Vol. 38, No. 10 Published monthly by the Oklahoma Historical Society, serving since 1893 October 2007

OHS announces Statehood Day children’s art contest

The Oklahoma His tor i cal So ci ety wouldlike to in vite all chil dren aged 4 to12 to par -tic i pate in a State hood Day Art Con test.Chil dren are en cour aged to draw their fa -vor ite events from Oklahoma history.

Con test en try forms and rules are avail -able on the His tor i cal Society’s web site at<www.okhistory.org/kidsohs> or by e-mail at <sjotley@okhistory.org>. You may alsopick up cop ies at the admissions desk inthe Oklahoma His tory Cen ter lobby.

The dead line for en try is No vem ber 2,2007. Late en tries will not be ac cepted. The win ner will be no ti fied on State hood Day,No vem ber 16, 2007, and will re ceive one (1) Fam ily Pass to the His tory Cen ter, one (1)Oklahoma His tory Cen ter tote bag, one (1)book of the win ner’s choice from the OHCGift Shop (up to a $30 re tail value), and one (1) cookie per fam ily mem ber at the WinnieMae Café.

All en tries will be posted on the new OHS Kids website, which will “go live” on State -hood Day. Please join us in cel e brat ingOklahoma’s his tory with orig i nal art work!

OHS members invited toenjoy brunch beforeCentennial Parade

The Oklahoma His tory Cen ter will openearly on Sunday, Oc to ber 14, in an tic i pa -tion of the Oklahoma Cen ten nial Pa rade.So ci ety mem bers and their guests are in -vited to at tend a Cen ten nial Brunch in ad -vance of the mo men tous event. The cost is$12 per per son, and ad vance reg is tra tion is re quired. To re serve a place con tact Robbin Da vis at 405/522-0754 or send an e-mailto <rdavis@okhistory.org>. RSVP by 12noon, Oc to ber 8.

The brunch menu in cludes a cas cad ingdis play of fresh fruits with honey-cin na -mon dip, fresh scram bled eggs, veg e ta blequiche, break fast po ta toes, sau sage andham, fluffy bis cuits with coun try gravy,home made break fast breads, bread pud -ding with va nilla sauce, cof fee, hot tea, iced tea, and fresh fruit juice.

Liv ing his tory pro grams will in clude theLand Run and Af ri can Amer i can and Na tiveAmer i can Oklahoma his tory. The OklahomaMu seum of His tory vol un teers will be onhand to an swer ques tions and pro videmini-tours to guests. Kick off the Cen ten nialPa rade by vis it ing the OHC for a heartybreak fast and good fel low ship.

The His tory Cen ter will open at 9 a.m. on the 14th, and the brunch and spe cial pro -gram ming will con tinue from 9 to 12 noon.

Centennial Commission invites Oklahomans toattend the largest parade in state’s history

To com mem o rate Oklahoma’s first 100years, on Oc to ber 14, 2007, the OklahomaCen ten nial Com mis sion will pres ent thelarg est pa rade in the state's his tory, theOklahoma Cen ten nial Pa rade. With thou -sands of par tic i pants, it is sched uled to be -gin at 2 p.m. on Sunday af ter noon and runthrough down town Oklahoma City. Theone-and-a-half hour trib ute to the state’s ac -com plish ments and his tory will be in the tra -di tion of other na tion ally re nowned pa rades.

“The Oklahoma Cen ten nial Pa rade will bea grand cel e bra tion of Oklahoma and themany con tri bu tions we’ve made to ag ri cul -ture, en ergy, avi a tion, sports, sci ence, and, of course, en ter tain ment,” said Blake Wade,Oklahoma Cen ten nial Com mis sion executive director.

Pre sented by the No ble Cor po ra tion, theOklahoma Cen ten nial Pa rade is de signedaround the theme “Cel e brate Oklahoma! AUnique His tory, An Ex traor di nary Fu ture”and will fill down town Oklahoma City’sstreets with pro fes sion ally de signed floats,gi ant, he lium-filled bal loons of state iconsand chil dren’s fa vor ite char ac ters, per for -mance groups, ce leb ri ties, and march ingbands. More than 3,500 vol un teers fromaround the state will as sist.

Mu si cal groups cho sen to par tic i pate in -clude the Oklahoma All-Star Cen ten nialBand, the Pride of Oklahoma Band (OU), theCow boys March ing Band (OSU), LangstonUni ver sity March ing Pride Band, and bandsfrom Bro ken Ar row High School, Altus High

School, Konawa High School, WilburtonHigh School, and Ant lers High School. TheOklahoma Cen ten nial Massed Pipes andDrums will also march.

“Thou sands of Okla ho mans will line thestreets of Oklahoma City, mak ing theOklahoma Cen ten nial Pa rade the larg estgath er ing in state his tory,” said Lee AllanSmith, chair of Cen ten nial Pro jects andEvents. “One can al ready feel the ex cite ment lead ing to this mo men tous event.” Hun -dreds of thou sands of spec ta tors are ex -pected to watch the pa rade on OETA’snetwork, which will broad cast the eventstate wide.

There will be plenty of op por tu nity tocatch a glimpse of the Cen ten nial Pa radeas it winds its way through down town be -gin ning at 2 p.m. The two-mile-long routebe gins near Stage Cen ter, at WestSheridan and North Hud son. The pa radepro ceeds east on Sheridan to Rob in son. AtRob in son, the pa rade will turn right, pro -ceed south to Reno, and then turn left andmove east to E. K. Gaylord Bou le vard. AtReno and Gaylord, the parade will turnleft, move north up North Broad way, andend at North west Eighth.

The Cen ten nial Pa rade is free and opento the pub lic. For more in for ma tion aboutthis and other Oklahoma 2007 Cen ten nialpro gram ming around the state, go on lineto <www.okcentennialparade.com>.

American Spirit Band at the Rose Pa rade (photo cour tesy Jerry Hymer and Oklahoma

Cen ten nial Com mis sion)

Oklahoma Historical SocietyPublications Division

Dianna Everett, Ph.D., EditorLinda D. Wilson, Assistant Editor

William E. Siemens, Graphic Artist

Membership Office: Alma Moore405/522-5242

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As I age, I be come more and more awareof the im por tance of mem ory.

The mem o ries of my par ents and grand -par ents, ex tended fam ily, school, friends,ad ven tures, and my wife and son are pow -er ful im ages that con nect me with a sense of place, es pe cially Chickasha, Claremore,Edmond, Weatherford, Stillwater, Wood -ward, Oklahoma City, and the en tire stateof Oklahoma.

