th Street, Clinton, OK 73601, and the Chandler workshop will be at the Route 66 Interpretive Center at 400 E. Route 66,  Chandler, OK 74834. While the focus is on Route 66 communities, anyone interested is welcome to attend! For more information about how to register for the workshops, please contact Preservation Oklahoma at (405)525-5325 or email preservationok@preservationok.org, or visit www.preservationok.org. |
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One year subscription to The Chronicles of Oklahoma
One year subscription to the newsletter, Mistletoe Leaves
Free admission to ALL OHS Sites and Museums
For a full listing of benefits, download our brochure.
Individual memberships start at just $35. |
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Events at OHS Historic Sites and Museums include:
10/8&9 Fall Encampment, 10am-5pm, (918)478-4088
10/1&2 Candlelight Tour at Historic Doaksville, for reservations call (580)873-2634
George M. Murrell Home:
10/22 Murrell Home Ghost Stories, 6:30pm, (918)456-2751
Oklahoma History Center:
9/30-10/2 OHS Fall Book Sale
10/2 Heirloom Care Class, Textiles & Quilts, 10am, (405)522-0785
10/4 Home School Day, FREE, (405)522-0785
10/6 Lunch & Learn: Finding the Girls, 11:30am, (405)522-5225
10/7 Oklahomans in the World Series, 7pm., (405)522-0785
10/23 Dutch Oven Cooking Class, 1pm, (405)522-0785
10/23 Workshop: "Oklahoma! The Land we belong to is Grand!", 10:15am, (405)522-5225
10/26 Lunch & Learn: Research in Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations, 11:30am, (405)522-5225
10/2 Intro to Blacksmithing, 9am, (918)762-2513
10/2 Mansion Centennial Style Show, 2pm, (918)762-2513
10/12 Quilt Block of the Month Class, 6:30pm, (918)762-2513
10/23 Ghost Story Tours, 6:30pm, (918)762-2513
10/22 Pumpkin Carving Workshop, 9:30am, (918)335-2491
10/15 Cherokee Cultural Day, 10am, (918)775-2413 |
On the importance of history...
"History is full of delightful reversals, where the opposite of what one predicts comes true."
Edmund Carpenter |
Oklahoma Historical Society
800 Nazih Zuhdi Dr.
Oklahoma City, OK
73105
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