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The Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center's
Turkey Creek School—take a field trip to 1910!
Early fall marks the season when Oklahoma schoolchildren go back to the classroom. Today's students can experience what school was like on the frontier by taking a field trip to Turkey Creek School, (interior pictured above), located in the Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center's (CSRHC) Humphrey Heritage Village. On a prearranged field trip to the school, students are instructed by a village schoolteacher in the studies of reading, writing, and arithmetic, as they would have been taught in the year 1910.
The typical Turkey Creek School day begins at 9 a.m. and ends at 1 p.m. The curriculum presented meets Oklahoma State Standards for third- and fourth-grade students. A class size of 24 students is ideal for this living history school day experience. Each student will have access to a slate, chalk, ink, and nib pen to work with during their visit. Once a visit has been scheduled, teachers receive a useful packet of information with suggestions about making the school day experience more immersive by encouraging students to wear period clothing and bring a lunch pail. For more information about the field trip, and to request a Turkey Creek School teacher’s packet, contact the CSRHC Education Department at 580-237-1907 or csrhcinfo@okhistory.org. Schedule an appointment online for your students by clicking here.
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Bring the family on the first and third Saturday of the month!
If a weekend visit is more your style, come to the CSRHC in Enid on the first and third Saturday of each month from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. for History Alive! on the Cherokee Strip events. Families are welcome to explore Turkey Creek School on their own schedule as reenactors bring the historic buildings in the Humphrey Heritage Village to life. Museum staff and volunteers are on hand at the schoolhouse and the other three historic buildings to answer questions and give visitors a living history lesson about different skills and trades of the time.
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Make Perry your destination!
Arrange for your class to come to Rose Hill School
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Take your students to the Cherokee Strip Museum in Perry to enjoy "A Day at Rose Hill School," a one-room schoolhouse program where students will experience what school was like for children in the early 20th century. As they cross the “time bridge” over the creek toward Rose Hill School, they travel back in time to the days of McGuffey’s Reader, stern schoolmarms, and two-seater desks. This program has served more than 80,000 Oklahoma scholars since its creation in 1988. “A Day at Rose Hill School” is offered by the Cherokee Strip Historical Society in cooperation with the Oklahoma Historical Society. Learn more about “A Day at Rose Hill School” by clicking here.
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Chisholm Trail Museum and Horizon Hill
Gant one-room schoolhouse
The Chisholm Trail Museum and Horizon Hill (CTM) offers field trip opportunities for students. The Pioneer Village located at the CTM has several historic structures to explore, including an early Kingfisher Bank, Gant Schoolhouse, Harmony Church, a jail cell, Dalton Cabin, and Cole Cabin. The trip to the CTM is perfect for those interested in having the experience of sitting at school desks in a one-room schoolhouse and writing on chalkboard slates. Learn more about the CTM by visiting its website.
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CTM outreach programs
Bring an 1870s cowboy to your school or location
Is it a challenge for you and your young scholars to hit the dusty trail and travel to the Chisholm Trail Museum and Horizon Hill (CTM) in Kingfisher? Hold your horses and discover the selection of outreach programs to bring history to life in your classroom, either in person or virtually!
Schedule a visit with the CTM's 1870s cowboy to connect your audience to the past! Living history is a tool used to engage students and adults by providing eyewitness accounts of events using historical clothing, objects, and creative storytelling. A variety of presentations based on audience age are available. Connect with the staff at the CTM to learn more about scheduling, pricing, and other details.
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Visit the Oklahoma History Center's exhibit Educating Oklahoma
It is field trip season again at the Oklahoma History Center (OHC)!
Did you know that an exhibit in the Sam Noble Gallery on the third floor of the OHC replicates the experiences of life in a one-room school? This interactive exhibit designed as a classroom allows for an impromptu school session. Lift the lids of the desks to discover artifacts from earlier eras of education in Oklahoma. A historical timeline of the efforts to establish schools in the state is punctuated by interesting facts about schoolmarms and tidbits about Oklahoma towns that were built on a foundation of education.
The Sam Noble Gallery also features exhibits that are designed to immerse visitors in the history of Oklahoma. Themes of law and order, farming and ranching, and Oklahoma land runs are all accompanied by tactile learning experiences. Clever participatory spaces await young museum goers including many hands-on activities like peering into the doors and windows of a "soddie," organizing goods in a chuck wagon, sitting on a Western saddle, and seeing how the dust settled in the Great Depression. Outgoing thespians can put their collective imaginations to work, using props and clothing to make their own performances in the museum's theater—inspired by Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical Oklahoma!