This grow ing ap pre ci a tion for mem ory has had an im pact on the way I do my job. Moreand more, I look for ways that col lec tions,pro grams, and mu seum ex hib its con nectwith mem ory.

When I be came dep uty di rec tor of theOklahoma His tor i cal So ci ety in 1989, oneof the first pro jects I em pha sized was thede vel op ment of a col lec tion and ex hibit onthe his tory of tele vi sion broad cast ing inOklahoma. To day, the His tory Cen ter con -nects vis i tors with their mem o ries of Fore -man Scotty, Ida B, Betty Boyd, and LeeWoodward.

In the early 1990s Sandy Stratton and Iwere work ing on a pro ject in Elk City whenwe de toured into an an tique shop on theedge of town. There, we found an old, beatup cot ton sack that was stained red andcov ered with patches from old over alls andjeans.

I bought it for $20 and gave it to the So ci -ety. Why? Be cause for me, that cot ton sack was a con nec tion with a mem ory of sto ries

I have heard about my grand par ents com -ing to Oklahoma in 1925 to pick a cot toncrop in Grady County. The fact that theystayed and raised a fam ily, in clud ing theireighth child, my mother, meant that we be -came Oklahomans.

This last year, the His tory Cen ter hasopened the doors to more col lec tions thatbridge our cur rent lives with mem o ries.The Kerr-McGee Col lec tion in cludes pho to -graphs and film foot age of fill ing sta tionsopened across the South west in the 1960s. I re mem ber my teen age sense of state pride when my mother would stop at aKerr-McGee Sta tion on Route 66 in Ar i zona on our way to Disneyland.

When Danny Wil liams took a tour of thecom pleted His tory Cen ter, he de cided topart with one of his prized pos ses sions, his3D Danny uni form. It now is on ex hibit inthe main gal lery, con nect ing baby boom ers with their mem o ries of space ad ven ture inthe 1950s.

Last month, when more than 6,000 peo -ple vis ited the His tory Cen ter on one daydur ing SeptemberFest, they were treated to a walk ing, talk ing Bazark the Ro bot, 3DDanny’s faith ful side kick on those ad ven -tures. There were tears in the eyes of a fewvis i tors as they in tro duced their grand chil -dren to one of their child hood memories.

As we move into the sec ond cen tury ofOklahoma state hood, we will con tinuebridg ing that gap be tween shared mem oryand the pres ent day. We will do that withnews pa pers, pho to graphs, film, ar ti facts,ex hib its, pro grams, and publications.

Yes, as I age, I be come more and moreaware of the im por tance of mem ory. It issome thing that binds us to gether in a place we call Oklahoma.

By Bob L. BlackburnExecutive Director

Director’sColumn

New Members, August 2007*indicates renewed membership in a higher category

LifeMrs. Mary Brett, Tulsa

AssociateVin cent Orza, Oklahoma CityPaula Brown Pretlow, Orinda, CA

FriendJohn A. and Yvonne Bed ford, AdaGordon Chipukites, Cush ingJoel N. Cous ins, MuskogeeJim Dan iel, Oklahoma City*Ste phen B. DeVaughn, Enid*Lee Eslicker, Tulsa*Doyle Fenn, Manvel, TX*Philip J. Fickling, San Diego, CA*Rob ert Fugate, TulsaDon and Saramay Gib son, Oklahoma City*Ron ald and Barbara Grider, Northridge, CA*Nadine Hol lo way, Oklahoma CityRay mond and Debra Homer, Fletcher*James G. Palmer and Billie Rodley, Oklahoma CityRoland Tague, Oklahoma City

FamilyMr. and Mrs. Ray Ashworth, Edmond*Royce and Joyce Bender, AlvaMike Birdsong, Choc tawZeb and Laura Bowles, KonawaMr. and Mrs. James A. Boyd, Mid west City*Car o lyn Burkes, Oklahoma CityMary Jane Calvey, Oklahoma CityTraci Chap man, Mus tangRich ard and Cheryl Clifton, Oklahoma City*Herschal and Betty Crow, Altus*Rob ert and Sa rah L. Dorman, EdmondGayle L. Edmondson, Mi amiCarolee A. Galbraith, Oklahoma CityJohn W. and Barbara J. Grif fin, IndiahomaGeorge Halkiades, Bartlesville*Pat and Rob ert Heidlage, ClaremoreMark and Terri Hightshoe, Coweta*Stan and Pa tri cia Hoig, Edmond*Teddy R. Hollis, Ar ca dia*Rudolph and Jean Hutton, Spencer*Di ane Karnuth, Bro ken Ar rowJa cob and Gay Langthorn, Edmond*Ken McGee, Mar low*Vir ginia Minton, EdmondJimmie Nolen, Oklahoma CityDa vid and Mar i lyn Nunneley, Bro ken Ar rowThomas M. Osborn, Mi ami*Barry L. Redlinger, Tulsa*Charles E. Rob erts, Sac ra mento, CAMary Sanchez, TulsaHer bert Steves, EdmondMr. and Ms. Gary Sullaway, EdmondOwen and Su san Sutter, Oklahoma City*Frank lin and Shir ley Talley, Tecumseh

(Con tin ued on page 3)

Development NewsBy Tim Zwink

In just a few weeks, we will be cel e brat ingour state’s 100th birth day. To com mem o rate this his toric oc ca sion, we are again work ingwith McDowell In cen tives to cre ate theOklahoma Past-Times Cal en dar for 2008—asecond Cen ten nial Edi tion. This sec ond Cen ten nial Calendar will fea ture sig nif i cant peo pleand events in Oklahoma history.

Once again, the dis tinc tive cal en dar will high light nu mer ous ex clu sive pho to graphs spe -cially se lected from the Oklahoma His tor i cal So ci ety col lec tions of more than two mil lionim ages. In ad di tion, the cal en dar will in clude in ter est ing his tor i cal dates and no ta ble fes ti -vals and events through out the state in 2008. Like the pre vi ous edi tions, this cal en dar willpres ent many im por tant subjects in Oklahoma history.

These at trac tive cal en dars make won der ful, unique gifts for spe cial oc ca sions such asbirth days and Christ mas. And this year you can give a cal en dar as an Oklahoma Cen ten -nial com mem o ra tive pres ent to a friend, a fam ily mem ber, or even yourself.

This year the Oklahoma Past-Times Cal en dar for 2008 will be avail able in the OHS GiftShop at the Oklahoma His tory Cen ter. You can also place an or der by con tact ing the GiftShop at 405/522-5214 or on line at <www.okhistory.org>.

