Annual Chisholm Trail Living History
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Event Details
Living History demonstrations with about 40 encampments, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
* Open to all schools on Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Public events on Saturday
* On-going Re-enactments all day - 9 am - 5 pm
* Bobbin Lace - Millinery - Tatting - Spinning - Weaving
* Shootouts - Native Dancing - Chuck Wagon Cook - Civil War
* Encampment - Medicine Man Show -Ongoing demonstrations all day
Annual Chisholm Trail Living History
Phone : 405-375-5176 (Always call and confirm events.)
Email Address : ctokmuseum@gmail.com
Web: www.kingfisher.org
Reenactments
Attractions and Upcoming Events
Outdoor Murals
"Kingfisher, OK" (Main Street) - artists, Palmer, Ellison, Nix, Stone, and town folk Newspaper Bldg., Southeast corner of Main and Roberts
Kingfisher, OK ArtsLand Office Building/ Post Office
This was the United States Land Office site for filing claims at the opening of "Old Oklahoma," April 22, 1889, and also at the opening of the Cheyenne and Arapaho lands on April 19, 1892. J.C. Roberts was the first Register, and J.V. Admire, the first Receiver.
Kingfisher, OK Historic BuildingsCole Cabin
A more ordinary settler family was that of Samuel and Dorothy Cole. They built this cabin southeast of Hennessey in 1890. It was built of oak logs cut on the farm and hauled to the building site in a wagon drawn by a yoke of oxen.
Kingfisher, OK Pioneer HistoryChisholm Trail Museum
The Chisholm Trail Museum, named for Jesse Chisholm, is situated directly on the Chisholm Trail and presents artifacts from the historic Chisholm cattle trail. See, first hand, items and their history and Kingfisher's place within.
Native American Artifacts
Kingfisher, OK Museums