406 EAST OKLAHOMA AVENUE
GUTHRIE, OKLAHOMA 73044
405.282.1889
G A L L E R Y
"Oh Nellie hurry up
the pan cakes,
Wife do not be
so slow,
And we will go to
Oklahoma
Where the milk
and honey flow"
the pan cakes,
Wife do not be
so slow,
And we will go to
Oklahoma
Where the milk
and honey flow"
| Arkansas City Republican Traveler April 25, 1889 |
Our first floor exhibit, the Oklahoma or Bust Gallery, contains a
detailed history of the land known as Oklahoma from the time of
the Louisiana Purchase and the establishment of Indian Territory
in 1825, through the passage of the Organic Act in 1889. That
move on the part of the United States government led the way
for the Land Run of 1889 which gave birth to Guthrie. Four
additional land runs opened up the Sac and Fox lands in 1891,
the Cheyenne and Arapaho lands in 1892, the Cherokee Outlet
in 1893 and the Kickapoo land in 1895. The history of the Five
Tribes of Oklahoma is interwoven in the dialog along with African
American culture resulting in the successful development of this
land and its eventual inclusion as the forty-sixth state.
The Oklahoma land runs were heralded as monumental events
in the history of the United States. Newspapers all around the
nation printed stories about the determined settlers who moved
to Oklahoma. Tales are told of the Boomers and the Sooners,
of railroads and tent cities, and of the business people and
pioneer families who forged the rivers carrying all they owned
from the eastern cities to the red dirt land of Oklahoma.
Displays in this gallery contain numerous artifacts that typify the
kinds of things settlers would have brought to their new
home in their wagons, on the trains and on the backs of their
horses during the land runs that established many the cities
and towns that thrive today in the State of Oklahoma.
detailed history of the land known as Oklahoma from the time of
the Louisiana Purchase and the establishment of Indian Territory
in 1825, through the passage of the Organic Act in 1889. That
move on the part of the United States government led the way
for the Land Run of 1889 which gave birth to Guthrie. Four
additional land runs opened up the Sac and Fox lands in 1891,
the Cheyenne and Arapaho lands in 1892, the Cherokee Outlet
in 1893 and the Kickapoo land in 1895. The history of the Five
Tribes of Oklahoma is interwoven in the dialog along with African
American culture resulting in the successful development of this
land and its eventual inclusion as the forty-sixth state.
The Oklahoma land runs were heralded as monumental events
in the history of the United States. Newspapers all around the
nation printed stories about the determined settlers who moved
to Oklahoma. Tales are told of the Boomers and the Sooners,
of railroads and tent cities, and of the business people and
pioneer families who forged the rivers carrying all they owned
from the eastern cities to the red dirt land of Oklahoma.
Displays in this gallery contain numerous artifacts that typify the
kinds of things settlers would have brought to their new
home in their wagons, on the trains and on the backs of their
horses during the land runs that established many the cities
and towns that thrive today in the State of Oklahoma.
Walking to Oklahoma
on April 22, 1889
on April 22, 1889
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Items from everyday life
Flow Blue Bowl
| Banner carried by David L. Payne on an incursion into Indian Territory |
| Fashionable ladies dress |