MeetingsIn Oklahoma City the Oklahoma Ge ne a -log i cal So ci ety’s monthly meet ing will beheld on Mon day, Oc to ber 1, 2007, at 6 p.m. in the Ches a peake Events Cen ter at theOklahoma His tory Cen ter, 2401 NorthLaird Ave. OHS em ployee Ralph Jones, su -per in ten dent of the Honey Springs Bat tle -field Site, will dis cuss “Trans-Mis sis sippiCivil War Bat tles.” His pre sen ta tion willcover the bat tles in In dian Ter ri tory, south -east ern Kan sas, south west ern Mis souri,and north west ern Ar kan sas. At ten dees will re ceive sev eral hand outs re lat ing to the ge -ne a log i cal re sources per tain ing to those ar -eas as well as a tour ing map of that re gion’s Civil War sites and mark ers. The OHS Re -search Cen ter will be staffed and re mainopen un til 7:45 p.m. that eve ning. (Spe cial to ML)

EventsDuncan’s Stephens County Mu seum &Fuqua Park will be the venue for the an -nual Au tumn Fes ti val and Quilt Show.The 29th an nual Quilt Show will takeplace on Fri day from 1 to 5 p.m. and Sat -ur day from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The fes ti valon Sat ur day will fea ture an tique cars and trac tors, farm ma chin ery, live en ter tain -ment, a pie sale, and a bar be cue. For in -for ma tion call 580/252-0717 or go to<www.duncanok.org>. (Special to ML)

En joy tra di tional Ger man fare and an au -then tic Ger man Biergarten at theOktoberfest on Oc to ber 6 in down townEnid. On Sat ur day from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. you can eat brat wurst while you watchfes tive danc ing and lis ten to the mu sicpro vided by lo cal and re gional bands. Forinformation call 580/234-052 or go to<www.mainstreetenid.org>. (Spe cial to ML)

Erik’s an nual Roger Miller Fes ti val willbe held on Oc to ber 27 from 9 a.m. to 5:30p.m. The event in cludes out door mu si calen ter tain ment and free ad mis sion to theRoger Miller Mu seum, as well as craft and food booths, chil dren's ac tiv i ties, and acar show. Call 580/526-3332 for in for -ma tion. (Spe cial to ML)

For a change of pace, at tend Stroud’sKing Ar thur Faire on Sat ur day andSunday, Oc to ber 6 and 7, from 10 a.m. to6 p.m. Full-con tact joust ing, liv ing his -tory pre sen ta tions, sword fight ing, ar ti -sans, live mu sic, and danc ing will roundout the events pre sented at the Me di evalVil lage at the King Ar thur Faire Site.Group rates are avail able. For more,call918/968-0459. (Special to ML)

Cel e brate Will Rog ers’s 128th birth daybe gin ning at 10 a.m. on Fri day, No vem -ber 2, at the Dog Iron Ranch, lo catednorth east of Oologah. The event, hostedby the Oologah Cham ber of Com merce,the Oologah His tor i cal So ci ety, and theWill Rog ers Me mo rial Mu seum, is free tothe pub lic. Also, on Fri day at 2 p.m. theCher o kee In dian Women’s PocahontasClub will give a trib ute and re cep tion atthe Will Rog ers Me mo rial Mu seum inClaremore. And, plan to at tend the WillRog ers Day Pa rade on Sat ur day, No vem -ber 3, at 10 a.m. The pa rade route will bealong Will Rog ers Blvd. in Claremore. Call 918/906-7258 or 918/343-8129. (Spe cial to ML)

The Overholser Man sion, 405 Northwest15th St. Oklahoma City, will be host ing Boo-oodles of Fun on Sunday, Oc to ber 28,from 1 to 3 p.m. Chil dren of all ages willen joy an ex cit ing cos tume pa rade, sto ry -tell ing from pe riod reenactors, and con -tests in Vic to rian chil dren’s games. Thecos tume pa rade will be gin at 1:30 p.m.,fol lowed by the book read ing at 2 p.m. Af -ter par tic i pat ing in the games, at ten deescan spend the af ter noon dec o rat ingpump kins. Chil dren’s tick ets are $5; ac -com pa ny ing adults are ad mit ted free.

Phone 405/528-8485 or send e-mail tooverholsermansion@earthlink.net>.(Spe cial to ML)

Hugo’s Agriplex will be the venue for Bal -loon Days on Fri day and Sat ur day, Oc to -ber 19 and 20. Fam i lies will sa vor fallweather and the fes ti val that will in cludegames, live en ter tain ment, arts andcrafts, bal loon rides, car ex hibit, and food ven dors. The event will also fea ture a Ju -nior Bal loon ist’s Com pe ti tion. Tele phonethem at 580/326-3633 or send e-mail to<amyd@balloonsoverhugo.com>. (Spe cial to ML)

Plan to at tend down town Wynnewood’s4th An nual Pumpkinfest on Sat ur day,Oc to ber 27, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thefun-packed day’s events will fea ture awitch cack ling con test and a Hal low eencos tume con test. Chil dren’s ac tiv i ties,crafts, car show, and food ven dors areplanned. Call 405/665-4466 or e-mail<wynnewoodokla@sbcglobal.net>. (Spe -cial to ML)

Guthrie, lo ca tion of the for mer ter ri to rialand state cap i tal, will be host ing sev eralOklahoma Centennial events. The GuthrieCen ten nial Com mit tee is spon sor ing atwo-day Cen ten nial Wild West Show at theTy ler Blount Foun da tion Ro deo Arena atthe Lo gan County Fair grounds on Oc to ber13 and 14. The show will fea ture Wild Westper for mances, horse-drawn hitch teams,trick rop ing and rid ing, and other west ernskills. For more info call 405/282-1947 or visit <www.guthrieok.com>. On Oc to ber20 the Guthrie Cen ten nial Com mit teeand the Guthrie Scot tish Rite MasonicCen ter will pres ent a his toric dra ma ti za -tion of the 1907 Con sti tu tional Con ven -tion at the Scot tish Rite Tem ple, lo catedat 900 East Oklahoma St. Guthrie. Tele -phone 405/282-1281 or send an e-mailto <gsrite@sbcglobal.net> for ad di tionalde tails. (Spe cial to ML)

Call for PapersThe Mis souri Val ley His tory Con fer ence

is is su ing a call for pa pers or pan els in allar eas of his tory for their an nual meet ing tobe held March 6–8, 2008, in Omaha, Ne -braska. Pro posal ab stract and one-page vi -tae are due Oc to ber 17, 2007. For ward toProf. Maria S. Arbelaez, Pro gram Chair,Mis souri Val ley His tory Con fer ence, Dept.of His tory (ASH 287L), Uni ver sity of Ne -braska, Omaha, NE 68182. In clude anSASE for ac knowl edg ment that your pro -posal was re ceived. If you have ques tions,e-mail <marbelaez@mail.unomaha.edu>.(Spe cial to ML)

New Mem bers, Cont'd.

