OFFICIAL VISITOR GUIDE 2019 YOUR GUIDE TO ENJOYING NORTHWEST & NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

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A 287 B C D E 154 44 13 83 65 66 23 283 54 15 78 136 14 64 270 81 95 3 56 114 1 10 12 35 74 56 24 325 3 412 64 11 64 173 94 122 83 87 88 148 61 127 287 149 112 3 3 56 385 111 2 104 136 23 54 283 83 2 ATTRACTION ICON CITY LOCATION 62 Hajek Motorsports Museum M Ames (H 2) 1 1893 Land Run Museum M Medford (I 1) 63 Henry Bellmon Library & Museum M Billings (I 2) 2 1901 Ferguson Chapel H Watonga (H 3-4) 64 Heritage Center & Ditch Witch Museum M Perry (I 2) 139 3 89’er Theatre T Kingfisher (H 3-4) 65 Highest Point in Oklahoma Marker & Hiking Trail H Kenton (A 1) 4 A.D. Buck Museum M Tonkawa (I 1-2) 66 Hitching Post B&B Working Ranch R Kenton (A 1) 140 5 Alabaster Caverns State Park S Freedom (G 1) 67 Homesteader’s Original Sod House Museum M Aline (H 1) 6 Alfalfa County Museum & Historical Society M Cherokee (H 1) 68 Howard Ranch Enterprises Outdoor Adventures R Woodward (F 2) 3 7 Alva Golf & Country Club - 9 hole G Alva (G 1) 69 Indian Creek Village Winery & Tasting Room W Ringwood (H 2) 283 8 Alva Municipal Airport Museum M Alva (G 1) 70 Island Guest Ranch R Ames (H 2) 60 9 Ames Astrobleme Museum M Ames (H 2) 71 J&J Hunting R Arnett (E 3) 10 Beaver Dunes & Park R Beaver (D-E 1) 72 Jet Lions Memorial Park H Jet (H 2) 11 Beaver Pioneer Park Golf Course - 9 hole G Beaver (D-E 1) 74 Jones & Plummer Trail Museum M Beaver (D-E 1) 12 Beaver River Wildlife Management Area R Beaver (D-E 1) 75 Kanza Museum M Kaw City (J 1) 283 13 Black Mesa B&B & Nature Area R Kenton (A 1) 76 Kaw Lake L Kaw City (J 1) 14 Black Mesa State Park S Kenton (A 1) 77 Kenny Farm R Woodward (F 2) 15 Blackmer Municipal Golf Course - 9 hole G Hooker (C 1) 78 Kenton Museum M Kenton (A 1) 16 Blackwell Municipal Golf Course - 9 hole G Blackwell (I-J 1) 79 Kingfisher Golf Course - 9 hole G Kingfisher (H 3-4) 17 Boiling Springs Golf Course - 18 hole G Woodward (F 2) 80 Kiwanis Rides at Meadowlake Park & Mini Golf R Enid (I 2) 4 18 Boiling Springs State Park S Woodward (F 2) 81 Lake Carl Etling L Kenton (A 1) 19 Boswell Museum M Leedey (F 3) 82 Lake McMurty L Perry (I 2) 20 Bradt’s Menagerie - Mammals & More Petting Farm R Alva (G 1) 83 Lake Optima Site L Hardesty (C-D 2) 21 Buffalo Museum M Buffalo (F 1) 84 Lake Ponca L Ponca City (J 1-2) 22 Buffalo Theatre & Community Centre T Buffalo (F 1) 85 Lake Vincent L Arnett (E 3) 23 Byron State Fish Hatchery & Watchable Wildlife Area R Byron (H 1) 86 Lakeside Cinema 6 T Woodward (F 2) 24 Camelot / Palace Theater of Cimarron County T Boise City (A 1) 87 Laverne Community Museum & Fox Hotel Hist. Site M Laverne (E-F 1-2) 25 Camp McFadden R Kaw City (J 1) 88 Laverne Golf & Country Club - 9 hole G Laverne (E-F 1-2) 26 Canadian Rivers Historical Society Museum M Geary (H 4) 89 Leona Mitchell Southern Heights Heritage Center M Enid (I 2) 27 Canton Lake L Canton (G-H 3) 90 Leonardo’s Chdn’s Msm. & Adv. Quest Otdr Scn Plgrd M Enid (I 2) 28 Carolyn Renfrow Event Center T Ponca City (J 1-2) 91 Lew Wentz Memorial Golf Course - 18 hole G Ponca City (J 1-2) 29 Central National Bank Event Center & Convention Hall T Enid (I 2) 92 Little Sahara State Park S Waynoka (G 2) 30 Cherokee Strip Museum M Alva (G 1) 93 Maddux Charolais Ranch M Mooreland (G 2) 31 Cherokee Strip Museum & Rose Hill School M Perry (I 2) 94 Marland Mansion / E.W. Marland Estate M Ponca City (J 1-2) 32 Chrke Strp Reg. Hrtg. Cntr. & Humphrey Hrtg. Vlg. M Enid (I 2) 95 Marland’s Grand Home M Ponca City (J 1-2) 33 Chisholm Trail Expo Center & Pavillion T Enid (I 2) 96 McCarter Museum & Centennial Park M Tonkawa (I 1-2) 34 Chisholm Trail Museum & Seay Mansion M Kingfisher (H 3-4) 97 Meadowlake Municipal Golf Course - 18 hole G Enid (I 2) 35 Cimarron Heritage Center Museum M Boise City (A 1) 98 Medford Golf Course - 9 hole G Medford (I 1) 36 Conoco Museum M Ponca City (J 1-2) 99 Midgley Museum M Enid (I 2) 37 Covington Hstrcl Mus. & Township Hist. Site M Covington (I 2) 100 Newkirk Comm. Hst. Msm. & Hrtg. Cntr. M Newkirk (J 1) 38 Klemme’s Gallery T Enid (I 2) 101 Newkirk Golf Course - 9 hole G Newkirk (J 1) 39 Crystal Beach Park & Lake/Otdr Arena/Wtrprk R Woodward (F 2) 102 Nightmare in the Country R Woodward (F 2) 40 Crystal Beach Wdwrd Muni. Golf Course - 9 hole G Woodward (F 2) 103 NITC Escape Room R Woodward (F 2) 41 David Allen Memorial Ballpark R Enid (I 2) 104 No Man’s Land Museum M Goodwell (C 2) 42 DaZe in a MaZe R Covington (I 2) 105 NOC - Mackie Plntrm. & Obs. / Briggs Aud. T Enid (I 2) 43 Dewey County Jailhouse Museum M Taloga (G 3) 106 NOC - Northern Hills Golf Course - 9 hole G Enid (I 2) 44 Dinosaur Tracks H Kenton (A 1) 107 NWOSU Museum of Natural History M Alva (G 1) 45 Doby Springs Municipal Golf Course - 9 hole G Buffalo (F 1) 108 Okeene Municipal Golf Course - 9 hole G Okeene (H 3) 46 Dr. Renfrow-Miller Museum M Billings (I 2) 109 Oklahoma Travel Information Center H Blackwell (I 1) 47 Enid Symphony Hall & Center T Enid (I 2) 110 Old Caldwell Trail Stables & Guest Ranch R Fay (G 3) 48 Fairview Aquatic Center R Fairview (H 2) 111 OPSU Golf & Country Club - 9 hole G Goodwell (C 2) 49 Fairview Golf Course - 9 hole G Fairview (H 2) 112 Optima Wildlife Refuge R Hardesty (C-D 2) 50 Fort Supply Historic Military Site H Fort Supply (F 2) 114 Peasant Ridge Old West Farm & Ranch Hntng Lodge R Hooker (C 1) 51 Fort Supply Lake L Fort Supply (F 2) 115 Perry Golf & Country Club - 9 hole G Perry (I 2) 52 Freedom Museum M Freedom (G 1) 116 Pheasant Run Golf Course - 18 hole G Enid (I 2) 53 Gage Artesian Beach R Gage (F 2) 117 Pioneer Woman Statue & Museum M Ponca City (J 1-2) 54 Garfield Furniture - James Wilkes Booth Room H Enid (I 2) 118 Plains Indians & Pioneers Museum M Woodward (F 2) 55 Gaslight Theatre T Enid (I 2) 119 Plymouth Valley Cellars Winery, Vnyrd & Tstng Rm. W Fairview (H 2) 56 Gateway to the Panhandle Museum M Gate (E 1) 120 Ponca Playhouse T Ponca City (J 1-2) 57 Gloss Mountain Outfitters - Horseback Trail Rides R Waynoka (G 2) 121 Poncan Theatre T Ponca City (J 1-2) 58 Gloss Mountains State Park S Fairview (H 2) 122 R/C Air Craft Field R Guymon (C 2) REDCARPETCOUNTRY.COM REDCARPETCOUNTRY.COM REDCARPETCOUNTRY.COM REDCARPETCOUNTRY.COM REDCARPETCOUNTRY.COM REDCARPETCOUNTRY.COM 59 Great Salt Plains Lake L Jet (H 2) 123 Railroad Museum of Oklahoma M Enid (I 2) 60 Great Salt Plains State Park L Jet (H 2) 124 Ralph Cain Jr. Memorial Newspaper Museum M Carmen (H 2) 61 Guymon Community Theatre T Guymon (C 2) 125 Red Bluff Inn, Spa & Ranch Retreat R Leedey (F 3)

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126 Rialto Movie Theater T Alva (G 1) 153 Top of Oklahoma Museum M Blackwell (I-J 1) 127 Rita Blanca National Grassland R Felt (A 2) 154 Tri-State Marker H Kenton (A 1) 128 Rolling Meadows Golf Club - 9 hole G Covington (I 2) 155 Turkey Creek Golf Course - 18 hole G Hennessey (I 3) 129 Roman Nose Golf Course - 19 hole G Watonga (H 3-4) 156 Turner-Me On Winery W Hennessey (I 3) 130 Roman Nose State Park S Watonga (H 3-4) 157 Tutle Rock Farm Retreat R Red Rock (J 2) 131 Royal Movie Theater T Fairview (H 2) 158 Twister the Movie Museum M Wakita (I 1) 132 Rustic Roots Pumpkin Patch & Corn Maze R Lamont (I 1-2) 159 Vernie Snow Aquatic Center R Kingfisher (H 3-4) 133 Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge R Cherokee (H 1) 160 Vernost Wine Co. Tasting Room W Hennessey (I 3) 134 Sam & Burla Snyder Memorial History Center M Hennessey (I 3) 161 Vortex Brewery W Ponca City (J 1-2) 135 Sand Creek Msm/Mjr Co. Hist. Scty. Cmplx. M Fairview (H 2) 162 Watonga Golf Course - 9 hole G Watonga (H 3-4) 136 Santa’s Forest Christmas Tree Farm R Ponca City (J 1-2) 163 Watonga Liberty Theatre T Watonga (H 3-4) 137 Seiling Golf Course - 9 hole G Seiling (G 3) 164 Waynoka Air Rail Museum & Harvey House Station M Waynoka (G 2) 138 Selenite Crystal Dig R Cherokee (H 1) 165 Wentz Pool & Camp R Ponca City (J 1-2) 139 Shattuck Golf Course - 9 hole G Shattuck (E-F 2-3) 166 Western Cedar Co. Hunting Preserve R Mooreland (G 2) 140 Shattuck Windmill Museum & Park M Shattuck (E-F 2-3) 167 Whirlwind Winery Tasting Room W Watonga (H 3-4) 141 Shooting Start Living History Experience R Hitchcock (H 3) 168 Windmill Outfitters Hunting R Arnett (E 3) 142 Silvertop Farm & Vineyards / Tasting Room W Ponca City (J 1-2) 169 Woodring Airport-Veteran’s Mmrl. Wall/Becker 143 Simpson’s Old Time Museum & Skeleton Crk Prod. M Enid (I 2) Lrng Cntr & Cummins Museum H Enid (I 2) 144 Soldani Mansion & Ponca City Art Center T Ponca City (J 1-2) 170 Woodward Arts Theatre & Josie Adams Cultural Cntr T Woodward (F 2) 145 Sooner Lake L Red Rock (J 2) 171 Woodward Conference Center T Woodward (F 2) 146 Standing Bear Park, Museum & Education Cntr. M Ponca City (J 1-2) 172 Woodward Event Center T Woodward (F 2) 147 Sun ‘n Fun Water Park R Ponca City (J 1-2) 173 World War II Bombing Site H Boise City (A 1) 148 Sunset Hills Golf Course - 18 hole G Guymon (C 2) 149 Sunset Lake, Park & Wildlife Refuge R Guymon (C 2) 150 T.B. Ferguson Home Museum M Watonga (H 3-4) 151 The Garber Community Theater T Garber (I 2) 152 Tonkawa Tribal Museum M Tonkawa (I 1-2)

