On Thursday, November 10, the Elk City Museum Complex is providing a rare opportunity for visitors interested in learning more about the history of Western Oklahoma’s American Indians. From 3:00-4:30 pm, Chief Wilbur Bullcoming and other members of the Cheyenne Tribe will be present at the tepee, located east of the Farm and Ranch Museum, to teach visitors about Cheyenne history, belief systems, and way of life through traditional storytelling.
49th Annual WOHS Flea Market. September 30, October 1, and October 2, 2022. Ackley Park, 2600 W. 3rd, Elk City, Oklahoma
Elk City, Oklahoma now has live 24/7 cameras around town presented by Leadership Elk City Class VII and sponsored by many of our great local businesses.
By Landry Brewer. This October marks the 60th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis. And as the world approached the brink of nuclear war during those 13 days in October 1962, Oklahoma played a prominent role in the nation’s nuclear deterrent.
I am a deltiologist. Now don’t go thinking I am some kind of fancy scientist because what I am is a collector of postcards and not just any postcards but postal greeting cards mailed during the years of 1905-1915.
A stroll through Lone Oak Cemetery near Sayre, Oklahoma, will reveal the graves of several veterans, among them a number of graves of Confederate soldiers.
Oklahoma became a state in 1907, more than forty years after the Civil War and miles from most of the action, so it is a bit surprising that so many Civil War veterans are buried in western Oklahoma cemeteries.