Charles and Pa tri cia Tate, ArdmoreMr. and Mrs. Har old C. Theus, Yu kon*Ben and Bonnie Walkingstick, Chan dlerCleta White, West Mon roe, LADr. Kyle Wood, BixbyMr. and Mrs. Wil liam Woodard, Bartlesville*James and Nancy Yoch, Nor man

In di vid ualLynn R. Atterbery, Ponca CityKathryn Bamberger, Co lum bus, OHJim Barlow, AdaBoulton Foun da tion, Oklahoma CityMichelle D. Bouthillette, Al ice Springs, Aus tra liaA. But ler, EdmondWanda Chilton, Oroville, CA

Mar i lyn Downs, Oklahoma CityGarrett B. Drummond, Livermore, CADon Dycus, Nor manMat thew Ed wards, Stanton, TNRenate A. Fairweather, Oklahoma CityJuanita L. Grif fin, DavidsonEliz a beth Hines, Oklahoma CityRon Hood, TulsaEd ward Hunnicutt, DurantGerry Jack son, EdmondAngela Lock, Choc tawDr. Jane Marcellus, Murfreesboro, TNBetty R. Mar tin, Mid west CityCharles Ming, EdmondDr. Phyl lis J. Parker, Sebastian, FLRoyse Parr, TulsaJames Pate, Ad di sonJennifer Paustenbaugh, StillwaterWanda N. Raper, StillwaterKeith Rapp, Tulsa

Jo Ratliff, TulsaDr. Sue A. Rice, Ponca CitySally Schwenk, Kan sas City, MORuth Self, New cas tleLinda Simpson, Wil sonAl ice Ma rie Steele, Granada Hills, CABen Stefanek, EdmondRon Stone, Hous ton, TXMaurene Stuckey, WeatherfordDonnie Ward, Denison, TX

In sti tu tionalEdmond Me mo rial High School Li brary, EdmondOld State House - ED Di rec tor, Lit tle Rock, ARDr. Car o lyn Pool, Edmond

Hidden Collections . . .The Vinnie Ream Hoxie Collection

By Larry O’DellIn 1929, through the ef forts of an

Oklahoma His tor i cal So ci ety em ployee,Cza rina Conlan, the OHS re ceived an im -por tant col lec tion from a na tion ally ac -claimed sculp tor. The Vinnie Ream HoxieCol lec tion (82.101) in cluded the art ist’s per -sonal items and ar chi val ma te rial do natedby her hus band, Bri ga dier Gen eral Rich ardHoxie.

Ac cord ing to the De cem ber 1929 is sue of The Chron i cles of Oklahoma, do na tion’sthree-di men sional items in cluded a bust ofGen eral Al bert Pike, a bust of Elias C.Boudinot, a plas ter mask of Fran cis Wil lard,and a sign from the art ist’s stu dio. The OHSRe search Di vi sion holds the manu script ma -te rial, in clud ing cor re spon dence be tweenConlan and the gen eral. Vinnie Ream’s

brother, Rob ert, mar ried a Chick a saw,Anna Guy, sis ter of Chick a saw Na tion Gov -er nor Wil liam Guy. As Conlan had at -tended school with Rob ert and Anna’sReam’s daugh ter, this Oklahoma con nec -tion en abled the His tor i cal So ci ety to ac -quire the col lec tion.

Vinnie Ream, born in 1850 in Wis con sinTer ri tory, moved with her fam ily to Wash -ing ton, D.C., dur ing the Civil War. There,at age fif teen she worked as a clerk for theU.S. Postal Ser vice and soon ap pren ticedwith sculp tor Clark Mills. As the warneared its end, Pres i dent Abra ham Lin colnal lowed Ream thirty min utes a day tosculpt an im age of him while he worked.Af ter Lin coln’s as sas si na tion Con gressawarded Ream a con tro ver sial $10,000com mis sion to ex e cute a sculp ture of thelate pres i dent. She be came the youn gestper son and the first woman com mis sionedby the gov ern ment for such a pro ject. Overthe course of her ca reer she cre ated stat -utes and busts of Ad mi ral Da vid Glas gowFarragut, Franz Liszt, Gustave Doere, Wil -helm von Kaulbach, Thaddeus Stevens,Ulys ses S. Grant, John C. Frémont, Hor ace Greeley, John Sherman, and many oth ers.Two of her works stand in Na tional Stat u -ary Hall in the Capitol Build ing of Wash -ing ton, D.C. One is Iowa Gov er nor Sam uelKirkwood, and the other is Sequoyah, al -though she died be fore do ing much workon the lat ter. George Zolnay com pleted thebronze of Sequoyah. In 1878 Ream mar ried Hoxie. In 1914 she died af ter bat tling se -vere kid ney dis ease.

The Ream col lec tion con tains news pa per and mag a zine ar ti cles about the art ist thatdate to 1881 as well as in ter est ing mem o ra -bilia, in clud ing a 1912 in vi ta tion to a me -mo rial ser vice for Abra ham Lin coln, the ad -dress de liv ered in 1881 by D. W. Voorhees for the un veil ing of the Farragut statue, and Ream’s French lan guage ex er cise book.There is some cor re spon dence and an in -vi ta tion to a Col o nel Adair to visit Reamand her hus band, as well as her call ingcard and other in vi ta tions. Also in cludedare some books and pam phlets from herli brary, many on the his tory of Oklahoma. Ream was also in ter ested in mu sic, andher pa pers in clude mu sic in struc tion andsongbooks, one that has six songs withmu sic writ ten by her. Gen eral Hoxie alsoin cluded sev eral pho to graphs to aug mentthe col lec tion. Ma te rial from the life of thisre mark able and many times con tro ver sialwoman can be ac cessed at the OklahomaHis tory Cen ter in the John and El ea norKirkpatrick Re search Cen ter.

The Cher o kee Strip Re gional Her i tageCen ter Mu seum is re sum ing its pro gram -ming with lec tures sched uled for Oc to ber.The venue is now the mu se um’s an nex inEnid’s Oakwood Mall.

