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May 22, 2012

Use Planned Giving to Leave a Legacy with OHS

 Provide & Protect: Important LIfe and

Death Decisions

Estate Planning Information Available

Okahoma Historical Society

Oklahoma City, OK

 

The Oklahoma Historical Society has a new planned giving website. Its purpose is to provide OHS members practical information on estate planning that can benefit members during their retirement years, provide security for family members, and benefit the OHS or other charitable organizations.Provide & Protect Book Cover

 

In addition to a weekly e-newsletter containing practical information on living better,  financial considerations, and charitable support, we now also can provide, at no cost to OHS members, an outstanding book titled Provide & Protect: Important Life And Death Decisions.  Authored by A. Charles Schultz, the book consists of four sections: "You and Your Family," "Your Contacts & Healthcare," "Your Finances," and "Your Estate Plan." Each section contains informative chapters on various aspects of the section's topic. For example, among the chapters in the "Your Estate Plan" section are "Perils of Probate," 10 Reasons to Update Your Estate Plan," "Living Trusts vs. Wills," and "Income for Surviving Spouse."

 

To obtain a copy of this valuable book, please email Shelly Crynes at [email protected] or call (405)522-0317.

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Open Day at Turkey Creek School

May 31, 2012  10am-3pm

Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center

Enid, OK

 

On Thursday, May 31, 2012, the doors of Turkey Creek School will open to all students 3rd - 8th grade.   The school day begins at 10am and ends at 3pm following a tour of the Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center. The fee is $5 per student and class photographs are available for $7.

 

Students will be greeted by the schoolmarm who will take them through their daily studies of reading, writing and ciphering as it would have been taught in the Cherokee Outlet in 1910.  Each student will have a slate, chalk, ink and nib pen to work with during their visit to Turkey Creek School. The class size for this historical school day experience is 25 students.

 

Students are encouraged to wear period clothing and bring their lunch pails filled with a typical 1910 Oklahoma lunch. After lunch, students play on the Village grounds enjoying age-old games such as drop the handkerchief and red rover.

 

Call the Education Department today to reserve your student a space for Open Day at Turkey Creek School (580)237-1907 x227.

 

The Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center is located at 507 S. 4th Street in Enid, Oklahoma. For additional information on this or other CSRHC programs, visit the website at www.csrhc.org.

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Spiro Summer Solstice Walks

June 21, 2012  11am, 2pm & 7pm

Spiro Mounds Archaeological Center

Spiro, OK

 

Archaeologist and manager Dennis Peterson will lead guided tours starting at 11am, 2pm and 7pm. Each walk will take about two hours and require a mile of easy walking. Mr. Peterson will tell about this unique prehistoric Native American mound site, the types of mounds, why they were created and why some of the mounds are lined up for the sunsets of the Solstices and Equinoxes. He will tell the history of the excavations, Native American ceremonies and stories, and tales of the unusual happenings associated with the mounds. For those wishing to see the sunset, the 7pm walk will end just about sunset, which is when the alignment will take place. Come out to experience one of the most unique historical sites in the United States as seen through the eyes of an archaeologist.

In addition to the regular admission fees, there is a small fee for this series of tours of $3 for adults and $2 for children. No reservations are required unless you are bringing a large group. Be certain to dress for the weather.

The Spiro Mounds Archaeological Center is the only prehistoric Native American site open to the public in Oklahoma and is administered by the Oklahoma Historical Society. The Center is regularly open Wednesday through Saturday from 9am until 5pm and Sunday from noon until 5pm. The Center does close for state holidays. Admission is $4 for adults, $3 for seniors and $1 for children. The Center is located 3 miles east of Spiro, OK on highway 9/271 and 4 miles north on Lock and Dam Road. If you need more information or wish to schedule a group or school tour during the Solstice walks or some other time, please call (918)962-2062.

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Oklahoma Historical Society

800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive

Oklahoma City, OK  73105

 
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OHS EVENTS   

 

5/31  Open Day at Turkey Creek School, 10am-3pm, (580)237-1907X227
  
6/2  Lawn Social, 10am, (918)456-2751
 

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

 

6/5  Film Row, 7pm, (405)522-0785

 

6/5  OkieTales, 10:30am-11:30am, each Wednesday June & July, (405)522-0785

 

6/27  Muskogee:  Your Key to Northeastern Oklahoma Research Lunch & Learn Lecture, 11:30am, (405)522-5225

 

6/30  Beginning Beadwork, 9am-5pm, (405)522-0785

 

Pawnee Bill Ranch:

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

 

6/16, 23, 30  Pawnee Bill's Original Wild West Show Series, 7:30pm, (918)762-2513

 

Pioneer Woman Museum:

6/16  Father's Day celebration, (580)765-6108

 

Route 66 Museum:

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

 

Sod House:

6/16  Teneriffe Lace Workshop, 10am-2pm, (580)463-2441

 

Spiro Mounds:

6/21  Summer Solstice Walks, 11am, (918)962-2062








The Importance of History...

 

"All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man."
 
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Oklahoma
 Historical Society 
800 Nazih Zuhdi Dr.
Oklahoma City, OK 
 73105
  

 Shelly Crynes, Editor

[email protected] 
(405)522-0317