Vol. 47, No. 1 Published monthly by the Oklahoma Historical Society, serving since 1893 January 2016

“Find Your Park” at an Oklahoma National Historic Landmark

In 2016 the National Park Service (NPS) turns one hundred They built this house four miles south of Tahlequah in 1845. years old. To celebrate its centennial, the NPS wants to connect It is a two-story, weather-boarded, Federal-style house with a with and create the next generation of park visitors, supporters, native limestone foundation. The Murrell Home is nationally and advocates. A key piece of this effort is the “Find Your Park” significant as an example of the style of houses built by Cherokee public awareness campaign. The National Park Service invites leaders during the postremoval period of Indian Territory. you to find your park as they redefine what the word “park” Honey Springs Battlefield, means to all of us. It could be a place, a feeling, or even a state located at 101601 South 4232 of mind. And it does not have to be in the grand parks of the Road in Checotah, McIntosh West—it could be in your own community. This is where National and Muskogee Counties, was Historic Landmarks (NHLs) play an important role in the NPS designated a National Historic Centennial. There are twenty-two National Historic Landmarks Landmark in 2013. The Battle in Oklahoma, and most of them are accessible to the public. of Honey Springs on July 17, For information about the NHL designation and a complete list, 1863, occurred within the con- consult Tomorrow’s Legacy: Oklahoma’s Statewide Preservation text of the American Civil War. Plan at www.okhistory.org/shpo/stateplan.htm or the NPS It was the climax of a devastating concurrent civil war within website at www.nps.gov/nhl. the Cherokee and Muscogee (Creek) Nations, which was rooted The Oklahoma Historical Society owns five National Historic in their pasts and key to the futures of all five of the Indian na- Landmarks that are all open to the public. We invite you to tions removed from the southeastern United States to Indian “Find Your Park” at these Oklahoma NHLs: Territory. The battle was by far the largest Civil War engagement Fort Gibson, located at fought in Indian Territory, and Indian men fought as members 907 North Garrison in Fort of national regiments, both Union and Confederate. Also, it was Gibson, Muskogee County, was the largest and among the first engagements in which black designated a National Historic troops served as Union soldiers. Landmark in 1960. Established Sequoyah’s Cabin, located in 1824 under the command of at 470288 Highway 101 in General Matthew Arbuckle, the Sallisaw, Sequoyah County, post was named for Commissary was designated a National General George Gibson. The Historic Landmark in 1965. War Department abandoned Located eleven miles northeast the fort in 1890. In 1938 the Works Progress Administration of present-day Sallisaw, the reconstructed the stockade buildings. The fort is of national one-room log cabin was built significance because it served as the end of the Trail of Tears circa 1829. In 1936 a stone traveled by the Five Civilized Tribes removed from the southern cover building was constructed over the cabin to protect it. It is United States during the 1830s and 1840s, and as the hub for nationally significant as the home of Sequoyah, also known as both military and civilian administrative programs implemented George Guess or Gist, the inventor of the eighty-five character by the federal government on the Great Plains frontier. Cherokee syllabary. Fort Washita, located at 3348 Visit a National Historic Landmark then connect with the State Road 199 in Durant, National Park Service Centennial. Let the world know about Bryan County, was designated Oklahoma’s National Historic Landmarks by using social media a National Historic Landmark with these hashtags: #FindYourPark, #EncuentraTuParque, in 1965. General Zachary #FindYourHeritage, and #NationalHistoricLandmark. You Taylor established Fort Washita can share your story at www.findyourpark.com/share and in 1842. The fort is nationally encourage others to do the same. Using the #FindYourPark significant as the post that hashtag on Twitter and Instagram also will automatically provided protection for the share your story on www.findyourpark.com. Get inspired by Chickasaws and Choctaws against the nomadic Comanche the “Find Your Park” YouTube channel, where you can view and Apache tribes, and as a way station for travelers along the short, inspirational videos explaining what the NPS Centennial southern route of the Butterfield Overland Trail. is celebrating and what “Find Your Park” means. You also can George M. Murrell Home, watch messages from Centennial Ambassadors. Visit www. located at 19479 East youtube.com and type “Find Your Park” in the search bar. Murrell Home Road in Park For more information please contact NPS Historical Architect Hill, Cherokee County, was Tom Keohan at 303-969-2897 or [email protected], or the designated a National Historic Intermountain Region’s Centennial Coordinator Katie Dahle at Landmark in 1974. Virginian 303-987-6701 or [email protected]. George M. Murrell married If you have questions about National Historic Landmarks Cherokee Principal Chief John in Oklahoma, please call 405-521-6249 or email mheisch@ Ross’s niece Minerva in 1834. okhistory.org. and outreach. When talking about the ef- New Members, November 2015 fectiveness of the deputy director, I often use the metaphor of keeping the wheels *Indicates renewed memberships at a on a car speeding around a track. higher level That critical role has been ably filled for the past eight years by my deputy director Associate *David and Dianne Hunter, Edmond Tim Zwink. He is the model of consis- *Gordon Williams, Norman Director’s tency, thoroughness, and patience. Much column of the credit all of us at the OHS receive Friend is due to the efficiency and personal Merrill Burruss, Geary Randy Buttram, Oklahoma City leadership of Tim. Jim and Carolyn Clark, Oklahoma City It is with a mixture of sadness and *Josephine Decker, Muldrow gratitude that I am announcing his *Dallas Ferguson, Tulsa *Pat Ferry and Betta Carney, Little Rock, AR retirement at the end of January. Bill and Carolyn Hines, Oklahoma City Tim has been a true partner in all I do. Philip Hixon, Owasso We meet first thing every morning before *Craig Margo, Oklahoma City *Emma Rose Moore, Vinita 8 a.m., punctuated by our ritualized for- *Norma Noble, Oklahoma City By Dr. Bob L. Blackburn mal address of “Hello, Dr. Zwink,” followed *Stephen Parker, Oklahoma City Dale and Phyllis Regier, Yukon Executive Director by “Hello, Dr. Blackburn.” Throughout *Carl and Debby Rubenstein, Oklahoma City the day he keeps lists of the issues we I often write about the power of part- need to discuss, whether in person or Family nerships, usually in the context of other on the telephone if I am out across the William and Jane Adrian, Bartlesville Steve Allen, Nashville, TN organizations that share our mission for state. We pull others into the conversa- Michael Anduss, Yukon collecting, preserving, and sharing Okla- tion when needed, walk through various Lou Antonio, Burbank, CA homa history. scenarios, and make decisions about the Andy and Marilyn Artus, Oklahoma City Ford Austin, Sherman Oaks, CA The power of partnerships also applies next steps to be taken. It is a perfect ex- Isaac Baker, Tulsa to the operational side of what we do at ample of collaboration and a blending of Charles Barnett, Tyler, TX skill sets. Trafton Barney, Oklahoma City the Oklahoma Historical Society. I have K. K. Barrett, Los Angeles, CA been fortunate to work with many gifted Tim will not sever his association with Bryan and Coco Beasley, Los Angeles, CA partners over the years, including board the OHS. He has offered to come in when Rob Beckley, Broken Arrow Marshall Bell, Los Angeles, CA members, colleagues on the staff, and needed, especially when a new deputy Trent Bell, Norman volunteers. director steps into his office, and he will Byron Berline, Guthrie One partnership that is crucial to the continue to participate in historical proj- Charles Blackwell, Tulsa Scott Booker, Edmond efficient operation of the organization is ects and programs. Still, it will not be the David Box, Oklahoma City the working relationship between the ex- same when he is gone. Colin Bray, Oklahoma City Yes, I often write about the power of Keith Brewer, Oklahoma City ecutive director and the deputy director. Michael Brewer, Powersite, MO On a daily basis there are count- partnerships, but my partnership with Kelli Haney-Brady, Norman less problems to be solved, details to be Tim has been special. Here is a tip of my Andy Brown, Oklahoma City Derek and Rachel Brown, Oklahoma City checked, and processes to push down the hat to a man who has been a dedicated Shaun Brown, Oklahoma City track. The deputy director sifts through leader, a trusted advisor, and a good R. C. Bullock, Moore those details, recommends action, and friend. Crosley Burns, Oklahoma City Charles and Barbara Burton, Oklahoma City gives the executive director time to focus Ann Calhoun, Nashville, TN on goals, friend-making, communication, Larry Cannon, Franklin, TN Carla Cannon-Shelby, Hollis