Wednes day, Oc to ber 10, Glen McIntyreof the Her i tage Cen ter staff will con tinue hisOklahoma His tory Lec ture se ries with a talkon Oklahoma pre his tory. He’ll place spe cialem pha sis on the Spiro Mounds culture infar east ern Oklahoma but will add in for -ma tion on the Burnham and Coo per ar -chae o log i cal sites that are in northwestern Oklahoma. This lec ture be gins at 12 noonand is free and open to the pub lic.

At 12 noon on Tues day, Oc to ber 16,Dr. Bob Brooks, di rec tor of the OklahomaAr chae o log i cal Sur vey will give a lec tureen ti tled “Mounds to Mam moths,” whichcov ers Oklahoma prehistory. Again, thislec ture is free and open to the pub lic.

At 1 p.m. on Sat ur day, Oc to ber 20,Lynn Carmichael will host a wheat weav -ing sem i nar. There is no charge for at -tend ing, but those who wish to par tic i pateby do ing some wheat weav ing them selveswill be charged a fee of $7 to cover the ma -te ri als, which Carmichael will pro vide.Those who wish to pay the $7 fee for thema te ri als should pre reg is ter by con tact ing

Glen McIntyre at 580/237-1907. The sem -i nar will last un til ap prox i mately 3 p.m.

All of these events will take place in theCher o kee Strip Re gional Her i tage Cen ter’sMall site in the north east cor ner ofOakwood Mall at 4125 West Owen K.Garriott. Any one wish ing to learn moreabout these pro grams is ad vised to con tact McIntyre.

As noted in pre vi ous is sues of Mis tle toeLeaves, the Cher o kee Strip Re gional Her i -tage Cen ter will main tain its mu seum ser -vices in the Oakwood Mall un til thereopen ing of the re fur bished fa cil ity, forwhich ground was bro ken in Sep tem ber.

Lecture series set for Cherokee Strip Museum’s annex in Enid’s Oakwood Mall

Above: Celtic Praise Dance Troupe (K. Corder photo).

Pi o neer woman and cow boy at SeptemberFest 2007 (K. Corder

photo).

SeptemberFest 2007 drawsrecord attendance

More than 12,000 Okla ho mans crowdedthe grounds of the Oklahoma His tory Cen ter on Sep tem ber 1 for the an nual Cen ten nialSeptemberFest ac tiv i ties, ac cord ing to theOklahoma Mu seum of History’s di rec tor,Dan Provo. In door at ten dance num bered6,000.

The La bor Day week end pro vided an op -por tune date for the venue, as fam i liescame out in droves to en joy the goodweather, the food, the liv ing his tory pre -sen ta tions, and the crafts demonstrationsbe fore go ing to the sta dium or home towatch the OU and OSU foot ball games that evening.

The Oklahoma His tor i cal So ci ety col lab -o rates with the of fice of Oklahoma’s FirstLady, in this case, Kim Henry, for the an -nual event, which is also held on thegrounds of the Gov er nor’s Man sion, across Twenty-third Street from the His toryCen ter.

Phillips Home web site receives award from museums organization

The Oklahoma Mu se ums As so ci a tion has an nounced the win nersof its 2007 An nual Awards Pro gram. The Frank Phillips Home has re -ceived an award for its out stand ing new web site, which may be seenat <www.frankphillipshome.org>. Packed with in for ma tion, pho tos,and mov ies, the web site of fers some thing to in ter est all ages. JimGoss, director/curator gives credit to web de signer Sandy Lee:“Sandy has done a re mark able job of cap tur ing the spirit and his toryof the Home for peo ple to en joy world wide.”

The awards rec og nize out stand ing achieve ment by mu se ums andin di vid u als through out the state dur ing the past year. Award cat e go -ries in clude ex hi bi tions, pro mo tional piece, pub li ca tion, web site,news let ters, con ser va tion pro jects, and ed u ca tion pro grams. Thecom pe ti tion is di vided into four bud get cat e go ries. In ad di tion, cer tif i -cates of rec og ni tion honor the con tri bu tions of an in di vid ual, group,or busi ness to Oklahoma mu se ums or to a spe cific mu seum orcom mu nity.

Award re cip i ents were hon ored at a lun cheon on Sep tem ber 28 atthe Elk City Civic Cen ter in Elk City. The lun cheon was part of theOklahoma Mu se ums As so ci a tion’s an nual state wide con fer ence.

The State His toric Pres er va tion Of fice(SHPO) ap pre ci ates the many out stand -ing pro grams and pro jects in Oklahomacom mu ni ties that are help ing pro tectthe state’s her i tage and wants to ac -knowl edge these im por tant ac com plish -ments. Know some one who re ha bil i tated an im por tant his toric build ing in yourcom mu nity? Worked with a ded i catedgroup of vol un teers to save a his toricprop erty? En joyed a walk ing tour in ahis toric dis trict? These and many morepro jects and ac tiv i ties con trib ute to thepres er va tion of Oklahoma’s ar chae o log i -cal and his toric prop er ties. Help theSHPO rec og nize the many pres er va tionsuc cess sto ries across the state.

The SHPO is now ac cept ing nom i na tions for the 2008 Shirk Me mo rial Award for His -toric Pres er va tion and the SHPO’s Ci ta tionof Merit. The dead line for nom i na tions is 5p.m., Fri day, De cem ber 7, and can di dateswill be no ti fied in Feb ru ary 2008 about there sults of the se lec tion pro cess.

The awards will be pre sented at the ban -quet dur ing Oklahoma’s 20th An nual State -wide Pres er va tion Con fer ence in Ponca City(June 4–6, 2008).

The Shirk Me mo rial Award for His toricPres er va tion is pre sented for his toric pres -er va tion pro grams or ac tiv i ties that havehad state wide im pact. The SHPO’s Ci ta tion of Merit is awarded for note wor thy ac com -

plish ments in his toric pres er va tion at thestate or lo cal level.

The SHPO will ac cept nom i na tions inei ther elec tronic for mat or hard copy. Tore quest forms and in struc tions, con tactShea Otley at 405/521-6249 or send ane-mail to <sjotley@okhistory.org>. Orob tain the in for ma tion on the internet at <www.okhistory.org/shpo/shpom.htm>(se lect “Pro grams” and then “Awards”).

If you have ques tions about the awardscri te ria, tele phone Melvena Heisch at405/522-4484 or send her an e-mail at<mheisch@okhistory.org>.