REDCARPETCOUNTRY.COM REDCARPETCOUNTRY.COM REDCARPETCOUNTRY.COM REDCARPETCOUNTRY.COM 2019 RedCarpetCountry.com | 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS CITY DIRECTORY RED CARPET COUNTRY Aline...... 22 Kenton...... 4 MEMBER DIRECTORY...... pg 36 Alva...... 16 Kingfisher...... 30 CALENDAR OF EVENTS...... pg 37-39 Beaver...... 9 Laverne...... 10 Blackwell...... 34 Medford...... 26 For additional activities and events visit RedCarpetCountry.com or facebook.com/redcarpetcountry Northwest and North Central Oklahoma’s Boise City...... 4 Okeene...... 24 Buffalo...... 10 Perry...... 34 RED CARPET COUNTRY RED CARPET COUNTRY MAP...... pg 2-3 Canton...... 24 Ponca City...... 35 Museums, Attractions, Recreational Areas, 2019 Edition Cherokee...... 22 Seiling...... 12 and more Shattuck...... 13 Red Carpet Country Association Enid...... 28 222 East Maple, Suite 400 Fairview...... 23 Taloga...... 12 Enid, OK 73701 Freedom...... 16 Tonkawa...... 34 Phone: 580-327-4918 Guymon...... 6 Wakita...... 26 RedCarpetCountry.com Hennessey...... 23 Watonga...... 27 [email protected] Hooker...... 6 Waynoka...... 18 Kaw City...... 35 Woodward...... 14 Red Carpet Country Executive Committee President Kenton Baird VP-Marketing: Marcy Jarrett Secretary: Dea Mandevill Treasurer: David Trimble Past President: Jeanne Cole Red Carpet Country Staff Executive Director: Carla Burdick KENTON (Cimarron County) Board of Directors Often referred to as “Oklahoma’s Mesa country, including the Black Mesa Schaun Akers, Kenton Baird, Jeanne Cole, Best Kept Secret”, the Dry Cimarron Bed & Breakfast. The Black Mesa area will Robbin Davis, Jason Harris, Darci Herber, Valley is one of the most unique areas surpass all your expectations. Buddy Holbert, Marcy Jarrett, Lynda Latta, of the United States. Hike the rugged, Known world-wide for their dark skies, Dea Mandevill, Kelsey Martin, Johnny volcanic Black Mesa, the highest point Camp Billy Joe near Kenton hosts the Owens, Rachel Rine, Jody Risley, Meg in the state of Oklahoma. Kenton area’s annual Okie-Tex Star Party, September Schoneberg, Kayla Strum, David Trimble lava formations includes dinosaur tracks, 21-29, 2019. The Kenton Easter Pageant, Photo Opportunities and Tracy Westfahl. Indian pictographs, caves and many a live reenactment of Christ’s crucifi xion Black Mesa Park, Highest Point peculiar rock formations. Visit Black and resurrection is another must see Marker, Tri-State Marker, Dinosaur This publication is produced in cooperation with the Mesa State Park and Lake Carl Etling event. It is held, every year, on the Tracks, Rock Formations Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department. For to experience great fi shing, camping Saturday and Sunday of Easter weekend. more information about Oklahoma call 1-800-652-6552 and hiking. Historical Signifi cance or visit TravelOK.com. Stay at the Hitching Post Bed & Attractions Dinosaur tracks and lava formations can Design: Creative Fuel Design Studio, 316-253-3492 Breakfast for a one of a kind working Okie-Tex Star Party, Kenton Easter be found here and it is said that the area Printing: McCormick Armstrong ranch experience. There are several Pageant, Kenton Museum, Black Mesa has been occupied by man as far back as Cover Design: Bob Ale-Ebrahim outstanding bed and breakfasts in Black State Park, Lake Carl Etling 10,000 year! Publisher: Red Carpet Country Association Editor: Carla Burdick Art Director: Bob Ale-Ebrahim Photographers: Bob Ale-Ebrahim, Kim Baker, Carla Burdick, Richard Burdick, Patty Campbell, Lori Elfers, Erin Goeken, Linda Latta, Tommy Meyer, Oklahoma Tourism, Lexi Petka, Vickie Seltenreich, Susan States, Elizabeth Solomon and Woodward Crystal Christmas. Advertising Sales: Carla Burdick • 580.327.4918 BOISE CITY (Cimarron County) Boise City is renowned as the only Attractions Northwest and North Central Oklahoma’s U.S. city “bombed” during WWII. It Cimarron Heritage Center Museum, SAVE THE DATE Annual Red Carpet Country Red Carpet Country is the official publication offers lodging, dining, shopping and the Cimarron County Music Theater, of the Red Carpet Country Association. Tourism Conference at the Cimarron County County Music Theater. Round-A-Bout, Trans American Trail CNB Conference Center in Enid, Projected readership is approximately 40,000, Cimarron County is the only U.S. county at a cost of 36¢ each. Photo Opportunities on Tuesday, August 20, 2019. to touch fi ve states. Cimmaron County Courthouse, Boise City is home to the Cimarron ©2019 by Red Carpet Country World War II Bombing Site Heritage Center Museum, one of the Memorial, Cimarron Heritage Center, best local museums in the state of Autograph Rock For additional copies contact Oklahoma. The museum features Black Mesa Red Carpet Country the Dust Bowl Era, the Santa Fe Trail, Historical Signifi cance local history, and a one of a kind In 1943 a B-17 bomber dropped six State Park dinosaur exhibit. practice bombs on Boise City. Claim RedCarpetCountry.com to fame as being one of the few towns 580.327.4918 bombed during WWII.

4 | 2019 RedCarpetCountry.com County Road 325 • Kenton, Oklahoma • 73946 PH: 580.426.2222 RED CARPET COUNTRY MEMBER DIRECTORY...... pg 36 CALENDAR OF EVENTS...... pg 37-39 For additional activities and events visit RedCarpetCountry.com or facebook.com/redcarpetcountry RED CARPET COUNTRY MAP...... pg 2-3 Museums, Attractions, Recreational Areas, and more GUYMON (Texas County) Guymon is a melting pot of culture, carries a USGA 69 rating with a slope arts, festivals, and hospitality for of 117 and is a junior golf national travelers. It’s rich in Pioneer history, automatic exemption site. Guymon Western panoramas and diversity with also has a disc golf course, four over 25 dialects. Guymon is home to walking trails, and parks. the Rodeo Hall of Fame PRCA’s Pioneer Days Rodeo, Azuma African Festival, Photo Opportunities and Fiesta Day. Enjoy the Five State Sunset Lake, Wildlife Refuge, Guymon’s Motorcycle Run, a 300 mile ride Cultural Downtown District in one day. Guymon’s Downtown Cultural Arts Attractions Historical Signifi cance District offers an arts center, community Azuma African Festival, Sunset Hills Guymon experienced the brunt theatre, historic sites, artist studios, Golf Course, & Frisbee Golf, Pioneer of severe wind damage during Red Carpet Country Photo Contest wine bar, pub, BBQ, cheese, retail and Days Celebration & Rodeo, Five State the Dust Bowl, April 26, 1930. Take pictures during your more. The stocked Sunset Lake is Motorcycle Run, No Man’s Land Red Carpet Country visit and enter adjacent to the Wildlife Refuge’s bison, them in our Photo Contest - Museum, OPSU Golf Course, Guymon Go to RedCarpetCountry.com Texas Longhorns, and elk. Community Theatre, R/C Air Craft for contest rules. Sunset Hills 18-hole golf course Field, Guymon Fiesta!

HOOKER (Texas County) Hooker hosts one of the largest car are home to many events and festivals. Attractions Historical Signifi cance shows in Oklahoma. Hooker is located The Annual Hooker Car Show is on the Hooker Car Show, Spring Fling As part of No Man’s Land, Hooker stood outside the near the center of the Oklahoma Saturday after Labor Day, in downtown boundaries of the surrounding territories until it was Panhandle along US Highway 54, Hooker. Spring Fling will be on April 21, Photo Opportunities attached to Oklahoma Territory in 1890. Mainly and is the second largest community the Annual Easter Egg Hunt is on Historic Downtown cattlemen utilized the land, but in the 1880s settlers in Texas County. With a proud history March 24 and the Annual Hot Dogs in began to homestead on this public strip. and a bright future, Hooker is a thriving the Park is on Independence Day. Hooker community with strong rural values, has a Halloween parade and a Christmas superb schools, and growth potential. parade. Plan to enjoy Hooker’s many There are a growing number of locally events, charming boutiques and owned businesses in Hooker and they delicious dining options.

GOODWELL (Texas County) Goodwell is home to Oklahoma from the ranchers and homesteaders of unique history of their community. Panhandle State University. You will fi nd the era. The founders of the No Man’s Museum exhibits include a two-headed Join us on Tuesday the No Man’s Land Museum in Good- Land Museum were pre-territorial calf, dinosaur footprints, pre-historic August 20, 2019 for our Annual Red Carpet Country well. The museum houses many artifacts pioneers who wanted to preserve the mastodon and mammoth bones. Tourism Conference at the CNB Conference Center in Enid. 6 | 2019 RedCarpetCountry.com Hooker 2019 Schedule of Events LuAnn Fischer Memorial Swimming pool is December 7 - open seasonally from Memorial Weekend Parade “Traditions, Past and Present” through Labor Day Christmas Lighting Contest Homes and businesses January 31 - Chamber Banquet are judged and awarded for their decorating for the Christmas Season. April 13 - Easter Egg Hunt December 12 - Cookie Crawl July 4th - Chamber Hotdog Feed at City Park. Fireworks at Blackmer Municipal Golf Course. Historical meeting: Last Thursday of each month at noon September 7 - 13th Annual Hooker Car Show Chamber Meeting: October 31 - Halloween Parade. First Thursday of each month at noon November 29 - December 12 - Black Friday: Holiday Shopping Giveaways For more information: www.facebook.com/hookercofc/ •www.hookeroklahoma.net/ www.stores.hookerchamber.com (can buy world famous Hooker TShirts online) City offi ces: 580-652-2885 2019 RedCarpetCountry.com | 7 REDCARPETCOUNTRY.COM REDCARPETCOUNTRY.COM REDCARPETCOUNTRY.COM REDCARPETCOUNTRY.COM REDCARPETCOUNTRY.COM MUSEUMS