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Development News Oklahoma Historical Society By Larry O’Dell Membership Office: Alma Moore 405-522-5242 [email protected]

A new year has arrived and the future of Mistletoe Leaves (USPS 018-315) is published monthly by the Oklahoma Historical Society, 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive, Oklahoma City, OK 73105- the Oklahoma Historical Society looks bright. 7917. Periodicals postage paid at Oklahoma City, OK. (ISSN 1932-0108)

There are concerns about budget shortfalls and a tightening state budget, but we continue POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Mistletoe Leaves, 800 Nazih fulfilling our mission of collecting, preserving, and sharing the state’s history in new and Zuhdi Drive, Oklahoma City, OK 73105-7917. innovative ways. As this column has stated many times, our exhibits, programs, events, By authorization of the Oklahoma Historical Society’s Board of Directors, 6,000 copies are prepared at a cost of $1,276 each month. The and educational opportunities are funded by money we earn or the generous donations of publication is financed in part with federal funds from the National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior. our constituency. Contents and opinions do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Oklahoma Historical Society or the United States Department of Last year the OHS completed some great projects. These include completing the the Interior. Mention of trade names does not constitute endorsement or recommendation by either organization. Crossroads of Commerce exhibit at the History Center, celebrating the History Center’s Mistletoe Leaves is published for the members and friends of the Oklahoma Historical Society in partial fulfillment of the Society’s tenth anniversary, distributing and sharing Century Chest materials and stories, garnering purpose to “perserve and perpetuate the history of Oklahoma and its funding for the Oklahoma Museum of Popular Culture (OKPOP), adding new exhibits and a people, to stimulate popular interest in historical study and research, and to promote and disseminate historical knowledge.” Visitor Center at Fort Towson, planning for the new Honey Springs Visitor Center, hosting The public and OHS members are encouraged to submit heritage- related items for publication. Students and teachers are invited to share Patti Page exhibits across Oklahoma, creating new exhibits at many OHS sites, holding studies and programs and to duplicate contents as desired. Editors are welcome to reprint materials with credit. national screenings of The Daughter of Dawn, and releasing the first OHS album,Let’s Play, All Oklahoma Historical Society facilities are for the education and enjoyment of all. State and federal regulations prohibit unlawful Boys!: Rediscovered Songs from Bob Wills’ Personal Transcriptions. discrimination in state and federally assisted programs on the basis of race, color, national origin, and/or handicap. Visit our website at www.okhistory.org/support/giving to choose which part of the OHS Anyone denied benefits should contact the grievance manager of mission you wish to support. There also are planned giving and endowment opportunities the Oklahoma Historical Society, 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive, Oklahoma City, OK 73105-7917, telephone 405-522-8989, and/or the director, for long-range giving. Feel free to contact me with any questions at [email protected] or Office of Equal Opportunity, United States Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C. 20240. 405-522-6676.

