Homestead Museum

Some of the items in the museum came from the people who came by covered wagon to homestead in what is now Ellis County, Oklahoma in the the late 1890s and early 1900s.

There are household items (tables, pie cabinet, bed, dishes, more), personal items (powder boxes, watches, mirrors, more), clothes, toys, salt & pepper collection, and much more.

Sheet music from both World War I and II, original Oklahoma state song, song books from the 1800s, old instruments, more.

On the grounds are old forges, hose drawn farm equipment and more.

There is a list of Ellis County veterans from Civil War to present day, war medals, uniforms, emblems, more.

Old newspaper accounts on natural Disasters of Northwest Oklahoma

We have school momentos which include: school souvenirs from Pre-Oklahoma statehood, pictures of Ellis County rural schools that are no longer in existence, letter jacket from early 1940, school books from rural schools and much more.

The Gift Shop has handmade wooden items, wooden toys, hand crochet items, and more.