Help the SHPO recognize Oklahoma’s preservation successes

Register now for SHPO’s December workshopsThe Oklahoma State His toric Pres er va tion Of fice (SHPO) is pleased to an nounce the

sched ule for its an nual fall work shop se ries. Each work shop is de voted to one of theSHPO’s fed eral pres er va tion pro grams and is de signed for pres er va tion pro fes sion als, gov -ern ment agency rep re sen ta tives, and con cerned cit i zens. The ses sions will be heldWednes day, De cem ber 5 through Fri day, De cem ber 7. The Wednes day ses sions will beheld in the Cen ten nial Room, Skirvin Hilton Ho tel, 1 Park Av e nue, Oklahoma City (pre-reg -is tra tion re quired), and the Thurs day and Fri day ses sions will be held in the Class room,Oklahoma His tory Cen ter, 2401 N. Laird, Oklahoma City (just north east of the StateCapitol). There is a $35 per per son reg is tra tion fee for the Wednes day work shops (see be -low). The Thurs day and Fri day ses sions are free, but the SHPO re quests that you reg is terby 5 p.m., Wednes day, No vem ber 28. Space is limited for all sessions and will be reservedon a first-come ba sis. The work shop sched ule is as fol lows:

De cem ber 5 (9:30 a.m. – 12 noon) Fed eral and State Tax In cen tives for Re ha bil i tat ing His toric Build ings

In this work shop par tic i pants will learn about the fed eral and state in vest ment taxcred its for cer ti fied re ha bil i ta tion of a cer ti fied his toric struc ture. A de tailed dis cus -sion of the His toric Pres er va tion Cer tif i ca tion Ap pli ca tion, Parts 1, 2, and 3 will guideown ers and de vel op ers in suc cess fully pre par ing the in for ma tion needed for the StateHis toric Pres er va tion Of fice to re view the pro ject and for the Na tional Park Ser vice tocer tify it. This ses sion is de signed as a stand-alone work shop or as a com pan ion toGuide lines for Re ha bil i tat ing His toric Build ings.

De cem ber 5 (1:30 – 4:30 p.m.) Guide lines for Re ha bil i tat ing His toric Build ings

This half-day work shop is ded i cated to a thor ough dis cus sion of the Sec re tary ofthe In te rior’s Stan dards and Guide lines for Re ha bil i ta tion. Gen er ally re ferred to asThe Stan dards, these com mon-sense prin ci ples are widely used in the his toric pres er -va tion field. Whether you are in volved in a re ha bil i ta tion pro ject for the 20 percentfed eral and 20 percent state tax cred its, plan ning a re ha bil i ta tion pro ject funded withfed eral as sis tance, serv ing on a lo cal his toric pres er va tion com mis sion, or just want -ing to know the best ap proach to re ha bil i tat ing your his toric pri vate home, you willfind this ses sion in valu able. It is de signed as a stand-alone work shop or as a com pan -ion to Fed eral and State Tax In cen tives for Re ha bil i ta tion.

De cem ber 6 (9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.) The Sec tion 106 Re view Pro cess: A Work shop for Agency Of fi cials and Cul tural Re source Man age ment Con sul tants

Sec tion 106 of the Na tional His toric Pres er va tion Act pro vides that federal agen ciesmust con sider the ef fect of their un der tak ings on ar chae o log i cal and his toric prop er -ties listed in or el i gi ble for the Na tional Reg is ter of His toric Places. Top ics ad dressed in this day-long work shop in clude the ba sic re quire ments of Sec tion 106, the reg u la -tions that went into ef fect Au gust 5 which gov ern the pro cess, how to de ter mine Na -tional Reg is ter el i gi bil ity, what con sti tutes ad verse ef fects, mit i gat ing ad verse ef fects,and stream lin ing Sec tion 106 re view.

De cem ber 7 (9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.) Work ing with the Na tional Reg is ter of His toric Places

The Na tional Reg is ter of His toric Places is the foun da tion of the SHPO’s pro grams,and a ba sic un der stand ing of the reg is ter is es sen tial for those in volved in his toricpres er va tion at all lev els of gov ern ment and in the pri vate sec tor. The work shop pro -vides de tailed in for ma tion about the Na tional Reg is ter cri te ria, what list ing means,the rights of prop erty own ers in the nom i na tion pro cess, tips for pre par ing suc cess fulnom i na tions, and much more.Reg is tered ar chi tects who at tend these work shops can qual ify for Amer i can In sti tute of

Ar chi tects Con tin u ing Ed u ca tion Sys tem (AIA/CES) learn ing units. If you have ques tionsabout work shop con tent, please con tact Melvena Heisch at 405/522-4484 or by e-mail at<mheisch@okhistory.org>.

To reg is ter for any or all of the work shops con tact Shea Otley at 405/521-6249 or<sjotley@okhistory.org>. Spe cial re quire ments will ap ply to reg is tra tion for the Wednes -day, De cem ber 5 ses sions, and those de tails will be pro vided upon re quest or can be ob -tained at <www.okhistory.org/shpo/shpom.htm> (se lect “Events” then “Spe cial Events”).

Halloween adventure tourof Oklahoma at OHS sitesSpooky tales and ghostly meanderings

are on the cal en dar for Oc to ber 2007events at OHS his toric homes and sites.Plan to go to each of these events dur inglate Oc to ber, and you will learn a good dealabout real (and imag ined?) his tory!

Paw nee Bill Ranch His toric Site willpres ent “Ghost Sto ries at the Man sion” onthe eve ning of Oc to ber 20. It is ru moredthat the shades of some of the his torichome’s orig i nal oc cu pants have been spot -ted on the pre mises. The ranch is lo cated at 1411 Paw nee Bill Road, just out side oftown. It’s dark out there at night! Call thestaff for de tails: 918/762-2513.

Fort Washita’s staff will of fer “Walk ingGhost Sto ries Tours” of the old fort area onOc to ber 24 through 27. Many of the ru insof the orig i nal Fort Washita re main as partof the his toric site. Fort Washita His toricSite is lo cated at 3348 State Road 199 nearDurant and Madill. Are there supernaturalhap pen ings there af ter dark? Ask the staffat 580/924-6502.

On Oc to ber 25 through 28 in the vi cin ity of Fort Towson, “Ghostly Doaksville” willcreep back to life. Doaksville, a pre–CivilWar Choc taw Na tion town, was founded inthe 1820s and was served by steam boatsply ing the Red River. Who knows whatrowdy, phan tas ma go ric en ti ties lurk in there mains of Ghostly Doaksville? The staff ofFort Towson His toric Site knows. Call580/873-9385.