2 and students from the jump school will 2005, the Woody Guthrie Fellowship seeks Events be on hand to answer questions about to encourage unique exploration into the the team. Many WWII veterans will be in life and legacy of one of the most influen- Visit the Plains Indians and Pioneers attendance, including WASPs (Women tial folk musicians in American history, Museum in Woodward and enjoy a new Airforce Service Pilots), who will be Woody Guthrie. The BMI Foundation, in exhibit of artwork by Lane Kendrick. The honored that afternoon at a wing pinning cooperation with the Woody Guthrie Cen- exhibit opens with a reception from 2 to ceremony for the jump school students. ter, will award up to $5,000 for scholarly 4 p.m. on Saturday, January 9, and will The Frederick Regional Airport is located research at the extensive Woody Guthrie be on display until Saturday, February east of US Highway 183, just south of Archives, a paper-based research reposi- 6. Many of Kendrick’s paintings feature Frederick. Open Hangar Day will take tory located in Tulsa. Scholars pursuing American Indian and Western cultures, place from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Please call research related to Guthrie’s life, histori- legends, and folklore. Kendrick combines 580-305-2289 for more information. cal context, creative works, and musical nature with American Indian spiritual legacy, as well as his philosophical, politi- beliefs. She also helps to support military The Trail Dance Film Festival in Duncan cal, or humanistic ideals, are encouraged programs like Wounded Warrior, the showcases emerging Oklahoma filmmak- to apply for this prestigious fellowship. Patriot Guard, Folds of Honor, and Honor ers and many independent filmmakers For the first time this year, applications Flights, making her work available to be from around the world. Attend this free for the Woody Guthrie Fellowship may used as fundraisers for their programs. film festival on Friday, January 29, and be completed entirely online, no later The Plains Indians and Pioneers Museum Saturday, January 30. Films of various than February 15, 2016 for projects be- is located at 2009 Williams Avenue in lengths, ranging from five minutes to two ginning in Summer 2016. Competition Woodward. Museum hours are Tuesday hours, will be featured. Enjoy films of rules and applications are available at through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. many genres, including animated, action, www.woodyguthriecenter.org/archives/ and admission is free. Please contact Di- comedy, documentary, drama, horror, bmi-fellowship. For more information rector Robert Roberson at 580-256-6136 western, and more. Festivities are open please call 918-574-2710. or [email protected] for more information. to the public and include professional seminars, networking opportunities, live Head to the annual Martin Luther King entertainment, and much more. The Trail Jr. Parade in Tulsa on Monday, January Dance Film Festival will take place at the Announcements 18, at 11 a.m. Join the Tulsa community Simmons Center at 800 Chisholm Trail The Oklahoma Regional Conference of Phi as they honor a legend and celebrate Parkway in Duncan. Inside the Simmons Alpha Theta and the sixty-eighth annual freedom. This event grows each year and Center, films and seminars will be in the meeting of the Oklahoma Association of now includes hundreds of participants Jack A. Maurer Convention Center and Professional Historians will be hosted by with impressive music and parade floats. Theatre. Please call 580-467-8519 for Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee The parade is organized by the Martin more information. Luther King Jr. Commemoration Society on February 26–27, 2016. The primary purpose of the conference is for history of Tulsa, which has been organizing Experience American Indian culture at professionals, faculty, and students to events to honor Dr. King since it formed the Miami Tribal Stomp Dance in Miami share their research and other aspects of in 1979. The parade will begin at North on Saturday, January 30, from 3 to 11:30 their work. All undergraduate, graduate, Detroit Avenue and John Hope Franklin p.m. This intertribal celebration includes and professional historians are invited Boulevard, proceed east on John Hope traditional dancing and is free to attend. to submit papers and panel proposals. Franklin to Greenwood, south through Gourd dancing kicks off the event, fol- The deadline for abstracts is Monday, the Greenwood Business District to lowed by dinner. After dinner, enjoy more February 1, 2016. To submit abstracts Archer, then west on Archer Street to gourd dancing then the stomp dance please email Dr. Glenn Sanders at glenn. Elgin Avenue. Please call 918-307-4942 begins. The Miami Tribal Stomp Dance is [email protected]. Abstracts may be for more information. a family-friendly event where attendees mailed to 500 West University Street, can see spectacular regalia and intricate Shawnee, Oklahoma 74804. Please call Get a glimpse of US military history in dance steps, set to drumbeats and trib- 405-585-4157 for more information. action at the Airborne Demonstration al singing. The stomp dance will be held Team’s Open Hangar Day in Frederick. at the Ottawa-Peoria Building on High- On Saturday, January 23, visit the way 69A in Miami. For more information Do you want your organization’s meet- historic Frederick Army Airfield section please call 918-542-1445. ing, event, exhibit, or announcement of the Frederick Regional Airport for an included in the “Around Oklahoma” sec- exciting day of aviation and military- tion of Mistletoe Leaves? The “Around related displays. In the morning, the Oklahoma” section features Oklahoma WWII Airborne Demonstration Team will Fellowships history and heritage-related activities showcase skills they have learned in or programs sponsored by entities other jump school through authentic WWII- The Woody Guthrie Center and Archives than the Oklahoma Historical Society. era training. Watch the team jumpers in Tulsa is pleased to announce a con- To submit news items, please contact as they make amazing parachute jumps tinued partnership with BMI Foundation Evelyn Brown, assistant editor, by email from a WWII-style C-47 aircraft. Bring to encourage and support academic re- at [email protected] or by mail the entire family to Open Hangar Day to search in its archives. Applications are at 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive, Oklahoma see WWII living history displays, vintage now being accepted for the eleventh an- City, Oklahoma 73105. If you wish a aviation equipment, parachute packing, nual BMI Woody Guthrie Fellowship. The news item to appear in the February military vehicles, combat equipment, filing period for proposals is open until issue, you must submit it by Monday, and era-specific uniforms. Instructors February 15, 2016. First established in January 4, 2016.

