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BE THERE OR BE SQUARE
Farm-to-Table Festival: Free fun for the whole family this Saturday starting at 10 a.m.!
The Oklahoma History Center (OHC) will host the Oklahoma Farm-to-Table Festival on Saturday, March 18, from 10 a.m.–3 p.m. This FREE, community-wide fair highlights historic and modern farm life to demonstrate how food and household items travel from their sources to our homes. Families will experience perspectives from colonial America 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 at the OHC at 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive in Oklahoma City.
The festival will offer many educational opportunities and experiences, including chuck wagon cooking and nutrition demonstrations, livestock, a petting zoo, various crafts, and story time. In addition, several Made-in-Oklahoma vendors will be in attendance to show how their products are created and distributed. A number of these contributors will offer their products for individual or group sales. Musical entertainment by notable local artists will be on the main stage for much of the festival.
The Oklahoma Farm-to-Table Festival is an education-focused event partially sponsored by Inasmuch Foundation. For more information, please call 405-522-0765.
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DID YOU SAY CALABOOSE?
“History and Hops: Oklahoma's Tiny Jails Survey”
On Friday, March 24, from 6 to 8 p.m., Preservation Oklahoma is hosting “History and Hops: Oklahoma’s Tiny Jails (Calabooses) Survey,” a presentation by Matt Pearce and Mike Mayes. The word calaboose takes its origins from the Spanish word for "dungeon." In areas around the state, these small, one-room holding cells were constructed to temporarily hold prisoners awaiting transport to county jails or larger cities.
Pearce and Mayes will discuss their ongoing survey work of tiny jails found around the state; the National Register of Historic Places; and how others can get involved in documenting and preserving these small, municipal structures that have outlived their original purpose. This program is free for Preservation Oklahoma members and is only $5 for nonmembers! Members and nonmembers can register online.
This event will take place in the Carriage House of the Henry and Anna Overholser Mansion, located at 405 NW 15th Street in Oklahoma City. The History and Hops series is a fun way to learn about the historic buildings and architecture of Oklahoma while sipping a local brew! Beer, water, and light snacks will be provided.
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DRAWING INTEREST
Nature Journaling class
On Saturday, March 18, from 1 to 2:30 p.m., the public is invited to learn about the practice of nature journaling—recording and sketching one’s natural surroundings. Artist Jim Mullenax of Rocky Pond Pen and Ink in Prairie Grove, Arkansas, will be visiting Hunter’s Home in Park Hill to teach the importance of making a nature journal. The class will teach participants to be inquisitive about the world around them by making simple sketches in a journal, which can become a satisfying practice. The Nature Journaling class is free for all ages with regular admission to Hunter’s Home. For more information, call 918-456-2751.
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AT HISTORIC FORT TOWSON
Kids Make History
On the third Saturday of each month, from 1 to 3 p.m., young visitors are encouraged to learn about history through fun, hands-on activities during the Kids Make History series at Fort Towson Historic Site. The research-based programs will include games, cooking, historic arts and crafts, and reenacting skills.
The next Kids Make History will be on Saturday, March 18. This program is provided through a partnership with Oklahoma 4-H and Choctaw and Pushmataha County OSU Extension. For more information, email fttowson@history.ok.gov or call 580-873-2634. Fort Towson Historic Site is located north of U.S. 70 near Fort Towson.
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GET YOUR STORY STRAIGHT!
Story Time at Hunter’s Home
Every month, from March to June, Hunter’s Home will have a monthly story time for children of all ages. Beginning on Thursday, March 16, at 10:30 a.m. the first story time gathering will feature a reading of The Little Red Hen, by Florence White Williams (1985).
Watch for a new book title to be introduced every third Thursday of each month! Story time titles will feature The Mitten, by Jan Brett (1996) in April; Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt, by Kate Messner (2017) in May; and Dance at Grandpa’s, by Laura Ingalls Wilder (1995) in June.
Adding to the stories, parents and children are invited to see the animals at Hunter’s Home living history farm—including new baby chicks. Each story time will also have an activity and a snack to enjoy. No reservations are needed, but regular admission fees apply. For more information, call 918-456-2751.
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#ChuckWagonCooking
Get a taste of the frontier!
Gather your supplies and bring your appetite to the Chisholm Trail Museum and Horizon Hill in Kingfisher! The Chuck Wagon Gathering will have cowboy fun for all ages—happening on Saturday, March 25, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Watch for more details in next week's EXTRA! or check out the calendar listing now by clicking here.
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Click event listings below for more information.