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Smithsonian magazine's annual Museum Day
The Oklahoma History Center (OHC) will open its doors free of charge on Saturday, September 17, 2022, as part of Smithsonian magazine’s annual Museum Day. On this day only, participating museums from all 50 states offer free admission to Museum Day ticketholders, representing the Smithsonian Institution’s national commitment to access, equality, and inclusion.
Visitors who present the Museum Day ticket at participating museums will gain free entrance for the ticketholder and one guest. One ticket per email address is permitted. For more information about Museum Day and a full list of participating museums and cultural institutions, or to download your ticket, please visit smithsonianmag.com/museumday/search. To obtain your ticket for free admission to the OHC, type “Oklahoma History Center” into the search box and click “Find Museum.”
The Henry and Anna Overholser Mansion in Oklahoma City and the Will Rogers Memorial Museum in Claremore are also participating in Museum Day. Check out the OHS event calendar to learn more about these participating sites and all OHS events.
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OHS COVID-19 safety measures
We recommend that visitors who are not fully vaccinated against COVID-19 wear face masks in indoor public areas. 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.
8 - History OffCenter: Oklahoma Trivia Night, Angry Scotsman Brewing, Oklahoma City
9 - Museum After Dark: Working America exhibit opening, Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Enid
9–10 - “Musket Demo Day” living history program, Fort Gibson Historic Site, Fort Gibson
10 - Quilting workshop with Martha Ray, Sod House Museum, Aline
12 - Observing with NASA Smithsonian exhibit kiosk opens, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
12 - Oklahoma Heritage Preservation Grant Program workshop (VIRTUAL), Oklahoma Historical Society, Oklahoma City
12 - “Documenting Wichita Gathering Places and Allotments” webinar (VIRTUAL), State Historic Preservation Office, Oklahoma City
13 - Tuesday Tunes at the Mansion featuring Hunter Thomas, Henry and Anna Overholser Mansion, Oklahoma City
15 - Prairie to Palate outdoor dining experience and fundraiser, Pioneer Woman Museum and Statue, Ponca City
15 - Thursday Night Lecture Series featuring Ted Reeds, Will Rogers Memorial Museum, Claremore
16–17 - “Traveling by Keelboat” living history program, Fort Gibson Historic Site, Fort Gibson
17 - Will’s Cowboy Trader Days at the Ranch, Will Rogers Birthplace Ranch, Oologah
17 - “A Long Walk in the Sun: Mexican-American War Days,” Fort Towson Historic Site, Fort Towson
17 - Smithsonian magazine Museum Day, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
17 - Smithsonian magazine Museum Day, Henry and Anna Overholser Mansion, Oklahoma City
17 - Smithsonian magazine Museum Day, Will Rogers Memorial Museum, Claremore
17 - History Alive! on the Cherokee Strip, Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Enid
17 - Family Day at the Birthplace Ranch, Will Rogers Birthplace Ranch, Oologah
17 - “History of Masonic Temples in Oklahoma” presentation by T. S. Akers, Honey Springs Battlefield, Checotah
17 - Let’s Talk About It: The Log of a Cowboy: A Narrative of the Old Trail Days (1903) by Andy Adams, Pawnee Bill Ranch and Museum, Pawnee
21 - Oklahoma Historical Society Executive Committee meeting, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
22 - Autumnal Equinox Walks, Spiro Mounds Archaeological Center, Spiro
23–24 - “Candles on Post” living history program, Fort Gibson Historic Site, Fort Gibson
24 - Ice Cream Social, Fred and Addie Drummond Home, Hominy
24 - Movie Night featuring Animal Crackers (1930), Will Rogers Memorial Museum, Claremore
26 - “Americana: A Musical Tour of the USA” Kilgen Organ performance featuring Jonas Nordwall, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
27 - Presente in Oklahoma!, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
30 - Drummond Heirlooms exhibit closes, Fred and Addie Drummond Home, Hominy
1 - Sun and Silver: Photography Before Statehood exhibit closes, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
1 - Annual Quilt Show opens, Pawnee Bill Ranch and Museum, Pawnee
1 - Cinnamon Roll Social, Fort Towson Historic Site, Fort Towson
1 - Family Farm Day, Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Enid
1–2 - Heritage Hills Historic Homes Tour, Henry and Anna Overholser Mansion, Oklahoma City
5–8 - Research Center Book Sale, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
6 - OkNHD Library Day, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
7–8 - Doaksville Historic Candlelight Tour, Fort Towson Historic Site, Fort Towson
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Masthead photo: John Dunjee standing behind his exhibit of sweet potatoes at a free street fair in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Territory, October 1898 (4065, Frederick S. Barde Collection, OHS).
This photograph is available on The Gateway to Oklahoma History.
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