3 OHS Activities and Exhibits

Every effort has been made to list February 12 Scout Day, Pioneer Woman Museum, accurate information as available. Other Ponca City events may be added throughout the year. 1-29 Water Policy in Oklahoma exhibit, 12 Beginning soap making class, Museum of the Western Prairie, Altus Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma Check the monthly issues of Mistletoe City Leaves for additions, corrections, and 1-29 Antique Doll exhibit, Fred Drummond Home, Hominy 12 Quilting workshop with Martha Ray, expanded articles. Sod House Museum, Aline Some events require registration or 1-29 Crossroads of Commerce: A History of admission fees. Registration is limited Free Enterprise in Oklahoma exhibit, 15-19 Spring Break Hands-On History Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma activities, Cherokee Strip Regional for some workshops and seminars. Some City Heritage Center, Enid events sponsored by the OHS are held at 1-13 Rooted In agricultural art exhibit, 19 Twenty-ninth annual Family Kite Flite sites other than the property on which Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Day, Spiro Mounds Archaeological the OHS office or museum is located. Center, Enid Center, Spiro Please visit the “Calendar” tab on the 5-7 World War II event, Fort Washita 19 Sixth annual Cowboy Roundup, OHS website, www.okhistory.org, or con- Historic Site, Durant Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City tact the listed site to verify dates, hours, 6 “Red Hats for Valentine’s Day” millinery exact location, admission fees, and other class, Oklahoma History Center, 19 Third Saturday Living History program, Oklahoma City relevant information. George M. Murrell Home, Park Hill 6 Victorian Valentines workshop, 19 Tatting lace making workshop, Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Chisholm Trail Museum, Kingfisher January Center, Enid 20-21 Vernal Equinox Walks, Spiro Mounds Archaeological Center, Spiro 1-31 Charity, Companionship, and Comfort historical quilt exhibit, A. J. Seay 26 Spring Bake Day, Fort Gibson Historic Mansion, Kingfisher Site, Fort Gibson 1-31 Crossroads of Commerce: A History of Free Enterprise in Oklahoma exhibit, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City

9 Quilting workshop with Martha Ray, Sod House Museum, Aline

12-31 Rooted In agricultural art exhibit, Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Enid Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center 13 Brown Bag Lunch and Learn program, Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Enid 10 Brown Bag Lunch and Learn program, Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage 16 Third Saturday Living History program, Center, Enid Spring Bake Day at Fort Gibson George M. Murrell Home, Park Hill 13 Stars and Stripes on their Shoulders 16 Hand quilting workshop with Doris military uniforms exhibit opening, 26 Annual Easter Egg Hunt, Pawnee Bill Booze, Sod House Museum, Aline Chisholm Trail Museum, Kingfisher Ranch, Pawnee

16 Date/Document Your Quilt event, 13 Quilting workshop with Martha Ray, 27 Easter Sunrise Service and Friends Chisholm Trail Museum and A. J. Seay Sod House Museum, Aline of the Pawnee Bill Ranch Association Mansion, Kingfisher Easter Breakfast Fundraiser, Pawnee 20 “History of Black Towns Across Bill Ranch, Pawnee Oklahoma” lecture by Jana Brown, Sod House Museum, Aline 30-31 Fur Trade Rendezvous, Fort Washita Historic Site, Durant 20 Third Saturday Living History program, George M. Murrell Home, Park Hill

20 Tatting lace making workshop, April Chisholm Trail Museum, Kingfisher 1-30 The Works of a Master Storyteller exhibit 27-29 Trappings of the Cherokee Strip exhibit featuring H. Holden, Museum of the of fine Western art and custom cowboy Western Prairie, Altus gear, Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Enid 1-30 Quilt exhibit, Fred Drummond Home, Hominy March 1-30 Living History programs, Sequoyah’s Cabin, Sallisaw Charity, Companionship, and Comfort 1-31 Crossroads of Commerce: A History of 1-30 Crossroads of Commerce: A History of exhibit at the A. J. Seay Mansion Free Enterprise in Oklahoma exhibit, Free Enterprise in Oklahoma exhibit, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma and Chisholm Trail Museum City City 1-26 Trappings of the Cherokee Strip exhibit 1-3 Fur Trade Rendezvous, Fort Washita 16 Tatting lace making workshop, of fine Western art and custom cowboy Historic Site, Durant Chisholm Trail Museum, Kingfisher gear, Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Enid 9 Quilting workshop with Martha Ray, 21 Historic Preservation Review Committee Sod House Museum, Aline meeting, Oklahoma History Center, 9 Brown Bag Lunch and Learn program, Oklahoma City Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage 11 Tom Mix Museum annual membership Center, Enid meeting, Tom Mix Museum, Dewey 10 Time Line living history program— Education Day, Fort Towson Historic Site, Fort Towson

