The Tonkawa belong to the Tonkawan linguistic family that was once composed of a number of small sub-tribes that lived in a region that extended west from south central Texas and western Oklahoma to e... In 1997, the Tonkawa Historical Society purchased a building in downtown Tonkawa to house a museum. Ideally located directly across from Centennial Park, the McCarter Museum of Tonkawa History was opened on July 4th, 1997. The innovative interior layout was designed to tell a series of "stories." Tonkawa, OK Museums
The Cherokee Strip Centennial Marker located in Centennial Park is dedicated to the people who loved the land and settled this area during the Cherokee Strip Land Run of 1893
Tonkawa, OK MemorialsThe Land of Hope Statue and Kay County War Memorial are located on the Courthouse Lawn. ...