The Alva Friends Church was established in 1901 and located at this spot in 1919 as Alva's first Church. The Fire Bell was Fire Bellplaced in this church in Wichita, Kansas, in 1893, and was moved to Alva, Oklahoma, in 1895.
Alva, OK Historic ChurchesNorthwestern Oklahoma State University Museum houses one of the top taxidermic bird collections in the United States and also has natural history exhibits, fossils, and Indian artifacts.
Alva, OK MuseumsIn 1975 the Cherokee Strip Museum Association acquired the former Alva City Hospital building with its 40 rooms to house one of Oklahoma's best collections of pioneer exhibits. Several of the rooms are set up to display specific period artifacts. * Gun Room * Hat Room * Drug Store *
Alva, OK MuseumsThe Cherokee Strip Land Run - Robert Cooke, 1998 Northwest wall at 6th and College
Alva, OK ArtsLocated in the Cherokee Cemetery is a distinguishable memorial marker to James Potts, an early day cowboy who was shot by his...
In the 1920s, Lew Wentz was the owner of the largest one-man oil company in the world. but to many Ponca City children, he wa...