4 January – June 2016

13 Brown Bag Lunch and Learn program, 6 SHPO workshop—Tax Incentives for Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Rehabilitating Historic Buildings, June Center, Enid Bureau of Land Management’s Oklahoma Field Office, Tulsa 1-30 Keep ’em Flying: Seventy-Fifth 15-17 Spring Encampment, Fort Gibson Anniversary of Vance Air Force Base Historic Site, Fort Gibson 6 SHPO workshop—The Secretary’s exhibit, Cherokee Strip Regional Standards and Guidelines for Heritage Center, Enid 16 “History of Oklahoma Poets” lecture by Rehabilitating Historic Buildings, Shawn Holliday, Sod House Museum, Bureau of Land Management’s 1-30 Crossroads of Commerce: A History of Aline Oklahoma Field Office, Tulsa Free Enterprise in Oklahoma exhibit, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma 16 Third Saturday Living History program, 6 May Day Celebration—Education Day, City George M. Murrell Home, Park Hill George M. Murrell Home, Park Hill 1-3 Oklahoma’s Twenty-Eighth Annual 16 Tatting lace making workshop, 7 May Day Celebration—Public Living Statewide Preservation Conference, Chisholm Trail Museum, Kingfisher History Day, George M. Murrell Home, Enid Park Hill 21 Historic Preservation Review Committee 1 Pioneer Kids summer activities, Pioneer meeting, Oklahoma History Center, Woman Museum, Ponca City Oklahoma City 1 Okietales, Oklahoma History Center, 22 Annual 89er Dinner, Chisholm Trail Oklahoma City Museum and A. J. Seay Mansion, Kingfisher 4 World War II Town Social, Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Enid 23 Hat making class, Pioneer Woman Museum, Ponca City 8 Pioneer Kids summer activities, Pioneer Woman Museum, Ponca City 27-29 Oklahoma History Conference, Woodward Conference Center, 8 Okietales, Oklahoma History Center, Woodward Oklahoma City 28 Photo workshop, Pioneer Woman 8 Brown Bag Lunch and Learn program, Museum, Ponca City Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Enid 30 Dutch oven cooking class, Oklahoma May Day Celebration at Murrell Home History Center, Oklahoma City 10-11 Pawnee Bill’s Original Wild West Show, 7 Thirty-Eighth Birthday Bash and Pawnee Bill Ranch, Pawnee Eleventh Annual Archaeology Day, Spiro Mounds Archaeological Center, 10-11 Fort Towson Homecoming events May Spiro and Pony Express Race, Fort Towson Historic Site, Fort Towson 1-31 The Works of a Master Storyteller exhibit 7 Basket making workshop, Fort Towson featuring H. Holden, Museum of the Historic Site, Fort Towson Western Prairie, Altus 11 Brown Bag Lunch and Learn program, Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Enid 13-14 Living History Days, Chisholm Trail Museum, Kingfisher 14 Quilting workshop with Martha Ray, Sod House Museum, Aline

21 Third Saturday Living History program, George M. Murrell Home, Park Hill Fort Towson Visitor Center 21 Tatting lace making workshop, Chisholm Trail Museum, Kingfisher Museum of the Western Prairie 11 Quilting workshop with Martha Ray, Sod House Museum, Aline 1-31 Living History programs, Sequoyah’s Cabin, Sallisaw 14-18 Chautauqua in the Park—Cold War- themed, Cherokee Strip Regional 1-31 Crossroads of Commerce: A History of Heritage Center, Enid Free Enterprise in Oklahoma exhibit, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma 15 Pioneer Kids summer activities, Pioneer City Woman Museum, Ponca City 4 SHPO workshop—The Section 15 Okietales, Oklahoma History Center, 106 Review Process: Introduction Oklahoma City and Overview, Bureau of Land Management’s Oklahoma Field Office, 18 Third Saturday Living History program, Tulsa George M. Murrell Home, Park Hill

4 SHPO workshop—Determination of 18 Tatting lace making workshop, Eligibility under Section 106, Bureau Chisholm Trail Museum, Kingfisher of Land Management’s Oklahoma Field Office, Tulsa Chisholm Trail Museum 19-20 Summer Solstice Walks, Spiro Mounds Archaeological Center, Spiro 4 National History Day contest— Oklahoma’s Junior Division, Oklahoma 21 Clinton Route 66 Festival, Route 66 22 Pioneer Kids summer activities, Pioneer History Center, Oklahoma City Museum, Clinton Woman Museum, Ponca City

5 National History Day contest— 28-31 Keep ’em Flying: Seventy-Fifth 22 Okietales, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma’s Senior Division, Oklahoma Anniversary of Vance Air Force Base Oklahoma City History Center, Oklahoma City exhibit, Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Enid 29 Pioneer Kids summer activities, Pioneer 5 SHPO workshop—Working with the Woman Museum, Ponca City National Register of Historic Places, Bureau of Land Management’s 29 Okietales, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma Field Office, Tulsa Oklahoma City

5 Hand quilting workshop Museum Store News at Sod House Museum By Jera Winters

The Sod House Muse- The Oklahoma History Center Museum um will host a quilting Store is proud to be your source for workshop on Saturday, books about the fascinating history of January 16, from 9 to Oklahoma. We recently discovered three 11 a.m. Doris Booze of great books about the experiences of a labyrinth of federal and tribal over- Aline will present hand quilting basics Oklahoma women that we hope you find sight, Indian resentment, and intruding for beginning quilters. Hand quilting pro- as interesting as we do! entrepreneurs and settlers. This book vides a soft finish that cannot be achieved Every Day Is a Good Day: Reflections is regularly priced at $39.95, and is any other way. by Contemporary Indigenous Women, available to OHS members for $33.96. Participants will enjoy a fun morning Memorial Edition, was curated by Wilma Muscogee Daughter: My Sojourn to while learning about quilting needles, Mankiller. Mankiller worked with twenty the Miss America Pageant by Susan threads, thimbles, and how to make a indigenous leaders to discuss important Supernaw is a unique, autobiographical quilt knot. Quilt stands and hoops also topics that impact modern Native com- account of a quest to escape poverty will be on display. Although Booze has munities. The topics addressed include and find meaning. Muscogee Daughter been quilting for only six years, she is ex- spirituality, traditions and culture, tribal is the story of finding an American cited about the interest shown in hand governance, and shared values. These Indian identity among the distractions quilting and wants people to learn the diverse women—a physician, an attorney, and difficulties of American life and of fun and simplicity of it. ranchers, professors of American Indian discerning an identity among competing There will be a quilt stand set up with a studies, an urban planner, a cultural notions of what it is to be a woman, an small quilt on it for everyone to learn how anthropologist, artists, poets, musicians, American Indian, and a citizen of the to make a quilt stitch, or participants and an Onondaga Clan Mother—all have world. Supernaw’s story is revealing, may bring a small project of their own unique perspectives to offer. The book is humorous, and deeply moving. The book for practice if they wish. Participants will regularly priced at $18.95, and is avail- is regularly priced at $24.95, and is be shown the up-down motion of how to able to OHS members for $16.11. available to OHS members for $21.21. load several stitches on the needle while Trail Sisters: Freedwomen in Indian Call or stop by for these and many maintaining an even tension. Keeping Territory, 1850–1890 by Linda Williams other unique, historical titles. Books also stitches even is an important part of the Reese explores the lives of Oklahoma can be ordered by clicking on “Museum technique for beautiful hand quilting. women who endured a changing life, Store” at www.okhistory.org. Members The Sod House Museum is located from enslaved to freed. These women always receive a discount of 15 percent southeast of Aline on State Highway 8. were enslaved by the Five Tribes and on Museum Store purchases. Please call The museum is open Tuesday through freed by the Civil War. Freedwomen found us at 405-522-5214 with questions about Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more in- themselves negotiating new lives within these or any of our other great items. formation please contact Director Renee Trindle at [email protected] or 580-463-2441.

