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Spring Bake Day at Fort Gibson
On Saturday, March 5, from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. the smell of fresh baked bread will once again permeate Fort Gibson Historic Site. Spring Bake Day, an educational fundraiser, is a unique and delicious experience for the public to enjoy. Staff will operate the oven all day Saturday, and the fresh loaves will be available around noon and 3:30 p.m. from the tent in front of the bake house. Fort Gibson coffee mugs will also be for sale at the tent, with a complimentary sample tasting of beans included with purchase while supplies last.
Visitors will be able to view furnished officers’ quarters, married soldiers’ quarters, enlisted men’s barracks, and even the guest spaces where notable visitors stayed while passing through the territory. Other buildings include the barracks, which contains the mess hall where soldiers took their meals; magazine, where munitions were stored; and commissary, where goods were sold. For more information please call 918-478-4088. Fort Gibson Historic Site, a National Historic Landmark, is located at 907 N. Garrison Ave. in Fort Gibson.
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On Saturday, March 19, the Oklahoma History Center (OHC) will host the Oklahoma Farm-to-Table Festival from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. This free, community-wide festival highlights historic and modern farm life, with the purpose of demonstrating how food and household items travel from their sources to our homes. Families will experience perspectives from the 17th century to the modern day, with hands-on activities for visitors of all ages.
Admission is free to the public, and the event will be held predominately outdoors on the OHC grounds. The OHC is located at 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive in Oklahoma City. The Oklahoma Farm-to-Table Festival is an education-focused event partially sponsored by Inasmuch Foundation.
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Visit the Chisholm Trail Museum and Horizon Hill on Saturday, March 19, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. for a day filled with cowboy fun at the Chuck Wagon Gathering and Fundraising Dinner! Drop in and see a variety of working chuck wagons from across the region as the cooks prepare some of their favorite dishes. Activities include live music, cooking demonstrations, gunfights, Wild West Show performers, medicine man shows, Annie Oakley performances, and more.
The daytime activities are free, and tickets for the delicious chuck wagon meal at noon are $15. Please contact the museum at 405-375-5176 to purchase tickets for the noon meal. The Chisholm Trail Museum is located at 605 Zellers Avenue in Kingfisher.
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Spring Break Activities at Will Rogers Memorial Museum and Birthplace Ranch
Five afternoons of fun, games, and learning about Will Rogers are in store for children ages 17 and younger during Spring Break, March 14–18. Spring Break Activities are planned from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Will Rogers Memorial Museum in Claremore on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and at the Will Rogers Birthplace Ranch near Oologah on Tuesday and Thursday.
On Monday at the museum, kids will have the opportunity to go behind the scenes of the museum. Visitors to the ranch on Tuesday will get to participate in kids' tractor pulling. Back at the museum on Wednesday it will be Aviation Day, with an air evacuation helicopter landing on the grounds. Thursday at the ranch will include 19th-century games and activities. The week will end on Friday at the museum!
The Spring Break activities at Will Rogers Memorial Museum and Birthplace Ranch are free, thanks to a donation from Win and Kay Ingersoll. Advance registration is not required. For more information about this event, please call 918-341-0719 or visit willrogers.com. The Will Rogers Memorial Museum is located at 1720 W. Will Rogers Blvd. in Claremore, and the Will Rogers Birthplace Ranch is located at 9501 E 380 Road in Oologah.
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Family Kite Flite Day and Equinox Walks
Spiro Mounds Archaeological Center will host two events to celebrate spring, beginning with Family Kite Flite Day on Saturday, March 19, from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. Families are encouraged to bring lawn chairs, blankets, and kites to fly. Kiters from Oklahoma, Texas, and Arkansas will hold demonstrations with stunt kites, parafoils, and other fancy kites. Along with the kite flying, the children's area will feature a bubble-making area and a sandbox where children can dig for shells, jewels, and coins. Vendors will be on-site selling arts and crafts, food, and other items. Donated kites will be given away through drawings throughout the day. Guided tours of the mounds will also be offered for people who wish to learn more about this unique site.
The following day, on Sunday, March 20, the site will hold a series of guided Vernal Equinox Walks at 11 a.m., 2 p.m., and 7 p.m. Archaeologist and site manager Dennis Peterson will guide the walks while sharing his knowledge about the unique, pre-European contact American Indian mound site and the types of mounds, including those lined up for the sunsets of the solstices and equinoxes. Each walk will take about two hours and require a mile of easy walking. Come to learn more about the history of excavations at the site, Native ceremonies, and tales of the unusual happenings associated with the mounds.