MUSEUM LOCATION MUSEUM LOCATION 1893 Land Run Museum Medford (I 1) Laverne Community Museum & Fox Hotel Historic Site Laverne (E-F 1-2) A.D. Buck Museum Tonkawa (I 1-2) Leona Mitchell Southern Heights Heritage Center Enid (I 2) Adventure Quest Outdoor Science Playground Enid (I 2) Leonardo’s Children’s Museum Enid (I 2) Alfalfa County Museum & Historical Society Cherokee (H 1) Maddux Charolais Ranch Mooreland (G 2) Alva Municipal Airport Museum Alva (G 1) Marland Mansion / E.W. Marland Estate Ponca City (J 1-2) Ames Astrobleme Museum Ames (H 2) Marland’s Grand Home Ponca City (J 1-2) Boswell Museum Leedey (F 3) McCarter Museum & Centennial Park Tonkawa (I 1-2) Bryant Baker Gallery & Artist Studio Ponca City (J 1-2) Midgley Museum Enid (I 2) Buffalo Museum Buffalo (F 1) Newkirk Community Historical Museum & Heritage Center Newkirk (J 1) Canadian Rivers Historical Society Museum Geary (H 4) No Man’s Land Museum Goodwell (C 2) Cherokee Strip Museum Alva (G 1) NWOSU Museum of Natural History Alva (G 1) Cherokee Strip Museum & Rose Hill School Perry (I 2) Pioneer Village Kingfisher (H 3-4) Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center Enid (I 2) Pioneer Woman Statue & Museum Ponca City (J 1-2) Chisholm Trail Museum Kingfisher (H 3-4) Plains Indians & Pioneers Museum Woodward (F 2) Cimarron Heritage Center Museum Boise City (A 1) Railroad Museum of Oklahoma Enid (I 2) Conoco Museum Ponca City (J 1-2) Ralph Cain Jr. Memorial Newspaper Museum Carmen (H 2) Covington Historical Museum & Township Historical Site Covington (I 2) Sam & Burla Snyder Memorial History Center Hennessey (I 3) Dewey County Jailhouse Museum Taloga (G 3) Sand Creek Museum/Major County Historical Society Complex Fairview (H 2) Dr. Renfrow-Miller Museum Billings (I 2) Seay Mansion Kingfisher (H 3-4) Freedom Museum Freedom (G 1) Shattuck Windmill Museum & Park Shattuck (E-F 2-3) Gateway to the Panhandle Museum Gate (E 1) Simpon’s Old Time Museum Enid (I 2) Hajek Motorsports Museum Ames (H 2) Skeleton Creek Productions & Movie Set Enid (I 2) Henry Bellmon Library & Museum Billings (I 2) Standing Bear Park, Museum & Education Center Ponca City (J 1-2) Heritage Center & Ditch Witch Museum Perry (I 2) T.B. Ferguson Home Museum Watonga (H 3-4) Homesteader’s Original Sod House Museum Aline (H 1) Tonkawa Tribal Museum Tonkawa (I 1-2) Humphrey Heritage Village Enid (I 2) Top of Oklahoma Museum Blackwell (I-J 1) Jones & Plummer Trail Museum Beaver (D-E 1) Twister the Movie Museum Wakita (I 1) Kanza Museum Kaw City (J 1) Waynoka Air Rail Museum & Harvey House Station Waynoka (G 2) Kenton Museum Kenton (A 1)

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8 | 2019 RedCarpetCountry.com REDCARPETCOUNTRY.COM REDCARPETCOUNTRY.COM BEAVER (Beaver County) Beaver is home to the nation’s most Attractions unusual competition - The Annual World Annual Cow Chip Throw, Beaver Dunes Red Carpet Country Cow Chip Throwing Contest, held every Park, Gateway to the Panhandle Museum Photo Contest April. Come see dozens of folks fl inging in Gate, Beaver Pioneer Park Golf Course, Take pictures during your “cow patty” pies yards down the way. Red Carpet Country visit and Jones & Plummer Trial Museum, Beaver enter them in our Photo Contest - Don’t worry, you’ll never get pooped River Wildlife Area Go to RedCarpetCountry.com in Beaver - we watch where we sling! for contest rules. The rest of the year enjoy Beaver Dunes Historical Signifi cance Park, 520 acres of dune buggy rides on The Presbyterian Church 300 acres of sand hills - fi sh and hike built in 1887 is listed on the too at the Beaver Dunes Park lake. National Register of Historic Places as “the oldest church in Oklahoma Territory”

Photo Opportunities Beaver Dunes Park, located in the sandy panhandle city of Beaver, offers sand hills, as well as fi shing, hiking trails, a playground and two campgrounds. SAVE THE DATE Join us on Tuesday, August 20, 2019 for our Annual Red Carpet Country Tourism Conference at the 50th Anniversary of the World CNB Conference Center in Enid. Champion Cow Chip Throw

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2019 RedCarpetCountry.com | 9 BUFFALO (Harper County) The Town of Buffalo is centrally Attractions located in Harper County. One of Doby Spring’s Golf Course, Doby Spring’s the signifi cant events is the July 4th Park & Recreational area, Buffalo Museum, Celebration in the Park, a day of games Canyons and Trails for the whole family; open entry co-ed softball tournament, entertainment, Historical Signifi cance fellowship and free hamburgers and In 1907, the town was “staked out” and hotdogs, and a wondrous display a post offi ce was established with the of fi reworks closes the day. The Harper County Round-up Club will again name Buffalo, which was derived from showcase the youth with a variety of nearby Buffalo Creek. Buffalo’s founders events throughout the summer. Buffalo issued instructions for all buildings to is home to many events and programs, be built of stone, thereby many of those such as the Red Rock Flea Market & structures survived the test of time. Rummage; Townwide Garage Sale day; Old Settlers Picnic, and Homecoming Photo Opportunities BHS; Stone City Park Christmas Display, Buffalo Veterans Memorial Crafters Christmas Mall, and Santa Day. Park, the Beautiful Canyons The Doby Spring’s Golf Course is a challenging 9-hole course we are proud of, West of Town beside Doby Springs Park and Recreational area. The Western Red Carpet Country Photo Contest Cattle Trail runs thru the county, as well Take pictures during your In 1920 as the Fort Dodge–Fort Supply Military Red Carpet Country visit and the railroad Supply Trail, from by gone days of the enter them in our Photo Contest - FUN arrived area. The Buffalo Museum has artifacts Go to RedCarpetCountry.com in Buffalo of this history and older: Dinosaurs! for contest rules. FACT

LAVERNE (Harper County) As you head west into the Okla- the lookout for Barn Quilts, or stretch Attractions homa Panhandle, you won’t want to your legs on our 3-mile recreation trail. 4th of July Celebration, Laverne miss the town of Laverne – home of With our health clinic, vision clinic, Recreational Trail, Lake Evans the 1967 Miss America Jane Jayroe! and dentist offi ce, we can also meet Chambers,Laverne Community Surrounded by rolling prairie pastures unexpected health needs if they arise Museum, Laverne Golf & Country and waving wheat fi elds, Laverne is the during your visit. perfect picture of small town USA. We Just passing through? Be sure to Club, Laverne Community Museum, are full of old fashion charm with all the fi ll up on fuel and grab a quick snack at Laverne Golf & Country Club modern conveniences. one of our many fi lling stations or stop Our variety of businesses in town for a tasty meal at one of our locally Historical Signifi cance make Laverne a one-stop-shop where owned restaurants. Laverne is home of the 1967 Miss you will fi nd everything you need Known far and wide for its 4th without the hassle of big city traffi c. of July events, Laverne hosts the true America, Jane Jayroe! Laverne was Our motel, RV hook-up locations, and All-American Independence Day Cele- named for Laverne Smith a local resident. laundry mat offer several options for bration complete with a large parade, Laverne was nicknamed “the Oil Capital people to stay in town and enjoy all La- turtle races, volleyball and basketball of Northwest Oklahoma” during the verne has to offer! Play a round of golf tournaments, softball games, free 1950’s oil boom. The Laverne area on our lovely course, take advantage of dinner and entertainment at the park, prospered as petroleum and pipeline the wonderful hunting opportunities homemade ice cream, and an amazing companies opened local facilities. in the surrounding areas, swing by for fi reworks display! a dip in our city pool, tour the town on Photo Opportunities SAVE THE DATE Historic Downtown, Veterans Memorial Annual Red Carpet Country Tourism Conference on August 20, 2019. 10 | 2019 RedCarpetCountry.com 2019 RedCarpetCountry.com | 11 TALOGA (Dewey County) Taloga is located in west-central Attractions Oklahoma and the Dewey County seat. Dewey County Free Fair, Boswell Museum You can experience the Dewey County of Leedey, Indian Records Inc. of Fay Free Fair every September, and you can visit the Dewey County Jailhouse Photo Opportunities Museum year-round. Taloga offers a Dewey County Jailhouse Museum, unique shopping opportunities, Taloga City Park including the B&B Sew Unique shop and the Art on 183 art center. If you are Historical Signifi cance looking for lodging, Taloga has a motel The area was formerly part of the and RV Park. Cheyenne-Arapaho Reservation and lies Dewey County has many great mostly in the Gypsum Hills physiographic communities, including Leedey, Seiling, and Vici. The Indian Record Inc. of Fay region. The county’s prehistory is is an Indian trading post offering represented by one Paleo-Indian site, beaded crafts and Native American forty-one Archaic sites, fi fteen Woodland music. Leedey is the home of the sites, and thirty-fi ve Plains Village sites. Boswell Museum.

SEILIING (Dewey County) Seiling is the largest city in Dewey 1950’s the oil and gas industry boosted Attractions Historical Signifi cance County. The town was named in 1899 the economy. Seiling is the hometown Seiling Golf Course, Murray Memorial Seiling stood on land opened by for Louis Seiling, who operated the of Jordy Mercer, major league baseball Park, VFW Memorial, Murals the 1892 Cheyenne and Arapaho offi ce in back of his general store. In player and meteorologist, Gary England. Land Run. By 1894 the settlement the early 1900’s famed prohibitionist Photo Opportunities had a post offi ce in Louis Seiling’ Carrie Nation lived in the town. In the Murals, VFW Memorial general store. In 1909 the community incorporated.

Red Carpet Country Photo Contest Take pictures during your In 1903, Red Carpet Country visit and enter Seiling had them in our Photo Contest - FUN a horse Go to RedCarpetCountry.com racing track. for contest rules. FACT

12 | 2019 RedCarpetCountry.com SHATTUCK (Ellis County) Shattuck, the largest city in Ellis surgical services. County is a commercial hub, with a strong Shattuck is north of the picturesque Chamber of Commerce comprised of Antelope Hills, and situated between the nearly100 businesses and organizations. Canadian River and Wolf Creek. The area The well-maintained City Golf Course is is a hunter’s paradise with an abundance a favorite for area corporate tournaments of quail, turkey and deer. Shattuck is home and features a weekly open scramble. to a variety of restaurants, charming guest Centrally located, City Park has all new houses and multiple RV parks. playground equipment, a large public pool, tennis courts and brand new covered Attractions picnic facilities! Enjoy a Nature Walk or jog Shattuck City Golf Course, Windmill at the mile-long Lighted Walking Trail at Centennial Lake. Be sure to catch a drive- Museum and Park, Barn Quilt Tours, in movie or visit the Windmill Museum Gage Artesian Beach, Lake Vincent and Park. The Stuart Memorial Building (listed Historical Signifi cance on the National Historic Register) houses Opened to non-Indian settlement by the Shattuck Public Library. Inside the land run in 1893. Germans from Russia enormous brick structure, wall murals During WWII Gage depict the history of Shattuck from 1838 settled in the area in 1901 and 1902. hosted a bomber training to 1982. Shattuck’s legendary Newman facility, which later FUN become a small airport. Memorial Hospital (est. 1920) serves a Photo Opportunities tri-state region! The life and legacy of Centennial Lake, Windmill Museum founding pioneer physician, O.C. Newman FACTS and Park, Antelope Hills is detailed in the popular novel “Hang The Newman Memorial Arnett is Gage is home to the on to the Willows.” In 2010, Newman Hospital, established in 1908, the Ellis only Artesian Swimming Memorial completed a 5 million dollar has served the area County seat. Pool in the state. renovation and continues to build new for more than a century. service lines for the community through an ever-expanding specialty clinics and

