The Cherokee Strip Land Run - Robert Cooke, 1998 Northwest wall at 6th and College
Alva, OK ArtsThe 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 ChurchesA World War II POW Camp was located just south of Alva in the 1940s. More than 5,000 prisoners were interned at a time when the population of Alva itself was only 3,500.
Alva, OK Military HistoryThe Alva Centennial Marker ( 1893 - 1993) is "dedicated to the Cherokee Outlet's pioneers whose sacrifices made the prairie bloom and provided the descendants with a proud heritage."
Alva, OK Historical MarkersOn a 160 acre homestead claim of 1902, the "little white house" was built in the early 1920s by Joseph Feerer. Through the...
The Sandstone Creek Project was the world's first upstream flood prevention project. It was the first complete watershed trea...