|
|
Make plans to attend “Perspectives in History”: The 2023 Oklahoma History Symposium on Saturday, April 22, at the Oklahoma History Center. Presented by the Oklahoma Historical Society, the symposium offers a keynote, seven sessions devoted to Oklahoma history, and four professional development sessions. The event's keynote speaker will be author and professor Dr. Karlos Hill.
Topics will include the 65th anniversary of the Katz Drug Store sit-ins, the Polish community in early Bartlesville, African American Civil War soldiers, Black stuntman “Genie Boy” Smith, the 1948 “Indian Centennial,” Cherokee basket making as a reflection of cultural identity, the nation’s first cooperative hospital, and women who helped found the first free library in Indian Territory.
Professional development sessions will explore the Oklahoma Heritage Preservation Grant Program, the preservation of the historic Edwards Store, a collaboration to document Oklahoma’s conservation history, and ways to utilize a historic photograph collection.
Click here to see the full schedule of events.
The Oklahoma History Symposium is free and open to the public! Participants must pre-register online. Registration will be open through this Friday, April 14.
|
|
ROUGHING IT
“The Coalition of Historical Trekkers” living history program
The Coalition of Historical Trekkers (COHT) will be at Fort Gibson Historic Site on April 13–15, from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each day. The COHT is a group of living historians dedicated to the preservation and study of the pre-1860 frontier people in America. For more information about this 3-day program and Fort Gibson Historic Site, call 918-478-4088.
|
|
|
|
Register early for Education Day at Fort Gibson Historic Site by clicking below.
|
|
THAT'S THE TICKET!
Take a chance at winning a hand-pieced quilt!
The ladies who take part in the quilting workshop with Martha Ray at the Sod House Museum have put together a one-of-a-kind, patriotic, full-size quilt, which will be given away in a drawing at the museum in the month of July. You can enter the drawing by buying tickets, which are $2 each, or 3 for $5, or 6 for $10. The drawing for the quilt will take place at the July 8 Sod House Quilting workshop. Visit the museum today to purchase your chance of winning this handmade work of art! Proceeds directly fund Sod House Museum renovations.
The Quilting workshop with Martha Ray meets on the second Saturday of each month from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Sod House Museum at a cost of $5 per person. Martha Ray teaches how to create quilted designs, and new members of any skill level are always encouraged to attend! Each month, the group shares skills, fun, camaraderie, door prizes, refreshments, discussions, and quilt patterns, along with old-fashioned bed turnings. The next meeting of the Quilting workshop is coming up in a few days, on April 15. For more information call 580-463-2441 or email sodhouse@history.ok.gov
|
|
|
PRESENTATION THIS SATURDAY!
“The Civil War in Indian Territory: Indigenous Memory and Perspective”
On Saturday, April 15, at 1 p.m., Honey Springs Battlefield will host a presentation by the Muscogee (Creek) Nation Historic and Cultural Preservation Department concerning the history and public memory of the Civil War and the Battle of Honey Springs in Indian Territory.
Midge Dellinger, oral historian for the Muscogee (Creek) Nation Historic and Cultural Preservation Department, will discuss her ongoing study of the Civil War in Indian Territory and the use of oral history as a means of remembrance. Dellinger will also share Indigenous perspectives on public memory and the memorialization of the Civil War in Indian Territory.
Gano Perez Jr., GIS cultural specialist for the Muscogee (Creek) Nation Historic and Cultural Preservation Department, will discuss archaeology and fieldwork performed in past years at the battle site by the Muscogee (Creek) Nation.
In addition, Dellinger will discuss how Indigenous historians and preservationists engage with Civil War history, constructing a broader, more inclusive narrative and memory.
For more information call 918-617-7125 or email honeysprings@history.ok.gov.
Image: Opothleyahola, c. 1838 (image courtesy of the Library of Congress).
|
|
|
WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE
Take your family back in time this Saturday
History Alive! on the Cherokee Strip takes place throughout the year on the first and third Saturday of each month, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. On those days, the historic buildings in the Humphrey Heritage Village at the Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center (CSRHC) come to life with reenactors.