2019 RedCarpetCountry.com | 13 WOODWARD (Woodward County) Originally home to Kiowa, Cheyenne, included the damming of an artesian Comanche and Arapahoe tribes, the well (a failed oil well venture), which town of Woodward was established in formed Crystal Beach Lake and the 1887 when the railroad arrived. The adjacent park. Crystal Beach Park railroad made Woodward a stop on the includes Crystal Beach Aquatics Center, Great Western Cattle Trail. Woodward Fuller Park Baseball fi eld, a spring-fed grew as the depot shipped thousands lake always stocked with a variety of of cattle east and soon got a reputation fi sh, tennis courts, football fi elds, indoor as a rough-and-tumble frontier town. and outdoor sports facilities, picnic Located in the western quadrant of areas, a playground and a band-shell. Historical Signifi cance the Cherokee Outlet, the town began Crystal Beach Lake facility has also Originally, the area was the home of Kiowa, 6 years before the outlet was offi cially become home to the Elks Rodeo, which Cheyenne, Comanche and Arapahoe tribes. opened to non-Indian settlers as a began in 1929. the Woodward Bowling Center. The town of Woodward was established in provisioning point for Fort Supply. Plains Indians & Pioneers Museum Woodward has a variety of hotels, 1887 when the railroad arrived. Located Woodward’s story forever changed provides visitors with a glimpse of the all offering their guests a range of in the western quadrant of the Cherokee the night of April 9, 1947 when a old Wild West. Murals by Paul Laune amenities and facilities. Restaurants to Outlet, the town began 6 years before the tornado ripped across the city. History and Pat “Kemoha” Patterson show the choose from in Woodward include true outlet was offi cially opened to non-Indian would now be measured as having lifestyle of the NW Oklahoman Native American style diners to continental happened before or after the tornado. Americans and trace the settlement cafes and pub food. settlers as it was needed as a provisioning In November 1956, Woodward began a of the fi rst pioneers. point for Fort Supply. Woodward has been a trade center ever since. The railroad made new adventure - oil and gas production; Originally built in 1929, the Attractions Woodward a stop on the Great Western McCormick #1 became the country’s beautifully restored Woodward Arts Boiling Springs State Park and Golf Course, discovery gas well, and a boom of Theatre, hosts a variety of performances, Cattle Trail, and Woodward grew as the Aquatics Center Water Park, Sports more than twenty years followed. both local and traveling acts and annual depot shipped thousands of cattle back Now the gateway to NW Oklahoma, events including the Twister Alley Complex, Golf Course, & Crystal east. Woodward soon got a reputation as a Woodward showcases the enduring spir- International Film Festival, held in Christmas Drive-thru Light Display, rough-and-tumble frontier town, and tales it of the original pioneers with genuine the spring each year. Elk’s Rodeo, The Plains Indians & Pioneers of the gunfi ghts of the famous attorney hometown hospitality and Additional attractions include Alabaster Museum, Woodward Arts Theatre , Temple Houston are still told today. During Wild West history. Caverns, the world’s largest gypsum Nightmare in the Country, Kenny Farms, the Great Depression, local Works Progress One of the original seven State Parks caverns, Cimarron Bluff Wildlife Fort Supply Historic Site, Barn Quilt Trails, Administration projects included the built in the 1930’s, Boiling Springs State Management area, Fort Supply Historic Woodward Fairgrounds & Event Center, damming of an artesian well (a failed oil Park is a natural ‘oasis on the plains’. Site - home to the original 19th Century Larry Hill Art Studio, Susan Sims Art The park is named after the natural army camp where General George Custer well venture) to form Crystal Beach Lake Studio, Walking Trails, Covington’s Cycle ‘boiling’ spring that still fl ows and stayed during the US Government’s and its adjacent park. Woodward’s story keeps the lake full and the surrounding campaign against the Plains Indians, City custom motorcycles, Lakeside forever changed the night of April 9, 1947 land fertile through even the driest Crystal Christmas Drive-thru Light Cinema 6, Woodward Bowling Center when a tornado ripped across the city. of summers. The Boiling Springs Golf Display, Woodward Arts Theatre, History would now be measured as having Photo Opportunities Course, one of the fi nest municipal Nightmare in the Country, Kenny Farms, happened before or after the tornado! In Crystal Beach Park & Woodward golf courses in the country, provides Barn Quilt Trails, Woodward Fairgrounds late November 1956, Woodward began players one of the most challenging & Event Center, Larry Hill Art Studio, County Fairgrounds, Historic Downtown a new adventure - oil and gas production. playing experiences in the region. Susan Sims Art Studio, Walking Trails, Woodward, The Plains Indians & McCormick #1 became the country’s During the Great Depression, local Covington’s Cycle City custom Pioneers Museum, Josie Adams Cultural discovery gas well, and a boom of more Works Progress Administration projects motorcycles, Lakeside Cinema 6, and Center, L.L. Stine House than twenty years followed.

14 | 2019 RedCarpetCountry.com 2019 RedCarpetCountry.com | 15 ALVA (Woods County) Alva was established in 1893 as a land Hatchery, Little Sahara State Park, The Great offi ce from the Cherokee Outlet Land Run, Salt Plains Lake and State Park, Alabaster the largest of the land rushes that settled Caverns State Park and the Twister Museum western and central Oklahoma. The site in Wakita. was likely named for a railroad attorney, The Cherokee Strip Museum of Alva is Alva Adams, who had become governor located in the former Alva General Hospital. of Colorado. Upon visiting the Museum you will fi nd Today, the city council is actively soliciting many authentic historical items displayed murals -- one of the most recent is of the in one of the 40 rooms throughout the storied “Castle on the Hill.” Marvelous murals building. Local families whose ancestors can be found throughout the town square. settled in Woods County at the time of the The Runnymede has an interesting history 1893 land run are striving to see that history and provides a community room with a full is preserved and future generations have kitchen. The Alva Community Theatre, Inc. these artifacts to see and understand their Attractions Historical Signifi cance (ACT 1) offers live entertainment in June and heritage. An authentic one room school Bradt’s Menagerie Petting Farm, Little The town’s primary economic base has November. Alva hosts a First Friday Art Walk house is located on the museum complex. Sahara State Park, Alabaster Caverns been agriculture since the arrival of the on the fi rst Friday of each month in Alva’s Classes are taught in the spring in the school State Park, Great Salt Plains State Park, fi rst homesteaders. Arts & Shopping District. In September, join house and conducted as an early day Graceful Arts, Cherokee Strip Museum, us for the RACE Big Cruise & Car Show. “country” school. Special treasures in the Alva Golf & Country Club, Cherokee Strip Photo Opportunities Alva is a destination for numerous Museum are artifacts from the German Museum, Alva Municipal Airport Museum, Downtown Town Square, The Runnymede, northwest Oklahoma attractions, such as P.O.W. camp stationed in Alva during NWOSU Museum of Natural History NWOSU Campus Bradt’s Menagerie Petting Farm, Byron’s Fish World War II.

FREEDOM (Woods County) Photo Opportunities The community of Freedom is majesty of this cave system. Attractions known as the smallest certifi ed city In Freedom, you can experience Alabaster Caverns State Park, Freedom Alabaster Caverns State Park, (as opposed to a town) in the state of the Freedom Museum and the Museum, Rhodes Arena, Freedom Rodeo Freedom Museum, Murals, Oklahoma. The Alabaster Caverns State Cimarron Cowboys monument in & Old Cowhand Event Cimarron Cowboys monument, Park is south of Freedom. The Alabaster the city park. Don’t miss the Freedom Mural, Freedom Rodeo Scene, Historical Signifi cance Old Time Freedom Buildings, the Caverns are the world’s largest Gypsum Rodeo & Old Cowhand Reunion event. In 1878, the Battle of Turkey Springs was Caverns that are open to the accessible Grab a bite to eat at The Store, Camp Christmas tree in the middle of fought approximately ten miles northeast Main Street public. The more adventurous can go Houston, Maria’s Café, or Stables of present-day Freedom. It was the last spelunking throughout the cave system; Steakhouse. If you are looking for known encounter between the United however, for the more down to earth lodging, try the Sage and Saddle Bed States Cavalry and American Indians visitor a network of stairs, handrails & Breakfast, Stables Resort, Freedom in Oklahoma. and well carved pathways allow you Cabins, and several RV parks. to experience the magnifi cence and SAVE THE DATE Annual Red Carpet Country Tourism Conference at the CNB Conference Center in Enid, STATE PARK on Tuesday, August 20, 2019. Alabaster Caverns Freedom’s economy Dacoma has a long history revolves around wheat of serving wheat farmers FUN and beef producers; FUN and has supported fi ve but salt has been another large grain elevators for most FACT important industry. FACT of the twentieth century. 16 | 2019 RedCarpetCountry.com Hwy 50 & Hwy 50-A • Freedom, Oklahoma 73842 PH: 580.621.3381 2018 RedCarpetCountry.com | 17 Photo by Elizabeth Solomon FUN FACT Waynoka was originally named Keystone. In 1908, Waynoka became a Santa Fe Railway division point, which employed nearly one thousand.

WAYNOKA (Woods County) Waynoka is known as the Little City by the best rodeo cowboys and was ranked the Sand. Little Sahara State Park is near- in 2016 by UPRA at #1 nationally for ly 2,000 acres of living sand dunes and is highest paying added money. Thursday only 3 miles from downtown Waynoka. night is kid’s night, with special events It is among the most popular sand dune and activities just for them. You’ll enjoy parks in the nation, open 24 hours a day, the special performances nightly that seven days a week. Camping has been include the thrilling musical chairs race! made easier with online reservations at Food vendors are on sight at the rodeo the park. Find camping information for grounds with specialties like meatloaf Little Sahara State Park at www.travelok. burgers and chicken fry sandwiches. Bring com. There are multiple private camp- your appetite and your grounds located adjacent to the park, enthusiasm and enjoy three great as well as a motel and weekend rentals nights of rodeo at its fi nest. for those who want more comfort than One of the historical treasures, the camping allows. You can ride your ATV Harvey House Depot stand next to one or ORV on our trail to town and park on of America’s fastest and busiest rail lines, the street in front of your favorite store the BNSF Transcon. The Waynoka Air or eating establishment, get your fuel or Rail Museum showcases Waynoka riding accessories, camping supplies or transportation history on the second groceries for the weekend; it’s all fl oor of the Harvey House. Both the available right in Waynoka. Harvey House and Santa Fe Depot are The 73rd Annual Rattlesnake Roundup listed on the National Register of Historic happens the fi rst weekend after Easter. Places. Train watching abounds in During this annual event our town grows Waynoka and the surrounding area. by 10-20 times our usual population with Just south of Waynoka blacktop roads all kinds of folks looking for fun, and they lead out to the countryside where the fi nd it here in Waynoka. Hunters bring scenic vistas show off beautiful sun rises in the snakes during the weekend and and sunsets. It’s no wonder that Charles visitors can brave the Den of Death to get Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart found a close up view. The butcher shop will be Waynoka such a charming place to visit! open, and yes, you can taste snake meat. There are carnival rides for the young and young at heart, food and merchan- Attractions dise vendors line the streets and an area Annual Rattlesnake Roundup, Cimarron ABATE Chapter hosts a Biker Rodeo on River Stampede Rodeo, Harvey House, Saturday at our rodeo grounds. Snakes Santa Fe Depot, Waynoka Air Rail Museum are measured and prizes awarded on Sun- Historical Signifi cance day afternoon to complete the weekend. In 1929 Transcontinental Air Transport built This three day event has something for Oklahoma’s fi rst transcontinental airport at a everyone! site selected by Col. Charles A. Lindbergh fi ve Waynoka is known for the Cimar- miles northeast of Waynoka. Lindbergh and ron River Stampede Rodeo, the oldest Amelia Earhart were offi cers in the company ongoing rodeo in the area, celebrating the and became familiar faces in town. 83rd year in 2019. Sanctioned by UPRA, KPRA, IPRA & open rodeo Photo Opportunities associations, this event is held the second Little Sahara State Park, Surrounding weekend in August and attracts some of Red Flats, Curtis Hill (the BNSF rail line) 18 | 2019 RedCarpetCountry.com 2019 RedCarpetCountry.com | 19 HENNESSEY REDCARPETCOUNTRY.COM HENNESSEY REDCARPETCOUNTRY.COM NESSEY

