EXTRA! - "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?"

Family Farm Day celebrates farming heritage of northwest Oklahoma

On Saturday, October 1, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., join in the celebration of our agricultural heritage at the Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center (CSRHC). Family Farm Day gives families the opportunity to experience different hands-on activities from regional to seasonal interests. Come shell and grind corn, churn butter, decorate pumpkins, and much more! The CSRHC’s Family Farm Day is an annual event celebrating the proud farming heritage that built northwest Oklahoma. The CSRHC is located at 507 S. Fourth Street in Enid. Call 580-237-1907 for more information or follow the museum on Facebook.

“Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?”

In this latest episode of A Very OK Podcast, learn more about the hardships experienced by Oklahomans in the 1930s. When the economy cratered with the US stock market crash in October 1929, Oklahomans had already been feeling the effects of an economic depression for several years due to falling agriculture and oil prices. The onset of the Dust Bowl period in western Oklahoma and the rejection of the New Deal by the state’s political leadership locally exacerbated the effects of the nationwide Great Depression. In this episode, Trait Thompson and Dr. Bob Blackburn talk about the impact of the Great Depression on the state. Their guest is historian and author Dr. Al Turner, who is the producer of the documentary film Dust to Eat (2021).

A poverty-stricken family in front of the Broadview Hotel in Oklahoma City, c.1937–1938 (20218.1283, Clayton E. Soule Collection, OHS).

Annual Quilt Show at Pawnee Bill Ranch

Pawnee Bill Ranch and Museum will host its Annual Quilt Show during the month of October, featuring heirloom and modern quilts from across the state. Cimarron Valley Quilt Guild and Pawnee Bill Quilt Guild members are instrumental in putting together this yearly exhibit.

The show opens on Saturday, October 1, and closes on Sunday, October 30.

There is no charge to view the Quilt Show, which is available to visitors during regular hours of operation. Pawnee Bill Ranch and Museum is open Wednesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. For more information about the Quilt Show or other programs, please call 918-762-2513 or email pawneebill@history.ok.gov.

Observing With NASA Smithsonian exhibit kiosk at the History Center

There is a new exhibit kiosk on display at the Oklahoma History Center (OHC). Observing With NASA provides visitors an authentic data experience from the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. The astronomical imaging kiosk engages visitors in the art and science of NASA imagery. Observing With NASA offers an introduction to the tools, data, and skills that NASA space scientists and data visualization experts use to create the images of deep space objects that we all know and love.

Available at the OHC until December 31, 2022, Observing With NASA features a range of NASA’s most iconic images to explore, and provides opportunities for visitors to put their artistic spin on these images through analysis and processing. This kiosk has been incorporated into the OHC’s permanent exhibit Launch to Landing: Oklahomans and Space, which highlights the achievements of all Oklahomans who have contributed to the US aerospace program from its inception. Launch to Landing can be found in the Gaylord Special Exhibit Gallery on the first floor of the OHC.

Heritage Hills Historic Homes Tour

Visit Oklahoma City for the Heritage Hills Historic Homes Tour on Saturday, October 1, and Sunday, October 2. Tours will be held from noon to 5 p.m. each day. This self-guided tour allows attendees to visit several private residences in the Heritage Hills neighborhood and the Henry and Anna Overholser Mansion. The tour offers a glimpse of the past beautifully melded with the present, showcasing these historically charming residences.

Ticket prices for this year’s Historic Homes Tour are $20, and can be purchased online by clicking here. Children under 12 will receive free admission to the tour. Will call tickets can be picked up at any of the Home Tour Ticket tables or at the tent on the Henry and Anna Overholser Mansion lawn.