Gather by the outdoor fire for a warm cup of coffee, sit at school desks while lessons are taught at the Turkey Creek one-room schoolhouse, hear a pioneer tale from those tending their shops, and watch as craftsmen and women work their trades. You can also see the inside of the Glidewell Home built in 1905, or make a stop at the tiny Village Church. Visitors can watch and take part in the different skills and trades of the time, or file their own land claim in the historic US Land Office. For more information, please call the CSRHC at 580-237-1907.
|
|
|
|
Click event listings below for more information.
12 - “Lunch and Learn: US Fish & Wildlife Service Historic Resources at the Treasure Lake Job Corps Center” webinar (VIRTUAL), State Historic Preservation Office, Oklahoma City
13–15 - "The Coalition of Historical Trekkers" living history program, Fort Gibson Historic Site, Fort Gibson
15 - Quilting workshop with Martha Ray, Sod House Museum, Aline
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 - “The Civil War in Indian Territory: Indigenous Memory and Perspective” presentation by Midge Dellinger and Gano Perez Jr., Honey Springs Battlefield, Checotah
20 - Story Time at Hunter’s Home, Hunter’s Home, Park Hill
21 - Education Day, Fort Gibson Historic Site, Fort Gibson
21 - Oklahoma Historical Society Board of Directors meeting, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
22 - “Perspectives in History”: The 2023 Oklahoma History Symposium, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
22 - Oklahoma Historical Society Membership meeting, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
22 - Oklahoma Historical Society Board of Directors Organizational meeting, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
22 - Fun and Games at Hunter's Home, Hunter’s Home, Park Hill
22 - “Traveling by Keelboat” living history program, Fort Gibson Historic Site, Fort Gibson
22 - Hands-On Historic Skills, Fort Towson Historic Site, Fort Towson
22 - Earth Day Block Printing class, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
22 - "Glass and a Glass!" glass fusing class, Pioneer Woman Museum and Statue, Ponca City
24 - "Ice Cream Social" Kilgen Organ Performance by David Marsh, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
28 - Movie Night featuring Will Rogers in Doubting Thomas (1935), Will Rogers Memorial Museum, Claremore
29 - Frozen in Time: A Photographic History of Northwestern Oklahoma exhibit closes, Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Enid
29 - Historical and Modern Use of Medicinal Plants class, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
30 - Hammered Aluminum Ware exhibit closes, Fred and Addie Drummond Home, Hominy
1 - Clara Luper 100th Birthday Celebration, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
3–4 - Oklahoma National History Day contest, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
6 - Spring Agricultural Days, Hunter’s Home, Park Hill
6 - Blacksmithing and Wheel Setting Demonstrations with the Saltfork Craftsmen, Cherokee Strip Museum and Rose Hill School, Perry
6 - History Alive! on the Cherokee Strip, Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Enid
8 - “How to Research Your ‘Historic’ Property” (VIRTUAL), State Historic Preservation Office, Oklahoma City
9 - Fighting for the Right to Fight: African American Experiences in WWII exhibit opens, Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Enid
9 - “How to Complete the National Register of Historic Places Form” (VIRTUAL), State Historic Preservation Office, Oklahoma City
10 - “Asian American Pacific Islander Experiences: A Historical Journey,” Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
10 - “Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act” (VIRTUAL), State Historic Preservation Office, Oklahoma City
11 - “Documenting Post-European Contact Archaeological Sites in Oklahoma” (VIRTUAL), State Historic Preservation Office, Oklahoma City
|
|
Masthead image: 1886 map of Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) showing tribal lands, reservations, towns, villages, schools, rivers, forts, agencies, and railroad lines, published by G. W. and C. B. Colton and Company, New York. The Oklahoma panhandle is not depicted at the time this map was published because it was not yet affiliated with the state—popularly referred to at the time as "No Man's Land." (ITMAP.0182, Oklahoma Historical Society Indian Territory Maps, OHS). |
|
|
|
|