Twenty-year members renew in November

Listed below, with the date they joined the OHS, are people and organizations that, Historical quilt exhibit at when they renewed their memberships in November, have been members twenty or more years. Their long-term loyalty is most sincerely appreciated! the A. J. Seay Mansion Don Garrison, Calera, October 10, 1995 Paul Eichling, Porum, November 1, 1965 Visit the A. J. Seay Mansion in King- Virginia Jimenez, Oklahoma City, November 1, 1973 fisher during the month of January to see Gerald Baehler, Broken Arrow, May 1, 1974 the new historical quilt exhibit entitled Ward McCurtain, Beaumont, TX, June 1, 1975 Eugene Earsom, Oklahoma City, November 1, 1977 Charity, Companionship, and Comfort. Kenneth and Lois Stern, Stillwater, September 1, 1979 This exhibit includes nearly forty quilts Dale and Phyllis Regier, Yukon, September 1, 1979 from the Chisholm Trail Museum collec- Stephen Schuster, Stafford, TX, September 1, 1979 Sandra Olson, Waynoka, June 1, 1985 tions. The quilts are on display in five Okmulgee Public Library, Okmulgee, June 16, 1986 rooms in the Seay Mansion and in the Robert Streets, Bethany, August 1, 1986 Stephen Parker, Oklahoma City, September 22, 1986 meeting room inside the Chisholm Trail E. Vann Greer, Oklahoma City, October 27, 1986 Museum. Each unique quilt has a strong Fred and Joyce Lucas, Watonga, October 31, 1986 Oklahoma tie, with a large selection of Sondra Morrison, Oklahoma City, November 4, 1986 Pat Ferry and Betta Carney, Little Rock, AR, November 10, 1986 local area friendship and fundraising David Lee, Centennial, CO, November 17, 1986 quilts dating from the 1900s. Do not miss Mary McCormick, Seminole, November 20, 1986 this special opportunity to see these cul- Joyce Varner, Welling, November 25, 1986 Dennis and Carol Steichen, Perry, November 5, 1987 tural treasures. Young visitors can touch Luann Sewell Waters, Wynnewood, October 27, 1988 many of the fabrics and design their own George Orr, Oklahoma City, November 9, 1988 Kenneth and Joanne Parrott, Stillwater, September 20, 1989 quilt at the children’s table. Group tours J. H. Burpo, Lawton, November 14, 1990 also are available. Vernon and Lavoinne Stricker, Woodward, November 27, 1990 The Chisholm Trail Museum and A. J. Billy Burke, Bakersfield, CA, October 15, 1992 Emma Rose Moore, Vinita, November 19, 1992 Seay Mansion are located at 605 Zellers John Rodenburg, Springfield, IL, August 26, 1993 Avenue in Kingfisher. Regular hours are Larry Christy, Okmulgee, November 3, 1993 Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to Mary Broussard, Baton Rouge, LA, July 11, 1994 Bill Sanders, Culpeper, VA, August 5, 1994 5 p.m. For more information please call Richard and Gail Hamill, Oklahoma City, October 25, 1994 405-375-5176. Billy Rice, Ada, October 10, 1994