The George M. Murrell House at ParkHill will re prise its “Ghost Sto ries” event onOc to ber 26 and 27. Yarn spin ners will re -gale you with tales about the ghostly past of the Murrell House, of Cher o kee County,and of var i ous other lo ca tions. The ad dressis 19479 East Murrell Home Rd., Park Hill.Call 918/456-2751 for more in for ma tion.

Call or e-mail in ad vance for in for ma tionabout pre reg is tra tion, ad mis sion fees, andage con sid er ations. More in for ma tion maybe found at <www.okhistory.org>.

AGAIN! By popular demand, another Victorian Style ShowNovember 3

Third’s a charm. The Vic to rian Style Show, sec ond edi tion, drew stand ing-room-onlycrowds, and a third show has been sched uled for Sunday, No vem ber 3, at the OklahomaHis tory Cen ter. The spe cial show cel e brates 100 years of womens (and men’s andchildren’s) fash ions, 1820s–1920s. Hors d'oeuvres will be served. There will be a pe riodsutlery (place to shop) on site. The show be gins at 1:30 p.m. and con tin ues un til 4:30. Res -er va tions must be made by Oc to ber 15. Con tact Kelsey Ar nold, OHS Out reach Di vi sion at405/522-0692 or by mail at 2401 North Laird Ave., Oklahoma City, OK 73105.

OHS Faces . . . Glen Roberson, Coordinator of Certification of Local Government Programs for SHPO

In July 2000 Glen Roberson joined the OHS staff to workin the State His toric Pres er va tion Of fice (SHPO) as co or di na -tor for the cer tif i ca tion of lo cal gov ern ment pro grams. Heworks with cit ies that have his toric pres er va tion or di nancesthat em power the cit ies to iden tify and to pro tect his toricsites and struc tures. Lo cal ur ban gov ern ments can gar nerfed eral money through grants from the Na tional Parks Ser -vice. Other du ties in clude co or di nat ing the Oklahoma Cen -ten nial Farm and Ranch Pro gram and serv ing as li brar ianfor the SHPO office, located in the Oklahoma History Center.

Roberson stated that he grew up near Dalhart, Texas,where his fa ther, For rest Roberson, who called him self a rancher, worked a largefarm/small ranch and raised wheat and cat tle. Dur ing the Ko rean War his mother, Mary,worked as su per in ten dent and prin ci pal for a small school in Hartley, where she alsocoached the boy’s bas ket ball team for one year. Glen re called spend ing many hours on aJohn Deere trac tor and haul ing hay. At age eigh teen he left home and at tended North west -ern Oklahoma State Col lege at Alva. He even tu ally trans ferred to Oklahoma State Uni ver -sity and re ceived his doc tor ate in 1977. His dis ser ta tion, “City on the Plains: The His tory ofTulsa, Oklahoma,” was pub lished un der the ti tle City in the Osage Hills: Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1984. Dur ing his col lege years he took a se mes ter off and worked on a shrimp boat in theGulf of Mex ico. The hard man ual la bor and the smell quickly brought him to his senses,and he returned to college.

He thor oughly en joys his tory. When asked by Mis tle toe Leaves what he did out side hisOHS job, he said that he was teach ing three courses at the Uni ver sity of Oklahoma. In ad -di tion to an Amer i can his tory sur vey class, he in structs two up per-level courses, His tory ofthe Great Plains and Ur ban West of the Twen ti eth Cen tury. He also likes to re search andwrite. He wrote a chap ter en ti tled “The Home less Peorias,” which was printed in anOklahoma His tor i cal So ci ety pub li ca tion, Oklahoma’s For got ten In di ans (1981), and hashad ar ti cles pub lished in his tor i cal jour nals. Through the years he has been an ad junct in -struc tor at Rose State Col lege, Oklahoma City Com mu nity Col lege, and the Uni ver sity ofCen tral Oklahoma. Out side the his tory field he has worked as a re search an a lyst, per form -ing his tor i cal re search on eco nomic cy cles for Merrill Lynch, and has operated his owninvestment company.

Three years ago Roberson was a sin gle fa ther. Then he mar ried a long-time ac quain tance named Fran, who works for a non profit or ga ni za tion. Be tween the two of them, they havefour grown chil dren and four grand chil dren.

Gift Shop News by Russ Haynes

Hello from the gift shop! It is fall and foot ball sea son, but it is also time for the an nual GiftShop pre-Christ mas sale. On Fri day, Oc to ber 26 and Sat ur day, Oc to ber 27 the Gift Shopwill have se lected items on sale for 25% to 75% off the re tail price. Come and get some ofyour Christ mas shop ping done for those his tory lov ers on your list! By the end of No vem berthe an nual pub li ca tions cat a log should also be ar riv ing in the mail boxes of those of you who live out of town or out of state. Here are a few of the newer books we have for sale here in thestore.AMERICAN FRONTIER LAWMEN, 1850–1930, by Charles Rob in son. Num ber 96 in Os prey Pub lish ing’s Elite se ries. Dis cusses the men who shaped law and or der in the “Wild West.” De scribes how, where, and whythese law en force ment of fi cers op er ated as they did. In cludes 8 pages of color re con struc tions. 72 pages.Pa per back. $17.95

ONCE UPON A HIGHWAY: Route 66 in Oklahoma, by John Cal vin Womack. Brings to the viewer and readera re mark able and pro voc a tive re cord of sights and places along old Route 66 in Oklahoma. In cludes over150 sketches of var i ous land marks found along the high way. Signed by the au thor/art ist. 162 pages. Hard -back. $36.95

ASTRONAUTS, ATHLETES, & AMBASSADORS: Oklahoma Women from 1950–2007, by Glenda Carlile. In -cludes bio graph i cal pro files and ac com plish ments of 27 dif fer ent Oklahoma women. 250 pages. Pa per -back. $16.95

BLOOD & TREASURE: Con fed er ate Em pire in the South west by Don ald Frazier. De scribes how Con fed er atetroops tried to cap ture the South west to ex tend the South ern em pire and pres ents new in ter pre ta tions of alit tle-known as pect of the Civil War. Exhaustively re searched, Blood & Trea sure is the de fin i tive ac count ofthe New Mex ico cam paign. 361 pages. Pa per back. $21.95

To or der please use the or der form in cluded, or you can call us at 405/522-5214. Pleasemake checks pay able to the Oklahoma His tor i cal So ci ety. Over seas mem bers must e-mailfor a ship ping quote be fore sub mit ting an or der. For ques tions and sug ges tions call ore-mail <giftshop@okhistory.org>. Thanks once again for your pa tron age. We look for ward to hear ing from each of you.