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excitement you expect from this local Salt Plains State Park, The Great Salt Plains by Vickie Seltenreich event. Visitors will experience cutting, Stampede Rodeo, Jet Museum in Jet, Selenite barrel racing, and of course bronc riding Crystal Dig, Byron’s State Fish Hatchery Rt 1 Box 28 • Jet, Oklahoma • 73749 PH: 580-626-4731

ALINE (Alfalfa County) Aline hosts a Fall Fair on the second of thick buffalo grass sod and used alkali weekend in October. The celebration is clay to plaster the inside walls. Completed kicked off Friday evening with cannon in 1894 McCully added a wood fl oor one fi ring bowling balls and homemade cake year later in 1895. Today the museum and ice cream. Saturday morning the encloses the original Sod House. motor cycle poker run leads the parade. Visitors can enjoy soup cooked in an 80, Attractions 30 and 20 gallon cast iron kettles the old The Sod House Museum, Ralph Cain Jr. fashioned way; outdoors on an open fi re. Memorial Newspaper Museum in Carmen This tradition was started after WWII. Historical Signifi cance Also look for craft booths, cake walk and The Sod House just outside of Aline, traditional games for the entire family. Oklahoma is the only one still standing Just southeast of Aline is a unique that was built by a homesteader. attraction that you don’t want to miss. At one time there were thousands of Photo Opportunities sod houses dotting the plains of North The Sod House Museum America. This “Soddy,” built by Marshal McCully in 1894, is the only one still standing in Oklahoma that was built Aline was named for Mabel Aline by a homesteader. Hartshorn, the Marshall McCully made the Cherokee FUN daughter a Outlet Land Run of 1893 staking his homestead owner claim south of Aline, Oklahoma. He built who opened FACT the post offi ce. his two-room home with one-half acre

22 | 2019 RedCarpetCountry.com Hennessey is located along the historic Chisholm Trail, and is named after Pat Hennessey, a wagon freighter massacred in the Buffalo War of 1874. His death HENNESSEY (Kingfisher County) Hometown friendly, Hennessey loves wagon freighter massacred in the Buffalo Attractions a party and gets together annually in War of 1874. His death was one of the Turkey Creek Golf Course, Prairie January for the FOL Chili Cook-off, in pivotal events in the closing of the Quilt Shop, Wine & Chocolate August, for Pat Hennessey Days, and American West, and his grave and Festival, Pat Hennessey Celebration, then enjoys a full September with the memorial garden are located in Pat Friends of the Library Pumpkin town-wide garage sale, the Friends of Hennessey Memorial Park. The Sam and Patch, Mistletoe Magic, Sam & the Library Book Sale, and the Friend’s Burla Snyder Memorial History Center in Burla Snyder History Center Bar Car Show. October brings the Friends the public library is a great place to learn of the Library Great Pumpkin Patch and more about the history of the area, visit Historical Signifi cance the Wine & Chocolate Festival, featuring the one-room school house exhibits and Hennessey is named after Pat Hennessey, wines of Oklahoma and the sweetest centennial photos and enjoy free wi-fi . an Irish freighter who was killed at the chocolates in the region. In December, Visit the inland lighthouse in the Pat present townsite in April, 1874. GREAT SALT Mistletoe Magic hosts bright lights, a Hennessey Memorial Garden, or step out parade and downtown shopping. on the old Chisholm Trail in Bullfoot Park. Photo Opportunities Rooted in the soil, this town’s origins Hennessey is home to one of the PLAINS Pat Hennessey Memorial Park, Bullfoot are agricultural and oil and gas exploration, best public golf courses in Northwest Park, The Historic Ranch Room @ the industries which continue to grow and Oklahoma - Turkey Creek Golf Course-- Vernost Wine Co., Historic Downtown, Pat draw new residents to enrich the diverse and the state’s largest quilt shop-- Prairie cultural heritage of the area. Hennessey is Quilt. Gift shops and small cafes offering Hennessey Memorial Park, Bullfoot Park located along the historic Chisholm Trail, down-home cooking are open all along and is named after Pat Hennessey, a Main Street.

FAIRVIEW (Major County) Fairview is a vibrant city offering Historical Signifi cance visitors a blend of spectacular natural The area around Ringwood was settled following the beauty and enjoyable outdoor recreation Cherokee Outlet Opening on September 16, 1893. John including water, mesas, prairies, wineries, Daniel Branham, the fi rst postmaster, selected the name hunting, fi shing, golfi ng, racing and Ringwood for the town because the townsite was ringed dunes. Fairview is positioned at the by woods from the northwest to the southeast. foothills of the Gloss Mountains and travelers from all over the world come Ames is home to relish the unbeatable view of the rustic, to the Hajek multi-hued, sparkling mesas only found FUN Motorsports Museum in Major County. An Astrobleme Adventure awaits in Fairview – the FACT landed in Ames, OK perfect spot to launch day trips! Taste Oklahoma history at a local winery. Unplug and play a round at Legacy Golf Course. Take in a fun annual event like the Gloss Mountain Cruiser’s Car Show Gloss and Cruise held the Saturday of Labor Mountain Day Weekend, the world’s largest working STATE Threshing Bees every September at PARK Sand Creek Heritage Museum or the world’s oldest Free Fly-In and Air Show at the Fairview Airport. Fairview – Your Gateway to Outdoor Adventure!

Attractions Indian Creek Winery, Ames Astobleme Museum, Hajek Photo by Lyndon Johnson Motorsports Museum in Ames Hwy 412 • Fairview, Oklahoma • 73737 PH: 580.227.2512 Photo Opportunities Indian Creek Winery 2019 RedCarpetCountry.com | 23 OKEENE (Blaine County) Upon approach to Okeene, it makes Okeene will host our Annual Okeene no difference from which direction you Rattlesnake Hunt April 25-28, 2019; for come, the spires of St. Anthony’s shine more information about the hunt visit in the distance. This beautiful Catholic www.okeenesnakehunt.com. The Annual church has been a part of Okeene’s Germanfest activities, with great German skyline since1922. Recently undergoing food and beer, will be in the beer garden, extensive renovations which include behind the Corner Store, on Saturday, a new roof, refurbished stained glass May 3, 2019; for more information visit windows and the two crosses that adorn www.okeenegermanfestcom. the spires received new gold foil. No matter where you are heading, At the intersection of Hwy’s 8 & 51 don’t pass through without slowing you arrive at “The Corner.” This is the down to enjoy a little of Okeene’s quaint, corner of where you’ve been and where home-town hospitality! you’re headed in NW Oklahoma! Newly restored, our Welcome Center is stocked Attractions with Made in Oklahoma items including Okeene Municipal Golf Course, Okeene Oklahoma specialty foods, jewelry, Rattlesnake Hunt, Germanfest souvenirs, arts and crafts from over 70 Photo Opportunities vendors from across the state! Downtown Murals, St. Anthony’s South of the intersection, browse Catholic Church, Germanfest Beer Roadrunner Antiques; vintage signs and Garden, The Corner Store Red Carpet Country many one-of-a-kind vintage treasures. Photo Contest East of the intersection, choose your Historical Signifi cance Enter photos from your visit favorite fl avors from the list of specialty T. H. Mansfi eld coined the town’s name to our area and you could burgers or Hunt’s Brothers Pizza at Burger from the last syllables of Cherokee and be featured in next year’s guide. Station. Across the street, steaks, pizza, Cheyenne. Originally the name was RedCarpetCountry.com salad bar and char-broiled burgers are pronounced as a three-syllable word, available at Mimi’s 51 Café. O-Kee-Ne.

CANTON (Blaine County) Canton Lake is a beautiful centerpiece Attractions of tourism and recreation for the entire Canton Lake, Walleye Rodeo Red Carpet region. 45 miles of shoreline and 7,910 acres of cool, clear water are Historical Signifi cance home to numerous boat ramps, 5 Canton derived its name from multi-use areas and a family-friendly Cantonment, a nearby military post sandy swimming beach. The lake is a that was established in 1879. fi sherman’s paradise – walleye, crappie, white bass, channel catfi sh and large- Photo Opportunities mouth bass make their home in these Historic Downtown, waters. Feeling Lucky? There’s a casino Canton Lake up the road. Just south of the casino, the friendly town of Canton provides great shopping and a well-kept walking trail where events are often held. You can fi nd all you need – clean fuel stops, SAVE THE DATE In 1948, the Join us on Tuesday, August 20, 2019 motel service, RV hookups, and bait U.S. Army Corps of for our Annual Red Carpet Country and tackle shops. Great eating too! FUN Engineers completed Tourism Conference at the CNB Canton Lake. FACT Conference Center in Enid. 24 | 2019 RedCarpetCountry.com 2019 RedCarpetCountry.com | 25 MEDFORD (Grant County) Medford is located in north-central Oklahoma, north of Enid and west of Ponca City. Early cattle trails in the county included Black Dog and the historic Chisholm Trail. The newly opened 1893 Land Run Museum & Community Center houses artifacts related to Medford’s agricultural and local history, artfully arranged and labeled. Annual Egg Hunt is in April and Octoberfest is October.

Historical Signifi cance Located on the historic Chisholm Trail. It is generally believed that Medford was named for Medford, Massachusetts, the hometown of a railroad offi cial. The area was opened to non-Indian settlers during the Cherokee Outlet land opening on September 16, 1893.

