Author: theactivehistorian
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Stafford Air & Space Museum: Weatherford, OK
Hey, friend! Welcome back to another post. Today, I want to show you around the Stafford Air & Space Museum in Weatherford, Oklahoma. Let’s get stared! Museum History In 1993, the Stafford Air & Space Museum was built in Weatherford, Oklahoma. The museum had actually begun two decades earlier in…
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Blair Cabin: Weatherford, OK
Hey, friend! Welcome back to another post! Today, I want to tell you about the oldest building in Weatherford, Oklahoma – the Blair Cabin. Let’s get started! The Blair Cabin was built in the late-nineteenth century by hunters or trappers. William Blair later discovered the empty cabin and moved in.…
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Cherokee Strip Museum & Rose Hill School: Perry, OK
Hey, friend! Welcome back to another post. Today, I want to show you around the Cherokee Strip Museum and the Rose Hill School. Let’s get started! The plaque above reads: “The Cherokee Strip opened at noon on September 16, 1893, in the largest land run in history. By horse, train,…
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Philbrook Museum of Art: Tulsa, OK
Hey, friend! Welcome back to another post. Today, I want to show you around the Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Let’s get started! Visiting the Philbrook has been on my ‘Museum Bucket List’ for a few years now, but I never had driven up there. While I was…
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