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History of Police Dogs in Enid PD

CSRHC Brown Bag Lunch & Learn

May 9, 2012  12pm

Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center

Enid, OK

 

Bring your lunch and join us at noon on Wednesday, May 9, 2012, in the Village Church for an interesting Brown Bag presentation on the history and use of Police Dogs in the Enid Police Department.  Patrolman Ryan Fuxa and his K-9 partner will be on hand to share the story and demonstrate why and how dogs are used in police work.

 

This Brown Bag presentation preceeds the Heritage Center's newest temporary exhibit, "Pioneer Pets," opening May 25th. "Pioneer Pets" is a Heritage Center internally produced exhibit showcasing over 30 photographs of Cherokee Strip settlers with their pets. The exhibit will be on display through July 29.

 

Brown Bag Lunch & Learn presentations are held the second Wednesday of each month and are free to the public.           

 

For additional information on this or other CSRHC programs, please contact the Heritage Center at (580)237-1907 or www.csrhc.org. The Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center is located at 507 S. 4th Street in Enid, Oklahoma.

SHPO Preservation Conference 2012

If you have questions, contact Melvena Heisch, Deputy, SHPO, (405)522-4484 or [email protected]; or Drew Haley, Executive Director, TMSA, (918)431-1655 or [email protected].

Lawn Social

June 2, 2012   12pm-4pm

George Murrell Home

Park Hill, OK

 

The historic George Murrell Home in Park Hill, Oklahoma, will hold its nineteenth annual Lawn Social on Saturday, June 2, 2012. The Lawn Social evokes the beauty, color, music, and dancing of the nineteenth-century Cherokee Nation. Reenactors in Civil War era dress will present living history scenes around the Greek Revival-style plantation home.

 

Visitors are invited to participate and learn traditional dances such as the Virginia Reel and the Quadrille, or bring a picnic lunch and watch the festivities. Guests willMurrell Home Lawn Social Picture  be able to view living history demonstrations from reenactors throughout the day, and tour the 1845 mansion and grounds.

 

Children's lawn games and other events will be featured. The event will take place from 12:00-4:00pm. Admission is free. Families are invited to bring lawn chairs and picnics. The Friends of the Murrell Home will serve refreshments for donations.

 

A National Historic Landmark, the Murrell Home is owned and operated by the Oklahoma Historical Society. The mansion, built about 1845, was the residence of Virginian George Murrell and his wife Minerva, niece of the Cherokee Principal Chief John Ross. It is located three miles southwest of Tahlequah and one mile east of State Highway 82. Call (918)456-275l or email [email protected] for more information.

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OHS EVENTS   

 

5/15  A Day at Rose Hill School, 9:30am, (580)336-2405
 

5/14  Oklahoma @ the Movies, 7pm, Special Members Exhibit Opening, RSVP, (405)522-0765

 

5/23  US Census Workshop, 10:30am, ((405)522-5225.

 

Pawnee Bill Ranch:

5/24  Free Children's Fishing Clinic, 10am, (918)762-2513

 

Route 66 Museum:

5/26  Renovated Museum Grand Opening Ceremony, 2pm, (580)323-7866

 

Spiro Mounds:

5/12  34th Birthday Bash and 7th Annual Archaeology Day, 9am, (918)962-2062








The Importance of History...
 
"History is the record of an encounter between character and circumstances."
 
Donald Creighton
Oklahoma
 Historical Society 
800 Nazih Zuhdi Dr.
Oklahoma City, OK 
 73105
  

 Shelly Crynes, Editor

[email protected] 
(405)522-0317