Have brunch on October 13and help restore the

Seay Mansion The an nual Seay Man sion So ci ety Lun -

cheon will be held this year on Oc to ber 13at the King fisher County Fair grounds,Thir teenth Street and Bow man in King -fisher. View ing of beau ti fully dec o rated ta -bles be gins at 9:30 a.m. Each ta ble has aper sonal host ess who dec o rates it in a dis -tinc tive style, with beau ti ful dishes,flaatware, cen ter pieces, and ta ble lin ens.

The din ing event will be gin promptly at11 p.m. It will be fol lowed by an en ter tain -ing and in for ma tive pro gram. There will bedraw ings for prizes, and guests are sure toleave with ideas for dec o rat ing their ownta bles for din ner par ties dur ing the com inghol i day sea son.

The goal of the brunch is to raise moneyfor the restoration of the Seay Man sion, lo -cated in King fisher across the street fromthe Chis holm Trail Mu seum.

Cost of the event is $10 per per son. Fortick ets call the Chis holm Trail Mu seum at405/375-5176.

GIFT SHOP ORDER FORM

QTY TITLE PRICE

SUBTOTAL

LESS 10% FOR OHS MEMBERS

OKLA. RESI DENTS ADD 8.375%SALES TAX

SHIP PING/HAN DLING (see chart)

TOTAL

Name

Ad dress

City State Zip

Check (in clude cur rent D.L.# and exp. date)

Money Or der/Mas ter card/Visa

Credit Card No. & Exp. Date

Sig na ture SHIPPING/HANDLING (US only) $ .00 to $15.00 = $4.50 $5.01 to 30.00 = $5.50

$30.01 to 50.00 = $6.50 $50.01 to 775.00 = $7.50 $ 75.01 to 100.00= $10.00

PERIODICALS

Oklahoma Historical Society2401 N. Laird AvenueOklahoma City, OK 73105-7914

ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED

Vol. 38, No. 10 October 2007

Fort Gibson designated official Trail of TearsNational Historic Trail site

Ceremony planned for October 13 during Fall Encampment On Sat ur day, Oc to ber 13, Fort Gib son His toric Site will be des ig nated as an of fi cial

site of the Trail of Tears Na tional His toric Trail. The route in cludes places that fig uredin the re moval of the Cher o kees from the South east ern United States in the late1830s. Mem bers of the Trail of Tears As so ci a tion as well as rep re sen ta tives from theCher o kee Na tion, the Na tional Park Ser vice, and the Oklahoma His tor i cal So ci ety willbe pres ent for the cer e mony.

The His toric Trail des ig na tion com prises an im por tant part of the an nual Fort Gib -son Fall En camp ment. Troops of the 1840s will once again gar ri son the his toric in -stal la tion for the 2007 edi tion of the event, set for Fri day, Oc to ber 12 and Sat ur day,Oc to ber 13. The event por trays fron tier gar ri son life in the later part of the In dian Re -moval pe riod. Liv ing his tory pre sent ers will en camp in and around the log fort to show vis i tors the roles played by the U.S. Army In fan try, the Dragoons, and var i ous ci vil -ians at tached to the army dur ing the 1840s.

Planned pre sen ta tions will in clude mounted and in fan try dem on stra tions, black -smith ing, med i cine, cook ing, and mil i tary jus tice. Sev eral ci vil ian pre sent ers will por -tray life in the Cher o kee, Creek, and Sem i nole nations. Fri day, Oc to ber 12 will be setaside as Ed u ca tion Day. Classes may visit the site from 10 a.m. through 3 p.m. to ex -pe ri ence the pre sen ta tions.

The Fall En camp ment is pre sented by the Oklahoma His tor i cal So ci ety and theSixth In fan try Liv ing His tory As so ci a tion. Fort Gib son His toric Site is on State High -way 80 in Fort Gib son, OK. Ad mis sion will be free Fri day and Sat ur day in rec og ni tionof the Oklahoma Cen ten nial. For more in for ma tion call 918/478-4088 or e-mail<fortgibson@okhistory.org>.

Sixth In fan try As so ci a tion at drill (Staff photo).

Paw nee Bill Ranch hosts Oc to ber quilt show and work shops

Dur ing the en tire month of Oc to ber the Paw nee Bill Ranch and Mu seum hosts itsAn nual Quilt Show. The ex hibit fea tures his toric and mod ern quilts.

A Her i tage Skills Work shop is sched uled for October 13 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.This year the fol low ing classes are of fered: Dutch-oven cook ing; black smith ing; nat u -ral dye ing; corn-husk doll and flower mak ing; can dle mak ing; bas ket mak ing; flintknapping; soap mak ing; and tra di tional pi o neer games.

Reg is tra tion takes place from 8:30 to 9 a.m., and classes be gin at 9 a.m. Pre reg is -tra tion is re quired. Work shop fees, based on a par tic i pant’s choice of classes, re flectthe kinds of sup plies used in the class. The fees are rea son able, how ever, and mosthave a com pleted pro ject for the cre ator to take home.

A Vic to rian Crazy Quilt Workshop will be of fered on Oc to ber 4 from 6:30 to 9 p.m.Par tic i pants must bring a pair of fab ric scis sors and a thimble and any special fab ricsthey would like to use in the quilt. All other sup plies will be fur nished. Pre reg is tra tionand pre pay ment are re quired. Staff will pres ent the his tory of crazy quilt ing and alsode scribe the quilt’s uses in fash ion, dec o ra tion, and gifts.

Call 918/762-2513 to en roll.

OHS October events1-31 Inspired to Lead: First Fam i lies of Oklahoma, Oklahoma His tory Cen ter (OHC)1-31 The Chi nese Ex pe ri ence in Oklahoma, Oklahoma Mu seum of His tory, OHC1-31 Cen ten nial Quilt Chal lenge Con test and Ex hibit, Oklahoma's Pi o neer ing

Spirit, 1907–2007, Pi o neer Woman Mu seum, Ponca City14 Oklahoma Cen ten nial Pa rade, Oklahoma City; Brunch, OHC13 1907 Fash ion Show and Tea, George M. Murrell House, Park Hill20 Tat ting Work shop with Judy Banashek, Chis holm Trail Mu seum Musem,

King fisher25 Vol un teer Ap pre ci a tion Ban quet, Mu seum of His tory, OHC