6 Barb Hendrickson, Oklahoma City Bud Smith, Burbank, CA Save the Date John Hendrix, Oklahoma City Phillip Smith, Midwest City Ryan Hendrix, Oklahoma City Wes Studi, Santa Fe, NM The annual Oklahoma History Confer- Noah Henson, Broken Arrow E. T. Tanter, Oklahoma City Peter Hermes, Los Angeles, CA Walter Taylor, Oklahoma City ence, sponsored by the Oklahoma Histor- *James and Dana Hiatt, Fort Collins, CO David Teegarden, Tulsa ical Society, will be held on April 27, 28, Israel Hindman, Edmond B. J. Thomas, Arlington, TX and 29, 2016, at the Woodward Confer- Becky Hobbs, Nashville, TN Dwight Twilley, Tulsa Hadley Hockensmith, Irvine, CA Deborah Vermillion, Checotah ence Center in Woodward. A total of eigh- Justin Hogan, Oklahoma City Matt Vest, Norman teen presentation sessions will take place Brandon Holder, Tulsa Matt Villines, Los Angeles, CA Kody Kookstra, Oklahoma City Robert Walker, Malibu, CA on Thursday, April 28, and Friday, April Mike Hosty, Norman Don Wallace, Kingston 29. The theme for the 2016 conference is Rance Howard, Burbank, CA Calvin Walton, Oklahoma City “Landmarks and Turning Points in Okla- Gunilla Hutton, Santa Barbara, CA Terry Ware, Norman Chuck Ivey, Chickasha Susan Watson, Sherman Oaks, CA homa History.” Hotel information for the Wanda Jackson, Oklahoma City Nick Wheeler, Santa Monica, CA 2016 conference will be published in the Jana Jae, Tulsa Jake White, Sand Springs February issue of Mistletoe Leaves (vol. Rebecca James and Bonnie Rutel, Harrah Karl Wilburn, Oklahoma City Greg Johnson, Oklahoma City Mason Williams, Eugene, OR 47, no. 2). For more information please James and Melba Johnson, Oklahoma City Austin Winkler, Oklahoma City contact Paul Lambert at 405-522-5217 Jim Karstein, Catoosa Chris Wiser, Oklahoma City Ronnie Kaye, Oklahoma City Mike Witig, Broken Arrow or [email protected]. Mike Kennerty, Santa Monica, CA Alfre Woodard, Santa Monica, CA Chase Kerby, Oklahoma City John Wooley, Chelsea Dan Kessel, Beverly Hills, CA Lloyd Young, Guthrie Jon Ketch, Edmond Mark King, Edmond Tom Kipgen, Yukon Individual New Members, cont’d. Joey Alfred, Pauls Valley Robert Knott, Los Angeles, CA Amber Allen, Bixby Ryan LaCroix, Blanchard Steven Allen, Wewoka Steve LaPorte, Burbank, CA Family Joseph Arute, Elmore City Bronko Carr, Checotah Lesa Larsen, Chouteau Byron Bible, Sasakwa Kristin Chenoweth, Woodland Hills, CA Brian Lee, Tulsa Randy Brintle, Marietta Cindy Chupack, Marina del Rey, CA Christopher and Linda Lewis, Jensen Beach, FL Darlene Buckner, Okmulgee Jerry Church, Oklahoma City Nick Ley, Stillwater Glenn Bugher, Golden Roberta Clardy, Tulsa Rex Linn, Sherman Oaks, CA Warren Butner, Muldrow Candy Clark, Van Nuys, CA Janine Lonewolf and Erin Lonewolf, Oklahoma City Margaret Calhoun, Ada Roy and Barbara Clark, Tulsa Sam Lovullo, Encino, CA Cynthia Campbell, Pauls Valley Cody Clinton, Broken Arrow Dick Lowry, Los Angeles, CA Carole Carnagey, Hominy Larry Collins, Pismo Beach, CA Hunt Lowry, Burbank, CA Phyllis Cumbie, Arcadia, CA Lorrie Collins, Reno, NV Jimmy Markham, Tulsa Tasha Davis, Idabel Graham Colton, Nichols Hills John Martin, North Hollywood, CA Jeffrey Denefrio, Ardmore Danny Cooksey, Burbank, CA Jonny Martin, Choctaw Ambronita Douzart, McKinney, TX John Cooper, Glencoe Norma Jean Martin, Kimberling City, MO Beau Dresser, Sulphur Rachael Cooper, Enid Robert Martin, Oklahoma City Jennifer Dye, Tulsa Dave Copenhaver, Midwest City Matt Mason, Claremore Charles Eckert, Pauls Valley Wayne Coyne, Oklahoma City Bill Maxwell, Valley Village, CA Crystal Ellis, Tulsa Samantha Crain, Shawnee Kyle Mayfield, Del City Clifford Farar, Cushing Bill and Connie Creel, Houston, TX Ben McCain, Beverly Hills, CA Kevin Fitzpatrick, Ardmore Gene Crose, Tulsa Morris McCraven, Oklahoma City Megann Gilreath, Lindsay Randy Crouch, Moodys Earnest McDonald, Oklahoma City Mathew Harmon, Glencoe Brandon Davis, Tulsa Temple McKinney, Oklahoma City LaFaina Harris, Mill Creek Jesse Davis, Oklahoma City Tyson Meade, Shanghai, China Judy Holder, Elk City Casey Dickens, Hideaway, TX Kevin Meyer, Studio City, CA Jill Holt, Edmond David Dickey, Sweetwater, TX Bob Michaels, Studio City, CA Jennifer Howard, Kingston Ed Dixon, New York, NY Darla Miller, Norman James Hughes, Pauls Valley Shelly Dunn, San Diego, CA Jody Miller, Blanchard David Johnson, Tulsa John Durrill, Westlake Village, CA Nancy Miller, Los Angeles, CA Teresa Johnson, Wynnewood Ben Easley, Boulder, CO Sharron Miller, Norman William Kellough, Tulsa Jim Edgar, Orlando Teresa Miller, Tulsa Judith Kranz, Oklahoma City Cooper Edmonds, Oklahoma City *Charles Ming, Oklahoma City Ruth Lewallen, Tulsa Nokie Edwards, Yuma, AZ Sammy Mitchell, Oklahoma City Benny Leybas, Muskogee Dorothy Ellis, Oklahoma City Sue Montgomery, Castaic, CA Patrick Locke, Pryor *John and Melanie English, Catoosa John Moreland, Broken Arrow Charley Long, Wynnewood Ernie Fields, Los Angeles, CA Matt Mungle, North Hollywood, CA Bobby McCarley, Sulphur Colin Fleishacker, Stillwater Scott Musick, Tulsa Ward McCurtain, Beaumont, TX Ron Flynt, Austin, TX Andy Nunez, Norman Charles Oeder, Lawton Dan Foliart, La Crescent, CA Chris O’Dell, Tucson, AZ Gregory Olsen, Claremore Neal and Viola Freeman, Ardmore Kelli Naughton, Millwood, NY Matthew Palmer, Muskogee Dick Gallup, San Francisco, CA Anne O’Shea, Tulsa Sharon Patton, Midwest City J. Ganem, Sand Springs Ron Padgett, New York, NY Laura Pettay, Ponca City Pat Garrett, Bixby June Page, Clovis, CA Paul Phillips, Ardmore Joe Garvey, Edmond Kenneth and Joanne Parrott, Stillwater Garry Price, Canute Chris Gaylor, Santa Monica, CA Eric Pennell, Edmond Lisa Reich, McAlester Vince Gill, Nashville, TN Robert Philhouzer, Oklahoma City Jonathan Riley, Shawnee Gary Gilmore, Tahlequah Kenny Phillips, Oklahoma City Eunice Robinson, Yukon Ian Gollahon, Tulsa Brad Piccolo, Glencoe Ann Shrum, Jay Gary Gordon, Oklahoma City Mary Kay Place, Los Angeles, CA Jennifer Sigler, Joplin, MO Saginaw Grant, Sun Valley, CA Howard Pollack, Norman Helen Stone, Healdton Ross Grenawalt, Tulsa Ray and Pat Potts, Oklahoma City Betty Turner, Ardmore Johnny Gregg, Protection, KS Dian Powell, Pryor Stefanie Tweedy, Ada Clu Gulager, Los Angeles, CA Geoffrey Pritchett, Del City Pasley Underwood, Wynnewood Brenda Gunn, Oklahoma City Mike Rabon, Hugo Nadine Varner, Midwest City Stephen Gunn, Oklahoma City Rudy Ramos, Newbury Park, CA Tiffany Williston, Idabel Argus Hamilton, West Hollywood, CA Willis Ramsey, Loveland, TX Leonne Worcester, Stillwater Ben Han, Tulsa John Reed, Nashville, TN Peter Wright, Oklahoma City Cody Hanson, Jones Tyson Ritter, Santa Monica, CA Edna Yabsley, Blair Isaac Hanson, Tulsa Mike Rodden, Edmond Tommy Young, McAlester Taylor Hanson, Tulsa *Linda Ryan, Fort Gibson Zachary Hanson, Tulsa Michael Ryan, North Hollywood, CA Courtney Harman, Oklahoma City Ann Sanderlin, Los Angeles, CA Organizational Camille Harp, Norman Racquel Sapien, Noble Claremore Museum of History and Lynn Riggs Charles Harrison, Chickasha Bella Shaw, Valencia, CA Memorial, Claremore Matthew Harrison, Oklahoma City Jill Simpson, Norman Jones Oklahoma Historical Society, Jones Ali Harter, Choctaw *Carol Sloan, Moore

