CATOOSA

TULSA PORT OF CATOOSA-ARKANSAS W ATERW AY MUSEUM 3 miles north of Tulsa on US-169 (exit 46th Street North) 5350 Cimarron Road; Catoosa, Oklahoma 74015; 918/266-2291 . . The head of navigation for the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System, Tulsa's port links the Arkansas River with 25,000 miles of inland waterways stretching from the Gulf of Mexico and the Mississippi River to the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway. Museum features artifacts and memorabilia representing development of the waterway.

CHANDLER

LINCOLN COUNTY MUSEUM OF PIONEER HISTORY 717 Manvel Avenue; Chandler, Oklahoma 74834; 405/258-2425 Rt. 1, Box 160-A Exhibits and displays highlight more than 4,000 artifacts representing pioneer life in Lincoln County. Collections of frontier marshal Bill Tilghman and pioneer movie news photographer Benny Kent are also included. Museum has a children's touring marionette theater. CHECOTAH

HONEY SPRINGS BATTLEFIELD SITE 1863 Honey Springs Battlefield Road (4 mi NE of Checotah off Bus-69 in Rentiesville) 918/473-5572 Site of the territory's largest Civil War battle; this "Gettysburg of the West" involved Black, Hispanic, and Indian soldiers. Monuments and interpretive signs on site. (Site under development. )

KATY DEPOT CENTER US-69 and US-266, Paul Carr Drive P.O. Box 721; Checotah, Oklahoma 74426; 918/473-6377 Wooden MKT depot from 1890 houses local artifacts, railroad memorabilia. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. CHELSEA

OKLAHOMA'S FIRST OIL WELL HISTORICAL SITE 1 mile south and 4 miles west of Chelsea off US-66; 918/789-2220 Replica of an old-fashioned oil well proclaimed as the state's first non-commercial oil well.

HOGUE HOUSE 1 block west of SH-66 1001 S. Olive; Chelsea, Oklahoma 74016; 918/789-2220 Drive-by photo opportunity of the only known Sears Roebuck-constructed home west of the Mississippi, built for the owner's father in 1913. CHEROKEE

ALFALFA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY US-64 and SH-8, 102 E. Main Street P.O. Box 201; Cherokee, Oklahoma 73728; 580/596-2960 Early Alfalfa County life, from the Land Run of 1893. Former hotel houses Cherokee Strip memorabilia, old-fashioned kitchen, school room, printing press, and war items.

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