There is a small fee for this series of tours of $5 for adults and $3 for children. This will be in addition to the regular entrance fee of $7 for adults, $5 for seniors, and $4 for children. Check or cash is accepted, but credit cards are not accepted. Oklahoma Historical Society and Spiro Mounds Development Association members pay no admission fees. No reservations are required except for large groups. Please call 918-962-2062 for more information. Due to staffing limitations we recommend calling prior to your visit; unexpected events occasionally result in an unplanned closing.
Registration is now open for the 2022 Oklahoma History Symposium!
This one-day symposium will be held on Saturday, April 9, at the Oklahoma History Center. Click here for a complete schedule, session descriptions, and registration details.
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OHS COVID-19 safety measures
We recommend that visitors who are not fully vaccinated against COVID-19 wear face masks and maintain social distancing in indoor public areas. All visitors, staff, volunteers, contractors, and vendors should use appropriate handwashing techniques.
We ask that you avoid visiting OHS museums, sites, and affiliates if you have COVID-19, are experiencing symptoms, have a fever, or are otherwise feeling sick or unwell.
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Click event listings below for more information.
3 - Living History Education Day, Fort Towson Historic Site, Fort Towson
4 - Movie Night featuring The Wizard of Oz (1939), Will Rogers Memorial Museum, Claremore
4 - Museum After Dark: Lantern Tours, Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Enid
5 - Historical Travel Bag workshop, Chisholm Trail Museum and Horizon Hill, Kingfisher
5 - Museum OKademy volunteer training class, Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Enid
5 - Blacksmithing Demonstrations with the Saltfork Craftsmen, Cherokee Strip Museum, Perry
5 - Spring Bake Day, Fort Gibson Historic Site, Fort Gibson
5 - History Alive! on the Cherokee Strip, Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Enid
5 - Making Tracks on Mars film screening, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
8 - From Institution to Inclusion: The History of disAbilities in Oklahoma exhibit opens, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
8 - 2022 People with Disabilities Awareness Day and Awards Ceremony, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
12 - Quilting workshop with Martha Ray, Sod House Museum, Aline
12 - “The First Indian Home Guard” presentation by Dr. M. Jane Johansson, Honey Springs Battlefield, Checotah
14–18 - Spring Break Activities, Will Rogers Memorial Museum and Birthplace Ranch, Claremore and Oologah
16 - Oklahoma Historical Society Executive Committee meeting, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
19 - Museum OKademy volunteer training class, Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Enid
19 - Family Kite Flite Day, Spiro Mounds Archaeological Center, Spiro
19 - Chuck Wagon Gathering and Fundraising Dinner, Chisholm Trail Museum and Horizon Hill, Kingfisher
19 - Oklahoma Farm-to-Table Festival, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
19 - History Alive! on the Cherokee Strip, Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Enid
20 - Wanted: Dead or Alive exhibit closes, Pawnee Bill Ranch and Museum, Pawnee
20 - Vernal Equinox Walks, Spiro Mounds Archaeological Center, Spiro
24 - 2022 Oklahoma Historical Society Awards Banquet, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
24 - Thursday Night Lecture Series featuring the 1979 Will Rogers Days Parade planners, Will Rogers Memorial Museum, Claremore
25 - Movie Night featuring Space Cowboys (2000), Will Rogers Memorial Museum, Claremore
26 - Crossroads: Change in Rural America exhibit opens, Pawnee Bill Ranch and Museum, Pawnee
26 - Dust, Drought, and Dreams Gone Dry exhibit opens, Pawnee Bill Ranch and Museum, Pawnee
29 - Vietnam War-Era Veterans Pinning Ceremony, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
1 - Hammered Aluminum Ware exhibit opens, Fred and Addie Drummond Home, Hominy
2 - Museum OKademy volunteer training class, Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Enid
2 - History Alive! on the Cherokee Strip, Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Enid
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March is Women's History Month |
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(1931–2019)
"Jerrie" Cobb was born March 5, 1931, in Norman, OK. She learned to fly in her father's plane by the age of 12 and earned her pilot's license at the age of 16 while she was still in high school.
Aviation was always a part of her life, from crop dusting to setting altitude and speed records; and eventually becoming the first woman astronaut trainee in the US. Learn more about her life by clicking here.
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