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ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED Vol. 47, No. 1 January 2016 Crossroads of Commerce exhibit now open at the Oklahoma History Center

In November 2015 the Oklahoma History Center celebrated ten successful years of col- lecting, preserving, and sharing the story of Oklahoma through museum exhibits, educa- tional programs, and research collections. In conjunction with the tenth anniversary, the History Center opened a new exhibit entitled Crossroads of Commerce: A History of Free Enterprise in Oklahoma. This eight-thousand-square-foot exhibit tells the story of economic development in Oklahoma through five time periods from 1719 to the present day. In each section, the exhibit sets the stage of history with the chal- lenges and opportunities that ended one era and began another. Onto that stage marched the men and women who had ideas, decided to invest, and developed a business plan that worked in that particular place and time. The rest of the story is adapt- SHPO announces HPRC’S 2016 meeting schedule ing to subsequent changes, opening doors of opportunity for others, and giving back to the community through jobs, philanthropy, and a better quality of life. The State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) is pleased to announce the The intent is to connect the dots between history and economic development in Oklahoma Historic Preservation Review Committee’s (HPRC) meeting schedule a way that celebrates creativity and hard work and inspires young people to take for calendar year 2016. The governor appoints the members of the HPRC to a chance. advise the SHPO about nominations to the National Register of Historic Places The exhibit features a number of structural reproductions and eye-popping (NRHP) and other preservation issues. Current HPRC members include William interactive opportunities. In one section, visitors will see an actual truss from P. Corbett (historian, Tahlequah); Ron Frantz (architect, Oklahoma City); John the Wiley Post Hangar and enter the simulated cockpit of a Lockheed Vega air- D. Hartley (prehistoric archaeologist, Norman); Arn Henderson (architectural plane where he or she can fly over Oklahoma City and Tulsa with skylines as historian, Norman); and Charles S. Wallis (historical archaeologist, Norman). they would have appeared in 1931. Other features include scenes of a newspaper The HPRC’s 2016 meetings will begin at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, January 21, printing operation, grist mill, cotton gin, grain elevator, Cain’s Ballroom, a TG&Y April 21, July 21, and October 20. The meetings are open to the public and store in the 1950s, the studios of WKY-Radio and WKY-TV, the Shelter Church will be held in the OHS’s LeRoy H. Fischer Boardroom at the Oklahoma History Studio, and the Thunder scoreboard from Chesapeake Energy Arena. Center, located at 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive in Oklahoma City. The HPRC and the The Oklahoma History Center is a division of the OHS and is an affiliate of SHPO encourage all interested parties to attend. Meeting agendas and NRHP the Smithsonian Institution, National Archives, and is an accredited member of nominations under consideration will be available at www.okhistory.org/shpo/ the American Association of Museums. spevents.htm. The History Center is located at 800 The National Park Service regulations governing the SHPO’s programs require Nazih Zuhdi Drive in Oklahoma City. that a qualified state review board participate in the NRHP and other SHPO Regular hours of operation are Monday programs. During each meeting, the HPRC hears presentations on NRHP through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. nominations from SHPO staff and consultants; receives comments from owners Museum admission is $7 for adults, $5 of properties proposed for nomination; listens to public comments and concerns; for seniors, $4 for students, and free for and formulates recommendations to the SHPO about whether or not a property children age five and under. Veterans, should be nominated. The HPRC and SHPO staff invite concerned citizens active military, and OHS members also and preservation professionals to participate in this important component of receive free admission. Please call 405- Oklahoma’s preservation program. For information about any of the SHPO’s 522-0765 for more information about programs, please call 405-521-6249 or visit the website listed above. the Crossroads of Commerce exhibit.