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OGE Energy Corp. 14 Flags Plaza
Oklahoma History Center
Oklahoma City, OK
Sponsored by OGE Energy Corp., the 14 Flags Plaza, located along the north side of Nazih Zuhdi Drive, beautifies the entrance to the Oklahoma History grounds, and it provides historically significant information. On display are the flags of 14 different nations and they represent the people that have lived here, claimed the area, and fought for control of Oklahoma's land and resources.
Intepretive panels are provided for the flags, which are presented in chronological order. The panels have been refurbished recently, and the text has been reviewed and revised by Lori Oden of the Museum Division of the Oklahoma History Center.
Starting with this issue, we will present each flag with the interpretive text.
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Making the Most of the Mother Road
Route 66 Workshop in Bethany
November 19, 9am-4pm
Preservation Oklahoma, Inc. and the State Historic Preservation Office will present a workshop, Making the Most of the Mother Road: How to Care for (and Benefit from) Your Route 66 Resources, in Bethany on Saturday, November 19, at Royce Brown Auditorium, Southern Nazarene University, 6729 NW 39th Expressway. Check-in for the workshop begins at 9:00am, and the program will run from 9:30am to 4:00pm. Anyone interested is welcome to attend. The registration deadline is 5pm on November 5th.
Route 66 is a national treasure and an important asset to the many communities it touches across the state. The workshop will focus on tools and resources for the preservation, revitalization, and promotion of Route 66 resources, in particular, and community historic properties, in general.
Many public and private programs focus on the preservation of the historic road's character and this workshop will help communities and individuals tap into them. The information presented will also be useful to owners of properties not related to the historic highway. Speakers will include representatives of the National Park Service; Oklahoma Main Street Center, Oklahoma Department of Commerce; Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department; Preservation Oklahoma, Inc.; and State Historic Preservation Office, Oklahoma Historical Society.
The registration fee is $15.00, which includes lunch. You may register online or contact Preservation Oklahoma at (405)525-5325 or by email at preservationok@preservationok.org. |
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From Collections
Spiro Mounds
by J.A. Pryse
Oklahoma History Center
In reading the September 2011 edition of Mistletoe Leaves, published monthly by the Oklahoma Historical Society, a brief synopsis of an event that took place at the Spiro Mounds Archaeological Park dedicating the exciting new entrance sign caught my eye. Recently, the studies of Mr. Joseph B. Thoburn have directed my attention to the Oklahoma 'mounds.' With the dedication of the new entrance sign, the search for more information concerning the Spiro Mounds has become a hot item at the OHS Research Center.
The Spiro Mounds are the only prehistoric Native American archaeological site open to the public.[1] Through collection of artifacts and the study of the Native American culture it has been discovered that the Spiro people were that of sophistication. Within the mound site discoveries and excavations there have been human remains, art, religious items, political items, living quarters, utensils, multiple
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Craig Mound, largest mound on the site and only burial mound. Photo by Joseph P. Thoburn, 1913. |
materials and copper to name a few. The Spiro Mounds are "regarded by many archaeologists as one of the four most important prehistoric Indian sites east of the Rocky Mountains and was [sic] a center of culture during the Mississippian era (A.D. 900-A.D. 1540)."[2] The site has also been declared the "King Tut of Arkansas Valley" due to the amount of artifacts that early commercial diggers pilfered from the land.[3] With the support of the Oklahoma Historical Society, the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department and the Spiro Mound Group, the 150-acres of Native American History, today, stand protected and preserved.
The Oklahoma Historical Society Photo Collection holds more than 60 photographs of artifacts discovered at the Spiro Mounds.[4] The Joseph B. Thoburn Collection holds countless numbers of documents, handwritten notes, photographs, drawings and publications regarding the Mounds. The Muriel Wright Collection includes manuscripts and publications with extensive information used for anthropological presentations at the University of Oklahoma. The search for answers can go on for days without even leaving your computer desk. Along with these virtual treasures, the OHS Research Center Library has hours of exciting twisted trails to follow through time!
[4] Oklahoma Historical Society Archive Collections, [14987]. Joseph Thoburn Collection. - Photographs. - Box 1. archaeology sites - Spiro Mounds - Craig mound, Leflore County, Oklahoma, December 1913 |
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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
brochure.
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11/7 An Evening with Teddy Roosevelt, 7pm, (580)237-1907
12/4 Christmas in the Village, 2pm, (580)237-1907
Fort Gibson:
11/12 Fall Bake Day, 10am, (918)478-4088
Oklahoma History Center:
11/2-3 Music of America's Civil War, (405)522-0785
11/9 Wiley Post Gala, 6pm, (405)522-5217
11/2 Wine, Women and Wednesdays, 6:30pm, (580)765-6108 |
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The Importance of History...
"If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience?"
George Bernard Shaw |
Oklahoma
Historical Society
800 Nazih Zuhdi Dr.
Oklahoma City, OK
73105
Shelly Crynes, Editor
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