Frontier Country, Oklahoma
Big-sky country begins in central Oklahoma, where the Southern Plains start their majestic roll to the Pacific Ocean. Novelist Washington Irving rode across these prairies in 1828 in search of adventure -- and travelers find it still. Oklahoma City, the largest in the state, is an easy-going patchwork of city and country, both down-home and cosmopolitan. The 1889 Opening of the Unassigned Lands, better known as the Land Rush, brought farmers, entrepreneurs and dreamers from all over the world here to stake their claims to brand-new towns -- ones that grew from handfuls of railroad workers to towns of 100,000 overnight. The population was a heady mix, and still is today. Each year Oklahoma City hosts the Red Earth Native American Cultural Festival, the world's largest powwow, as well as Asian, Greek and Hispanic festivals filled with traditional music, food and dancing. Czech farmers planted wheat farms in Oklahoma Territory -- and inaugurated colorful festivals in Prague and Yukon, where Czech delicacies like kolaches and kielbasa sausage are celebrated.
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Jim Thorpe Birthsite Monument
JAMES FRANCIS THORPE, SAC AND FOX INDIAN NAME OF WA-THO-HUCK "BRIGHT PATH." BORN MAY 22, 1887, SOUTH OF PRESENT-DAY PRAGUE. ATTENDED HASKELL INDIAN SCHOOL, KANSAS AND CARLISLE INSTITUTE, PENNSYLVANIA WHERE HE EXCELLED IN FOOTBALL AND TRACK. AT 1912
Prague, OK MonumentsJohnson-Yinger-Young House
National Register of Historic Places This two-story white clapboard home was built in 1897 by H.F. Johnson as a simple territorial "four square" home. In 1905
Chandler, OK Historic HomesThe Moore-Lindsay House Historical Museum
This gracious Queen Anne style house, built in 1900, was purchased by the city of Norman in 1971. Focusing on the history of Cleveland County from the Land Run of 1889 to Statehood in 1907, the house was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
Norman, OK MuseumsPleasant Valley School
Pleasant Valley School, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is the oldest one room school still in operation in Oklahoma. On September 11, 1899, Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Zuck sold the property on the southeast corner of 19th and Sangre Road to the Board of Education for $5
Stillwater, OK Historic SchoolhousesCimarron Trails Golf Course
Cimarron Trails Golf Course is a public 18 hole course with driving range and practice green. This 18
Stillwater, OK Golf CoursesChandler High School
National Register of Historic Places Built by the WPA in 1942 of native limestone.
Chandler, OK Historic BuildingsOutdoor Murals
"Wewoka Switch" - artist, Kenneth & Edwana Gayler Located between 3rd and 4
Wewoka, OK ArtsOklahoma Museum of Higher Education
Old Central is on the National Register of Historic Places. The oldest building on campus, several rooms have been restored to look as they did in 1894
Stillwater, OK MuseumsOklahoma State University Tours
Oklahoma State University's main campus in Stillwater enrolls approximately 20,000 students in 8
Stillwater, OK Tours