EMMY SCOTT STIDHAM ELECTED PRESIDENT OF

OKLAHOMA HISTORICAL SOCIETY BOARD OF DIRECTORS, 2011

Checotah resident Emmy Scott Stidham conducted her first meeting as the newly elected President of the Oklahoma Historical Society Board of Directors on Wednesday, July 27, 2011. Stidham was elected president by the Board of Directors during the annual meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society held this spring.

Other officers elected include Dr. Bill Corbett, Tahlequah, Vice President, and Leonard Logan, Vinita, Treasurer.

Stidham grew up in Edmond and Checotah and attended the University of

Emma Scott Stidham

Oklahoma. She was first elected to the Oklahoma Historical Society Board of Directors in 1988. She previously served as Vice President and Secretary of the board. And, during her tenure as a board member, has served on a number of committees within the board.

She served as a board member of Checotah MainStreet for eight years, serves as publicity chair for the Checotah Chamber of Commerce and was the chamber's Member of the Year in 1996 and 2003. She is a founding member of Friends of Honey Springs Battlefield. She is the founding president and current projects chairman of the Checotah Landmark Preservation Society and was instrumental in saving and relocating the local 1890 Katy Railroad depot and placing it, the Methodist church and downtown business district on the National Register of Historic Places. She was named the McIntosh Democrat's Outstanding Citizen of the Year in 1986, McIntosh County Citizen of the Year in 1992 and received the Oklahoma Heritage Association's Distinguished Service Award for Preservation of State and Local History in 1996.

She is a member of the Oklahoma Methodist Conference Committee on Archives and History, is a delegate in P.E.O International, Past President of Checotah's Jim Lucas Library, and trustee of the Centennial Heartland Heritage Center.

Stidham has been a Life Member of the Oklahoma Historical Society since 1985.

September Fest Events Schedule

September 10, 2011, 10:00am

Oklahoma History Center

Enjoy a fun-filled day exploring Oklahoma's rich heritage & diversity, featuring crafts, music, storytelling, historical re-enactments, agricultural exhibits & FREE admission to the Oklahoma History Center.

Indoor Events

Under the Winnie Mae airplane

10:00-10:45 Lewis Johnson telling Indian stories and playing flute

11:00-11:40 Teresa Black singing period music and playing banjo

10:45-11:40 Fun family games

12:00-12:45 Classen School of Advanced Studies Jazz Band

1:00-1:50   Fun family games

2:00-2:45   Celtic Praise Dance Troupe

Celtic Praise Dance Troupe

Ground Floor

1. Weavers with several different types of looms for fabric

2. Lewis Johnson moves into the brush arbor of Indian gallery at 10:45 to continue with stories and flute playing

3. Basket weavers

4. Spinners with several different types of wheels

5. Lace makers

6. Field, Forest and Stream in Chesapeake

7. Research division will be working with kids making crafts

8. Betsy the Queen of all the Cows milking simulator

9. Pioneer tools hands-on cart

10. The Asian society and Japanese Organization doing face painting and origami

11. Teresa Black strolling doing music about Oklahoma history and family life

12. The fishing simulator from the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife

13. Guitar Hero video activity

14. Plein Air painters on 3rd floor bridge

15. Bazark the robot walking and shaking folks' hands

16. Prairie County Avengers strolling indoors and outdoors

17. Chris Capstone magician from 11:30 to 4:00 indoors and outdoors

Fishing Simulator

18. MAPS 3 Public Information and Marketing

Outdoor Events

1. Civil War

1. Ft. Sill artillery with six pound cannon and six crew
2. Infantry and weapons
3. Signal corps with semaphore flags
4. Sons of Confederate veterans with 6 lb. smooth bore with prairie carriage
5. Sons of Union Veterans

2. World War II Airborne Demonstration Team

3. Cowboys

1. Kevin Webb as Pawnee Bill with his horse. Kevin might also do some of his bull whip demonstrations
2. Cowboy reenactors

4. Natural History

1. Martin Nature Center with hands on items and interpretation
2. Critter Tales with live animals for seeing and touching

5. 19th century photography wet collodian

6. Day prints

7. Tie dye bandanas

8. Alan Swarts with his gun collection

9. Oklahoma City Wood Carving Club

10. Greg Davis doing rope making

11. Oklahoma Native American Flute Circle- exhibits and demonstrations

12. Blacksmith Omar Reed

13. Girl Scouts of Western Oklahoma

For any questions please contact Walter Eskridge at (405)522-0791 or e-mail waltereskridge@okhistory.org.