Attractions 1893 Land Run Museum (opened in 2017), Medford Golf Course, Swimming Pool, Airport, Library, Medford Civic Center events, Farmers’ Market Photo Opportunities Historic Downtown, 1893 Land Run Homesteaders Monument and tank display on Courthouse Lawn

Photo by Dakstone Fleming

WAKITA (Grant County) Founded with the opening of the Attractions Cherokee Outlet on September 16, 1893, The Twister The Movie Museum & this small farming community was Celebration, The Old Settler Celebration transformed into a working movie set Photo Opportunities for the 1996 action movie blockbuster, Twister Museum and downtown. Twister. Now home to the Twister (The Movie) Museum. Many of the movie Historical Signifi cance scenes were shot in Wakita. A visit to the Historian George Shirk asserted that the Twister Museum provides a fi rst-hand feel town name is a Cherokee word meaning for the adventure. Even if it isn’t “on the water collected in a small depression, way” the Twister (The Movie) Museum such as a buffalo wallow. is worth the look! The Twister (The Movie) Museum Pond Creek emerged Celebration is in May and The Old near the old Pond Creek FUN Stage Station on the Settlers Celebration in September. Chisholm Trail. 26 | 2018 RedCarpetCountry.com FACT WATONGA (Blaine County) The Gateway to Roman Nose State Roman Nose State Park is one of Park, Watonga is 70 miles northwest Oklahoma’s original state parks built by of Oklahoma City, an easy destination the Civilian Conservation Corps in the for a day trip or a weekend stay. Visitors early 1930’s. A drive or walk through the to Watonga can browse through antique Park will transport the visitor to another shops and specialty gift stores and sample time, when the area was the winter wine produced from locally-grown camp grounds of the Cheyenne and grapes at Whirlwind Winery located Arapaho tribes. The Park offers many on Main Street. Formerly the home of activities for all ages, including camping the Watonga Cheese Factory, Watonga and RV hookups, hiking, mountain still hosts the annual family-friendly biking, and horse trails with beautiful Roman Nose Hills Trail Rides and an Historical Signifi cance Cheese Festival on the second weekend canyon views, a challenging 18-hole golf annual Trout Derby in spring. Check The town was named for Arapaho Chief Wa-ton-gha, whose name of October and several merchants in course, swimming, fishing, and flowing out the Blaine County OK Community meant Black Coyote. town sell Watonga Cheese. The county cold spring waters. The Park Lodge has Facebook page for dates and times of seat of Blaine County, Watonga has 22 rooms and a restaurant. Just outside activities and events in the area and Photo Opportunities Roman Nose State Park, Ferguson attractions for history buffs and outdoor of the Park, the Chaparral Retreat and come visit any time of year, for a day Chapel, Post Offi ce Mural enthusiasts. The T.B. Ferguson Home Guesthouse offers a contemporary, or a weekend! More information is also & Museum is available for guided intimate B&B experience and is also available at RedCarpetCountry.com. tours. Just south of the museum is the available as an event venue, hosting Attractions Agriculture has Ferguson Presbyterian Chapel, built in wood-fired pizza dinners and Oklahoma T.B. Ferguson Home, Watonga Cheese dominated the 1901. The Noble House Bed & Breakfast House Concerts. Additional lodging and Festival, Watonga Golf Course, Noble burgeoning town’s FUN economy for nearly is listed on the National Registry of dining can be found in town. Watonga House Bed & Breakfast, Whirlwind the entire existence Historical Buildings and is one of the and Roman Nose State Park host several Winery Tasting Room, Roman Nose FACT of Watonga. lodging options in the area. other seasonal events, including biannual State Park & Golf Course

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VENUE LOCATION Enid Brewing Company (Opening in 2019) Enid (I 2) Indian Creek Village Winery & Tasting Room Ringwood (H 2) Plymouth Valley Cellars Winery, Vineyard & Tasting Room Fairview (H 2) Silvertop Farm & Vineyards / Tasting Room Ponca City (J 1-2) Turner-Me On Winery Hennessey (I 3) Vernost Wine Co.Tasting Room Hennessey (I 3) Vortex Brewery Ponca City (J 1-2) Whirlwind Winery Tasting Room Watonga (H 3-4) RED CARPET COUNTRY MAP IS LOCATED ON PAGES 2 & 3

2019 RedCarpetCountry.com | 27 ENID (Garfield County) The arts and history blend together is located where “Lonesome Dove” meets in Enid, Red Carpet Country’s largest city “Far and Away,” as those productions and home to one of only seven Certifi ed represent two of the most signifi cant Cultural Districts in Oklahoma. historic events in the Old West. What we Enid’s walkable Arts and Entertainment know today as Government Springs Park District includes the historic downtown was known up and down the Chisholm square, two square blocks full of boutique Trail as a popular stop to water cattle. and antique shopping, some of Enid’s The 150th anniversary of the Chisholm fi nest and most varied cuisine and a Trail was celebrated in 2017. When you First Friday celebration April through see painted hoof prints on Enid’s city November fi lled with live music, creative streets, you are directly on the Chisholm and includes a two-story indoor Power Attractions artists and themed activities. The Enid Trail. Enid was also the site of one of four Tower as well as the three-story Leonardo’s Children’s Museum & Adventure Symphony Orchestra, Oklahoma’s land offi ces for the Great Land Run on outdoor playground, Adventure Quest, Quest, Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage longest-running symphony since 1905, Sept. 16, 1893, when 100,000 land-hungry and propel a pump car up and down Center & Humphrey Heritage Village, Central lives here, as does the Gaslight Theatre, settlers charged into the Cherokee Outlet the tracks at the Railroad Museum of National Bank Center, Gaslight Theatre, Enid one of the state’s most active community to claim their land and start their new Oklahoma, home to one of the largest Symphony Orchestra, David Allen Memorial theatres and Oklahoma’s only free lives. A visit to the Cherokee Strip collections of railroad material in the Ballpark, Meadowlake Park & Golf Course, Shakespeare in the Park. You’ll fi nd the Regional Heritage Center reveals a country. Enid is also home to Central National Bank Center here, Smithsonian-quality facility that tells Oklahoma’s offi cial Vietnam War Simpson’s, Old Time Museum, Pheasant Run which opened in 2013 and is already the settlers’ story in a way that puts you Memorial. An 80-percent replica of Golf Course established as the region’s top right in the saddle astride your galloping the Vietnam Wall in Washington, Historical Signifi cance entertainment venue having hosted horse toward the Land Run offi ce. You’ll D.C. is on permanent display at Enid is located on the historic Chisholm Trail. concerts by music superstars including also step inside the only remaining Woodring Regional Airport. Reba, Willie Nelson, Alabama, Kansas, original Land Run offi ce from any of Enid offers over 1,200 lodging Enid was part of the Cherokee Outlet and Casting Crowns and Mannheim Oklahoma’s seven land runs. rooms, over 100 restaurants including was the site of one of the Land Offi ces for Steamroller. Right across the street is Not only will you fi nd a waterfall at more than 50 uniquely-Enid eateries, the Great Land Run on September 16, 1893. David Allen Memorial Ballpark, home to Government Springs Park, you’ll also fi nd and a vast assortment of shopping from Photo Opportunities the NJCAA Division II World Series and Dillingham Garden, beautiful any time national retail stores to quaint, locally Downtown Murals and Statutes, Railroad over 270 events per year. The district of the year and a prime landing spot for owned shops. Enid has something any also holds art galleries and several public monarch butterfl ies in late September visitor will enjoy, and VisitEnid.org has Museum of Oklahoma, Government Springs sculptures, many designed by native son during their annual migration south to current information to help you plan Park, Vietnam War Memorial, Simpson’s and Oklahoma Hall of Famer H Holden. Mexico. For family fun, Leonardo’s your visit. Old Time Museum Do you like movies? You could say Enid Children’s Museum is newly renovated

28 | 2019 RedCarpetCountry.com Our Annual Red Carpet Country Tourism Conference at the Central National Bank Conference Center in Downtown Enid, on Tuesday, August 20, 2019. For more information RedCarpetCountry.com or facebook.com/redcarpetcountry or call (580) 327-4918.

2019 RedCarpetCountry.com | 29 KINGFISHER (Kingfisher County) Kingfi sher’s Chisholm Trail Museum is territorial governor. one of the best! Named after the famous A visit to the outstanding Kingfi sher trader Jesse Chisholm, it is the only County Veterans Memorial located in the museum built directly on the Trail. Kingfi sher Cemetery is a worthwhile and A Pioneer Village of åfi ve original 1889 memorable experience. Kingfi sher Park Attractions Historical Signifi cance historic structures including the Dalton on Highway 33 houses the Vernie Snow Chisholm Trail Museum, A.J. Seay Mansion, Home to Gov. A.J. Seay Oklahoma’s cabin, home of Adaline Dalton, mother Aquatic Center and you might also like Kingfi sher Golf Course second territorial governor, Located of the notorious Dalton gang, is located to play a round of golf at the adjoining on the historic Chisholm Trail Photo Opportunities on the museum grounds. The museum 18-hole golf course, stroll across the 105 takes great pride in hosting exhibits year old swinging bridge... or take in a Kingfi sher Park and Chisholm Trail Museum. which draw crowds from not only movie at the three- screen 89’er Theatre Oklahoma but surrounding states as downtown. Kingfi sher takes great pride well. Kingfi sher is the birthplace of Sam in our July Fourth parade, park festivities, Walton, as well as other noteworthy sons concert and fi reworks display, as well as and daughters such as internationally our downtown Christmas Parade held known author and poet Don Blanding; each December which concludes with W. C. Coleman, founder of the Coleman a spectacular fi reworks extravaganza Lantern Company; T. G. & Y. chain store set to music. “Kingfi sher Winter Nights”, founder R. A. Young; author Mary Agnes located in Kingfi sher Park, begins Thompson whose book “Loving You” November 25th and is open through provided the screenplay for Elvis Presley’s December 25th. Not only will there second movie; and Joe Redington, father be lights in the park, but activities such of the Iditarod Sled Dog Race, in Alaska, as train rides, ice skating, a carousel and as well as others... some famous and entertainment...a fun family outing. some infamous! A “must see” is the With plenty of restaurants and Seay Mansion across the street from unique shops to visit, you won’t have the museum. It was built in 1892 by a dull moment. Come to KINGFISHER! Gov. A.J. Seay, Oklahoma’s second You’ll have a blast!

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KAW LAKE.COM TRAVELOK.COM KAW LAKE.COM 2019 RedCarpetCountry.com | 33 TONKAWA (Kay County) Native Americans, hardy pioneers, of Oklahoma.” The picturesque Heart Museum and the A.D. Buck History and Historical Signifi cance educators, oilmen, German prisoners of in the Park Labyrinth with its timeline Welcome Center - give glimpses of the Tonkawa was the site of a POW camp during war and creative citizens have all left of Tonkawa history and the Grand history of the Tonkawa. World War II. Located at the north edge of the their mark on this city on the Salt Fork Heart Walk of art panels surrounded city, this camp housed over 3,000 prisoners and River. Tonkawa (the word translates as by personalized pavers are the latest Army personnel. “they all stay together”) takes its name additions to Centennial Park. A number Attractions from the Tonkawa Tribe. Because of of historical monuments and three McCarter Museum of Tonkawa History, Photo Opportunities abundant wheat production in the area, museums - the McCarter Museum of A.D. Buck History and Welcome Center, Centennial Park Tonkawa styles itself the “Wheatheart Tonkawa History, the Tonkawa Tribal Tonkawa Tribal Museum

BLACKWELL (Kay County) This small-town packs a big punch! Oklahoma City and Tulsa in Oklahoma gas service and distribution fi rms. Attractions Surrounded by fi ve casinos, Blackwell for the amount of jobs in its industrial While in town, stop in and visit the Top of Oklahoma Historical Society Museum, also plays host to a thriving event center and manufacturing sectors. Companies Top of the Oklahoma Museum, enjoy Kay County Free Fair, Blackwell’s Fourth of July for circuses, drone races and rodeos. that have operated in Blackwell include a home-cooked meal at any of the Activities, Blackwell Municipal Golf Course This charming town is also home to the Blackwell Zinc Smelter, Blackwell Milling local spots, take a dip in the community Historical Signifi cance largest county fair in the state, taking and Elevator Co., Blackwell Ice Company, pool and say “hi” to the locals! Lying along the Chikaskia River, Blackwell came place the fi rst full week in September of Consolidated Gas Co., and Hazel-Atlas into existence during the Cherokee Outlet every year. With an economy that has Gas. Blackwell has become home to Opening on September 16, 1893. The town is been based in agriculture and the oil and textile research, development and Photo Opportunities named for Andrew J. Blackwell, who was the gas industry, during the 1930s through manufacturing, investment casting, Beatty Rodgers Park & Old dominant force in its founding. the 1960s, Blackwell ranked only behind high tech manufacturing, and oil and Railroad Depot