13–17 - Spring Break Activities, Will Rogers Memorial Museum and Will Rogers Birthplace Ranch, Claremore and Oologah
16 - Oklahoma Historical Society Executive Committee meeting, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
16 - Imprinting the West: Manifest Destiny, Real and Imagined exhibit closes, Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Enid
16 - Story Time at Hunter’s Home, Hunter's Home, Park Hill
17 - Mid-Afternoon Frolic Talent Show, Will Rogers Memorial Museum, Claremore
18 - Museum OKademy volunteer training class and lecture, Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Enid
18 - Poultry workshop, Hunter’s Home, Park Hill
18 - Carriage House Sit and Sew, Henry and Anna Overholser Mansion, Oklahoma City
18 - Oklahoma Farm-to-Table Festival, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
18 - History Alive! on the Cherokee Strip, Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Enid
18 - Kids Make History, Fort Towson Historic Site, Fort Towson
18 - Nature Journaling class, Hunter’s Home, Park Hill
23 - 2023 Oklahoma Historical Society Awards Banquet, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
24 - "History and Hops: Oklahoma's Tiny Jails (Calabooses) Survey" presentation by Matt Pearce and Mike Mayes, Henry and Anna Overholser Mansion, Oklahoma City
24–25 - “School of the Soldier” living history program, Fort Gibson Historic Site, Fort Gibson
25 - Chuck Wagon Gathering, Chisholm Trail Museum and Horizon Hill, Kingfisher
25 - Modern Soapmaking workshop, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
25 - Hands-On Historic Skills, Fort Towson Historic Site, Fort Towson
28 - Frozen in Time: A Photographic History of Northwestern Oklahoma exhibit opens, Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Enid
29 - Vietnam War–Era Veterans Commemoration Ceremony, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
31 - Movie Night featuring Will Rogers in They Had to See Paris (1929), Will Rogers Memorial Museum, Claremore
31 - #ExploreOHS Travel Contest concludes, OHS museums and historic sites, statewide
1 - Hammered Aluminum Ware exhibit opens, Fred and Addie Drummond Home, Hominy
1 - Museum OKademy volunteer training class and lecture, Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Enid
1 - Introduction to Basketry: Create a Woven Tote class, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
1 - History Alive! on the Cherokee Strip, Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Enid
7 - “Museum After Dark: Liquid History” and Frozen in Time: A Photographic History of Northwestern Oklahoma exhibit opening, Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Enid
8 - A. Day's Work art exhibit opens, Oklahoma Territorial Museum and Carnegie Library, Guthrie
8 - Quilting workshop with Martha Ray, Sod House Museum, Aline
8 - Annual Easter Egg Hunt, Pawnee Bill Ranch and Museum, Pawnee
8 - Spring Bake Day, Fort Gibson Historic Site, Fort Gibson
8 - Easter Egg Hunt, Will Rogers Memorial Museum, Claremore
8 - Embroidered Patches class, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
8 - Second Saturday Sewing Circle, Fort Towson Historic Site, Fort Towson
9 - Sunrise Service, Pawnee Bill Ranch and Museum, Pawnee
12 - “Lunch and Learn: US Fish & Wildlife Service Historic Resources at the Treasure Lake Job Corps Center” (VIRTUAL), State Historic Preservation Office, Oklahoma City
13–15 - "The Coalition of Historical Trekkers" living history program, Fort Gibson Historic Site, Fort Gibson
15 - Carriage House Sit and Sew, Henry and Anna Overholser Mansion, Oklahoma City
15 - History Alive! on the Cherokee Strip, Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Enid
15 - Kids Make History, Fort Towson Historic Site, Fort Towson
15 - Tin Lizzies and Classics, Will Rogers Memorial Museum, Claremore
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March is Women's History Month
As we celebrate women's history in the month of March, the Oklahoma Historical Society (OHS) invites the public to learn about the incredible contributions of Oklahoma women through a useful online resource. Visit the Women in Oklahoma History page on the OHS website to learn about women as trailblazers, creatives, pioneers, artists, journalists, aviators, tribal leaders, and so much more. The finding aid has a wide selection of online tools from publications to educational resources. Learn about the women who helped to shape the history of the state through articles, photographs, biographies, audio, video, online exhibits, and much more.
Masthead image: Partially colorized photograph of Kate Barnard from a "souvenir of the first Oklahoma Legislature presented by Miss Kate Barnard, state commissioner of charities and corrections," c. 1907 (16802, Oklahoma Historical Society Photograph Collection, OHS).
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