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Historic Preservation Expo: Supporting Sustainable, Liveable Communities
August 19 & 20, Cox Convention Center
Oklahoma City, OK
Historic preservation was "green" before "green" was cool. Not only is it good for the environment, but historic preservation results in quality living space and exciting places for work and play; protects your property values; insures that your community retains its unique character; attracts heritage tourism dollars; provides tax incentives for redevelopment; and connects our past with the future.
Whether you just want to do the right kind of maintenance on your historic or older house, are rehabilitating a commercial building, need to comply with local design guidelines, or must satisfy requirements of a federal grant program, you are engaged in historic preservation. The Historic Preservation EXPO has something for you. Find a source for wood window repair/replacement, talk with design professionals, learn about making your house or commercial building more energy efficient, and much, much more.
The Historic Preservation EXPO will be held on August 19th and 20th at the Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City. It is sponsored by the City of Oklahoma City; the State Historic Preservation Office, Oklahoma Historical Society; Preservation Oklahoma, Inc.; and the Oklahoma Main Street Center, Oklahoma Department of Commerce. The event will be packaged and delivered in four ways: 1) exhibit booths for preservation related products/services vendors, 2) sustainable preservation lecture/round table presentations, 3) live demonstrations, and 4) design competition focusing on sustainable preservation in a charette format. Tickets are available at the door. For more information, contact Alice Johnson at (405)297-3168 or alice.johnson@okc.gov or visit http://www.preservationexpo.com. |
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Septemberfest
September 10, 10am to 4pm
Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
Enjoy a fun-filled day exploring Oklahoma's rich heritage and diversity, featuring crafts, music, storytelling, historical reenactments, agricultural exhibits and FREE admission to the Oklahoma History Center.
For more information, please contact Walter Eskridge at (405)522-0791 or waltereskridge@okhistory.org. |
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Cherokee Strip Days Gala
September 16, 7pm
Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Enid
Join us at the second annual Cherokee Strip Days Gala located on the Outdoor Plaza at the new Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center. The event begins at 7pm with dining, dancing, and celebration. Please RSVP by September 9, 2011, to (580)237-1907 x221 or by filling out the RSVP registration card. Don't forget your Evening/Cocktail attire. |
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St. Patrick of the Osages
August 9, 2011
by Jon D. May, Research Division
While exploring the OHS Research Catalog online I discovered an old black and white photograph in the Frederick S. Barde Collection (82.89) captioned, "Indians - Osage - Cyprian Tayrien." Cyprian, or "Cyp" as he was more commonly known, was my great-great grandmother's first cousin. Although you probably never heard of Cyp, he was well-known in the Bartlesville and Pawhuska, Oklahoma, areas prior to his death in 1922.
Born in Clay County, Missouri, in 1836, Cyp was the son of a French father and a French-Osage mother. Educated at the Osage Mission in St. Paul, Kansas, Cyp spoke English, Osage, and French, and served as a scout and interpreter in the Missouri Home Guard during the Civil War. He worked as a clerk, operated a trading post, farmed and was one of the first mixed-bloods to serve on the Osage Tribal Council. Cyp had three wives (he was twice widowed) and twelve children. After the Osage relocated from Kansas to what is now Osage County in 1871-72, Cyp settled along Sand Creek just southwest of present Bartlesville. It was in that vicinity where he and ten of his children received their Osage land allotments in 1906. Many of their descendants reside in that region today.
What makes Cyp's life story so interesting are the "unusual and occult powers" he was known to have possessed.
...read more of the story |
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DONATE NOW Download, fill out the annual giving form, and mail it to:
Development Department
Oklahoma Historical Society
800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive
Oklahoma City, OK 73105 |
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For a full listing of benefits, download the membership
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9/17 Celebration Tea, 1pm-3pm, (580)336-2405
9/16 Cherokee Strip Days Gala, 7pm, (580)237-1907
9/17 Frontier Festival, 11am, (580)237-1907
Fort Towson:
9/30 Doaksville Candlelight Tour, 6:30pm, (580)873-2634
Frank Phillips Home:
8/26 Tangible History, "Courting Objects & Customs of the 1800s," 12:10pm, (918)336-2491
Oklahoma History Center:
8/20 Family Saturday, "Back to School," 10am, (405)522-0785
8/24 Lunch & Learn Lecture, 11:30am, (405)522-5225
8/27 Volunteer Open House, 1-4pm, (405)522-0754
9/10 SeptemberFest, 10am, (405)522-0785
9/29 Research Ctr Book Sale, 10am, (405)522-5225
10/22 Dutch Oven Cooking, 1-5pm, (405)522-0785
Sod House Museum:9/1-30 Southwest and Native American Art Display by Artist marian Goodwin, (580)463-2441
9/23 Autumnal Equinox Walks, 11am, (918)962-2062 |
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The Importance of History...
"A man rising in the world is not concerned with history; he is too busy making it. But a citizen with a fixed place in the community wants to acquire a glorious past just as he acquires antique furniture. By that past he is reassured of his present importance; in it he finds strength to face the dangers that lie in front of him."
Malcolm Crowley |
Oklahoma
Historical Society
800 Nazih Zuhdi Dr.
Oklahoma City, OK
73105
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