PERRY (Kay County) Established by the Cherokee Outlet the history of the Cherokee Outlet. In Land Run of 1893, Perry is centrally addition to the museum, the grounds located off I-35, 60 miles north of include outdoor exhibits, a new blacksmith Oklahoma City, 83 miles west of Tulsa shop, shaded picnic areas and Rose Hill and 100 miles south of Wichita. Named School, a one-room school house. for J.A. Perry, one of the township Many events take place on the historic commissioners, Perry is the county seat downtown square including the Spring of Noble County. In its history, Perry Festival Car and Motorcycle Show and the contained 110 saloons and gambling annual Cherokee Strip Celebration. While houses and was home to the notorious strolling downtown, make a stop at any Doolin Gang. Today this friendly historic of the local shops to peruse antiques and town is proud of its agricultural history, knick-knacks and stay to eat lunch at one Attractions Photo Opportunities progressive businesses and of the local restaurants. Cherokee Strip Museum, Rose Hill School, Perry Wrestling Monument Park, Hopes home-town values. Historical Signifi cance Ditch With Heritage Center & Museum, Lake and Dreams Statue, 7 Clans Casino, At exit 186 off I-35, the fi ve-acre McMurty, Perry Golf & Country Club, Rolling Cherokee Strip Museum Cherokee Strip Museum complex traces The morning of September 16, 1893, thousands of people on the lines ran Meadows Golf Course in Covington 34 | 2019 RedCarpetCountry.com for the land available for settlement. PONCA CITY (Kay County) Ponca City thrives on the depth of restoration project in 1994, restored its rich history, diversity of its attrac- the theatre to its original beauty. Today tions, its elegant architecture and the the Poncan is home to a large collection unique nature of the pioneers who of hand-painted movie posters from made Ponca City their home. the 1920’s & 1930’s, all original to the In 1914 oil baron E.W. Marland theatre, which hosts numerous musical began construction on his fi rst home and theatrical events throughout for his wife and adopted family. This the year. now restored 22-room mansion was The tallest bronze statues in the designed with ground breaking amenities, state of Oklahoma live in Ponca City; including the fi rst indoor swimming the 22-foot Poncan Chief Standing pool in Oklahoma. Current displays Bear and the 30-foot “Confi dent,” showcase Marland’s family and his oil a tribute to the women that helped empire of the 1920’s, the 101 Ranch settle the west. Museum and a large collection of Native The Standing Bear Museum and the L.A. Cann Gardens, the Wentz Pool Attractions American artifacts from area tribes. Education Center is home to many & Camp, the Ponca City Art Center, Marland Mansion, Marland’s Grand Home, Modeled after the Davanzati Palace artifacts from the six area tribes as well three lakes, eight casinos, opportunities 101 Ranch Museum, Conoco Museum, Pioneer in Florence, Italy, the E.W. Marland as a beautiful art gallery containing for outdoor recreation on walking/ Woman Statue & Museum, Wentz Pool & Lew Estate, a 55-room 43,000 sq. ft. “castle Native American art and pottery. A biking trails and three disc golf courses. Wentz Memorial Golf Course, Poncan Theatre, on the prairie”, contains a leather-lined permanent arbor, located just west This thriving, diverse community Ponca Playhouse, Sun ‘n Fun Water Park, elevator, 12 bathrooms, 3 kitchens, 7 of the park, hosts the annual Standing provides many events throughout Standing Bear Park & Museum, Ponca Lake fi replaces and an elegant ballroom with Bear Pow Wow held in September. the year, such as the Herb Festival, Historical Signifi cance a 24-karat gold leaf covered ceiling Enjoy a stroll down a winding trail KawFest, Cruisin’ Grand, Cherokee Prominent resident Ernest Whitworth Marland worth over $2 million. Marland built this with tribal viewing courts that tell Strip Golf Classic, Ponca City Fine Arts struck oil in June 1911 in Ponca City and the 1928 home to be his “retreat.” It is now the story of the six area tribes: Kaw, Festival, Cherokee Strip BBQ Cook-off, Marland Oil Company was born, what is now listed as a National Historic Landmark. Osage, Otoe-Missouria, Pawnee, PRCA 101 Wild West Rodeo, Standing the ConocoPhillips Company. Mr. Marland’s Marland Oil Company Ponca, and Tonkawa. Bear Pow Wow, Oktoberfest, Holiday and Isaac Blake’s Continental Oil & The famous Pioneer Woman Happenings and the largest Festival Photo Opportunities Transportation - merged together to Statue and Museum tells the stories of Angels lighting display in northern Marland’s Mansion, Poncan Theatre, Standing become Conoco, a 20th century energy of Oklahoma’s pioneering women and Oklahoma and southern Kansas. Bear Museum, L.A. Cann Gardens, Centennial company like no other. The Conoco their infl uences on the development Plaza & Monument, Wentz Pool. Museum is a state-of-the-art museum of the state and nation through depicting the transformation from two rotating exhibits and historical artifacts. independent American success stories “Confi dent” was chosen from the work to one. of twelve sculptors by the votes of Opening in 1927, the Poncan Theatre 750,000 people from across the USA. enjoyed the “golden era” of cinema Ponca City is also home to the Bryant and all that came with it. A $1 million Baker Gallery, the Matzene Art Collection,

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Kaw Lake’s 1,000-foot dam and spillway fi sh-attraction areas, bait shops, restaurants areas is recommended from May through Historical Signifi cance rise 121 feet above the riverbed, creating and stores throughout the area. There are September. Make reservations by through Kaw Dam was authorized by Congress in the a 38-mile-long lake with more than 170 seven public use areas, two swim beaches www.recreation.gov or 877-444-6777. Flood Act of 1962. The dam was completed by miles of shoreline. Kaw Lake is a recreation and 13 boat ramps located around the the Corps of Engineers in May 1976. paradise with boating, skiing, hunting and lake for visitors to enjoy. Campers can Attractions Photo Opportunities fi shing, picnicking and camping. Kaw Lake select from 268 family campsites, many Kaw Lake, Sun n’ Fun Waterpark, Camp Scenic photos can be taken by the spillway and the Arkansas River have long been of which are equipped with water and McFadden, Camping, Fishing, Boating, and throughout the lake. known for blue cats as well as bass, crappie, electric hookups. Groups of all types enjoy Kanza Museum walleye, stripers and even a spoonbill two group camping areas at Osage Cove or two. The lake has several man-made and Sarge Creek. Reserved use of camping 2019 RedCarpetCountry.com | 35 REDCARPETCOUNTRY.COM REDCARPETCOUNTRY.COM

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Seiling Chamber of Commerce Plains Indians & Pioneer Museum Kaw Lake Association LEVEL 3 PO Box 794 2009 Williams Ave BUSINESS Seiling, OK 73663 Woodward, OK 73801 Kingfisher Chamber of Commerce 580-922-3110 (580) 256-6136 Kiwanis Club of Watonga MEMBERS Ponca City Chamber of Commerce Visit Enid LEVEL 1 420 E Grand Ave Laverne Chamber of Commerce 201 W Owen K Garriott Rd Ponca City, OK 74601 Latta, Lynda - Ellis County Extension Enid, OK 73701 BUSINESS (580) 765-4400 (580) 233-3643 MEMBERS Sod House Friends Association Leonardo’s Children’s Museum www.visitenid.org BancCentral 4628 State Hwy 8 LJ’s Bunk House, LLC 604 Flynn St Aline, OK 73716 Alva, OK 73717 (580) 463-2441 Main Street Perry (580) 327-1122 Sod House Museum Major County Historical Society Coldwell Banker 4628 State Hwy 8 2003 Main St Aline, OK 73716 Mesa Valley Guest House Woodward, OK 73801 (580) 463-2441 Napoli’s Italian Restaurant (580) 256-9910 State Exchange Bank Canton Lake Walleye Rodeo, Inc. 1280 Main St Owens, Johnny Woodward Convention P. O. Box 74 Lamont, OK 74643 Perry Tourism Development & Visitors Bureau Canton, OK 73724 (580) 388-4345 3401 Centennial (580) 886-2231 Pioneer Woman Museum Woodward, OK 73801 Watonga Chamber of Commerce (580) 256-9990 Cherokee Strip Regional P.O. Box 537 Risley, Jody www.visitwoodward.com Heritage Center Watonga, OK 73772 507 S 4th St (580) 623-5452 Shattuck Chamber of Commerce Enid, OK 73701 Watonga Motel / T.B. Ferguson Home (580) 237-1907 Noble House Bed & Breakfast Chisholm Trail Museum 307 S Wikoff The Runnymede & Seay Mansion Watonga, OK 73772 605 Zellers Ave (580) 623-8062 Town of Buffalo LEVEL 2 Kingfisher, OK 75750 Woodward Industrial Foundation Wakita Lions Club BUSINESS (405) 375-5176 P.O. Box 1406 Fairfield Inn & Suites Woodward, OK 73801 Waynoka Chamber of Commerce MEMBERS 3405 N 14th St (580) 254-5616 Whirlwind Winery Bank of Vici Ponca City, OK 74601 121 W Broadway (580) 765-3000 PARTNER Woodward Chamber of Commerce Vici, OK 73859 Farmers Exchange Bank MEMBERS (580) 995-4231 419 S Grand FEATURED www.bankofvici.com Cherokee, OK 73728 Alva Chamber of Commerce City of Hooker (580) 596-3371 Alva Northwest Technology Center RESTAURANTS 111 S Broadway High Plains Technology Center Baird’s Lakeside Café Hooker, OK 73945 3921 34th St Black Mesa Bed & Breakfast 245971 E 620 Rd (580) 652-2885 Canton, OK Woodward, OK 73801 Buffalo Chamber of Commerce www.hookeroklahoma.net (580) 571-6108 & Agriculture (580) 886-3355 Garfield Furniture Casa Teja Mexican Restaurant Merl’s Inc. Buffalo Industries LLC 205 S Grand Ave. 140 W Jane Jayroe Blvd 112 S Main St Enid, OK 73701 Laverne, OK 73848 Central National Back Center Hennessey, OK (580) 237-5032 (580) 921-3941 (405) 853-6799 garfieldfurniture.com Cherokee Main Street Northwestern Electric Cooperative Eat It Up! E.W. Marland Estate 2925 Williams Ave Cimarron Historical Center Museum 114 S Main St 901 Monument Road Woodward, OK 73801 Hennessey, OK Ponca City, OK 74601 (580) 256-7425 City of Medford (405) 853-2313 (800) 422-8340 Family Café www.marlandmansion.com Okeene Chamber of Commerce Fairview Chamber of Commerce 116 W E St 108 N Main St McCormick Armstrong Okeene, OK 73763 Fairview Northwest Technology Center Hennessey, OK 1501 E Douglas (405) 853-2103 (580) 822-3005 Gaslight Theatre Wichita, KS 67201 Napoli’s Italian Restaurant (800) 733-1363 Okeene Historic Group PO Box 162 Greater Enid Chamber of Commerce 225 S Grand Ave www.mcaprint.com Enid, OK Okeene, OK 73763 Guymon Chamber of Commerce Nightmare in the Country (580) 822-3994 (580) 237-8464

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36 | 2019 RedCarpetCountry.com REDCARPETCOUNTRY.COM REDCARPETCOUNTRY.COM RED CARPET Country EVENTS JANUARY Newkirk Willie Nelson & Family in Alva Chocolate Fantasy, MAY REDCARPETCOUNTRY.COM REDCARPETCOUNTRY.COM REDCARPETCOUNTRY.COM Enid Annual Art Show, Concert, First Council Public Library, Casino, 580-448-3015 Aline Vintage Apron Exhibit Cherokee Strip Regional 580-327-1833 Sod House Museum Perry Valentine’s Dodge Ball Heritage Center, Alva Easter Egg Hunt & Drop, 580-463-2441 580-237-1907 Tournament, Downtown, 580-327-1647 580-336-1212 Boise City Santa Fe Trail Daze, Enid “Grease” Teen Musical, Beaver World Cow Chip 580-544-3479 Gaslight Theatre, Ponca City Bridal Affair, Marland Throwing Championships Mansion, 580-767-0420 Canton Annual Canton Lake 580-234-2307 & Craft Show, Beaver Walleye Rodeo, Ponca City “Her” Story – Part 1, Enid 23rd Annual KNID County Fairgrounds, 580-886-2216 Agrifest, Chisholm Trail Pioneer Woman Museum, 580-625-3331 580-765-6108 Cherokee Selenite Cruise Car Show, Expo Center, Buffalo Fall Show, Buffalo 580-596-6111 Ponca City Valentine’s Day Exhibit & Performing Arts Theatre, 405-252-0708 Enid History Summer Camp, Enid MLK March & V-Day Make & Take Craft 580-735-2720 Day, Pioneer Woman Cherokee Strip Regional Celebration, CNB Center, Boise City Annual Dust Bowl Heritage Center, 580-233-3643 Museum, 580-765-6108 Celebration “Men of the 580-237-1907 Dust Bowl”, Cimarron Enid NWOSU Pig Show, & MARCH Enid Mom & Me Tea, Cherokee NW District Jr. Livestock Heritage Center, Strip Regional Heritage Judging Contest, Pavilion Aline Grandma’s Foot Stool 580-544-3479 Center, 580-237-1907 Cherokee Bird and Crystal Festival, Arena, 580-233-2500 Workshop, Sod House Enid NJCAA Division II Enid “Symphony Soiree”, Museum, 580-463-2441 Great Salt Plains Refuge & Regional Baseball Enid Symphony Hall, Ames Man Day 2019, Sod House Park, 580-596-6111 Tournament, David Allen 580-237-9646 Museum, 580-463-2441 Enid Arts Council Gala, Memorial Ballpark, Freedom First Day Hike, Alabaster Buffalo 65th Miss Buffalo Independence Tower, 580-234-2407 Ballroom, 580-234-4840 Caverns State Park, Scholarship Program, Enid NJCAA Division II World 580-621-3381 (580) 735-2720 Enid Corvette Expo Series, David Allen Hennessey Chili Cook-Off, Enid Author Fest Chisholm Trail Expo Memorial Ballpark, High School Cafeteria, Enid Public Library Center, 580-237-0238 580-234-2407 Enid Kites Over Enid, 405-853-2073 580-234-6313 Enid “The Normal Heart” Jet Bald Eagle Watch, Enid NW District Annual Jr Autry Technology Center, Gaslight Theatre, Salt Plains Wildlife Livestock Show, Chisholm 580-233-3643 580-234-2307 Enid “Rags to Riches”, Enid Refuge, 580-626-4794 Trail Expo Center, Enid Sign of the Times Exhibit, Kaw City Ultimate Eagle Watch, 580-237-0238 Symphony Center, Cherokee Strip Regional Kaw Lake Sarge Creek Enid “Pinocchio!” Children’s 580-237-9646 Heritage Center, Cove, 580-765-4400 Theater, Gaslight Theatre, Enid Red Dirt Student Art 580-237-1907 Show, Cherokee Strip Newkirk Leann Rimes, First 580-234-2307 Enid Tri-State Music Festival, Council Casino, Enid PJ Masks Live! CNB Regional Heritage Center, Enid, 580-237-4964 580-237-1907 580-448-3015 Center, 855-TIX-ENID Garber Spring Production, The Ponca City Now & Then Exhibit, Enid Red Brick Road Food Enid Night with Our Leaders, Garber Community Pioneer Woman Museum, Truck & Art Festival, Cherokee Strip Regional Theater, 580-548-4861 Heritage Center, 580-765-6108 Klemme Gallery, Guymon Pioneer Days PRCA Red Rock “1964 The Tribute”, 7 Clans 580-402-6732 580-237-1907 Rodeo, Mercantile, Paradise Casino, Enid Spectacular Carden Circus, Enid Sawyer Brown, CNB Carnival, 5K, Parade 580-765-4400 CNB Center, Center, 855-TIX-ENID 580-338-3376 Enid Smokin’ Red Dirt BBQ, Watonga First Day Hike, Roman 855-TIX-ENID Guymon Five State Motorcycle Run Nose State Park, Enid “Swell to Great” CNB Center, 580-461-7792 580-548-8194 580-621-7281 Enid Symphony Center, Kaw City Focus on Fishing, Woodward First Day Hike, Boiling 580-237-9646 Freedoom Park Pal’s Easter Egg Kaw Lake, 580-237-1907 Hunt, Alabaster Caverns Springs State Park, Enid Tailpipe Events Classic Okeene Germanfest, Okeene 580-256-7664 & Collector Car Auction, State Park, 580-621-3381 Corner Store, Woodward NWOCF Cattlemen’s Ball, Chisholm Trail Expo Hooker Annual Easter Egg Hunt, 580-822-5305 Hooker Park, Woodward Co. Event Center, 580-237-0238 Perry Rural Heritage Festival, Center, 580-334-6023 Kingfisher Tracing Your Roots: 580-652-2333 Cherokee Strip Museum, Beginner Genealogy, Hooker Spring Fling, Downtown 580-336-2405 FEBRUARY Hooker, 580-652-2885 Chisholm Trail Museum, Ponca City Camp McFadden Outdoor Aline History of Ft. Supply, 405-375-5176 Kenton Kenton Easter Pageant, Expo, Ponca City Sod House Museum, Kingfisher Victorian Tea Party, Kenton, 580-261-7443 580-762-9955 Kingfisher Barn Quilt Workshop, 580-463-2441 Chisholm Trail Museum, Ponca City Clubs & Organizations: Buffalo Harper Co. Jr. Livestock 405-375-5176 Chisholm Trail Museum, Their Influence in Show, Harper Co. Longdale Re-Grand Opening, 405-375-5176 Women’s Suffrage Fairgrounds, 580-735-2720 Longdale Speedway, Medford Easter Egg Hunt Exhibit, Pioneer Woman Buffalo 78th Annual OK & T 580-320-3550 580-395-2823 Museum, 580-765-6108 Angus Sale, Harper Co. Okeene Okeene Rattlesnake Hunt Ponca City “Her” Story – Part 1, Ponca City Cowboy Ball, Ponca City Fairgrounds, 580-735-2720 80th Anniversary 580-765-4400 Wonder Woman: Women Celebration, 580-822-3101 Enid “Bus Stop” Dinner Theatre, Ponca City Edwardian Hat Making in Comics Exhibit & Perry SpringFest & Hops Car/ CNB Center, Women Superheroes Day, Pioneer Woman 580-234-2307 Motorcycle Show Historic Museum, 580-765-6108 Program, Pioneer Woman Downtown, 580-336-4684 Enid The Market Craft & Museum, 580-765-6108 Ponca City “Her” Story – Part 2, Vendor Show, CNB Center Ponca City Bison Bison Film Festival Watonga Spring Trout Derby, Pioneer Woman 855-849-3643 Ponca City, 580-765-4400 Museum, 580-765-6108 Roman Nose State Park, Ponca City Ponca City Portraits, Enid Hairball, CNB Center 580-623-7281 Ponca City Mom & Me Afternoon Tea 855-TIX-ENID People & Places Exhibit Watonga T.B. Ferguson Birthday Pioneer Woman Enid Harlem Globetrotters, & Notable Ponca City Museum, 580-765-6108 Celebration & Chicken Woman Program, Pioneer CNB Center, Noodle Dinner, Woodward Classic Bowl, Woodward 855-TIX-ENID Woman Museum, High School, T.B. Ferguson Home 580-765-6108 Enid “Love, Marriage, etc.” Museum, 580-623-5069 580-256-4101 Enid Symphony Center Watonga Annual Easter Egg Woodward K101 Farm Expo, Woodward Classic Bowl Parade, 580-237-9646 Hunt, T.B. Ferguson Downtown, 580-256-4101 Woodward County Event Home Museum, Enid National Wildlife Turkey Center, 580-256-4101 Woodward OKJHSRA Finals, Federation Banquet, 580-623-5069 Woodward Ruffles & Rust Expo, Crystal Beach Stadium, Chisholm Trail Expo Watonga Roman Nose Hills Trail 580-256-9990 Woodward County Event Ride, RomanNoseHills Center, 580-237-0238 Center, 806-231-9822 Woodward Rodders Burnout & Car Enid Victorian Valentines, TrailRide.com, Show, Crystal Beach, Cherokee Strip Regional APRIL 580-623-7211 580-256-9990 Heritage Center, Waynoka Waynoka Rattlesnake Alva Cemetery Tours, Hunt, 405-654-9948 Woodward Twister Alley Film 580-237-1907 580-327-2030 Enid Summer Chautauqua - Woodward “Shrek”, Woodward High Festival, Arts Theatre, NWOSU-Enid, School, 580-254-3944 580-256-9990 580-747-1839 2019 RedCarpetCountry.com | 37 RED CARPET Country JUNE Freedom Selman Bat Watch, Alva Woods County Free Fair, Alva Halloween Spooktacular Alabaster Caverns State, Fairgrounds, Downtown Square Alva Act 1 Theatre Productions Park, 405-990-4977 580-327-1647 580-327-1647 Alva Community Theatre, Hooker 4th Hotdog Feed & Buffalo Harper County Fair, Alva OctoberFest Inc., 580-327-1574 Celebration, City Park, Fairgrounds, Downtown Square Alva Nescatunga Arts Festival 580-652-2333 580-735-2720 580-327-1647 50th Anniversary Laverne Biggest 4th of July Covington DaZe in a MaZe, Alva NWOSU Homecoming Celebration Downtown, Celebration in NW OK, 918-557-8528 Celebration, 580-327-8480 580-327-1647 Downtown Laverne Enid Cherokee Strip Celebration Alva NWOSU Rodeo, Beaver Garden Tour, 580-921-3612 Downtown Enid, Woods County 580-625-3331 Ponca City 4th of July, Ponca Lake, 580-233-3643 Fairgrounds, Boise City Santa Fe Trail Daze, 580-765-4400 Enid Fling at the Springs 580-327-8688 (580) 544-3479 Ponca City Mothers of Modernity: Music Festival, Buffalo Fall Festival, Harper Enid Shakespeare in the Park, Women Who Gave Birth Government Springs Park, County Fairgrounds, Government Springs Park, to The 21st Century 580-402-6732 580-735-2720 580-234-2307 Exhibit, Pioneer Woman Fairview Threshing Bee and Buffalo Pumkin Patch, Buffalo, Enid Shrine Poker Run, Cycle Museum, 580-765-6108 Two-Cylinder Show 580-735-2720 Ward, 580-548-6674 Ponca City Political Apparel: Major County Historical Cherokee October Stroll & Festival, Enid Summer Chautauqua, Women’s Fashion Society, 580-227-2265 Downtown, 580-596-6111, Humphrey Heritage 1880-1920 Exhibit, Guymon Fiesta Day, 5th and Main, CCovington DaZe in a MaZe, Village, 580-747-1839 Pioneer Woman Museum, 580-338-3396 918-557-8528 Enid Van Buren Cruisers, 580-765-6108 Hennessey Friend’s Bar Car Show Enid Enid Antique Power, Gas Van Buren Street Shattuck Firemen’s 4th of July 580-977-9673 Engine & Tractor Show, 580-233-3643 Celebration, Shattuck Hennessey Wine & Chocolate Festival Garfield County Kaw City Kaw Fest, Kaw Lake, Park, 580-938-2818 580-853-0115 Fairgrounds, 580-765-4400 Waynoka Hometown Independence Hooker Hooker Car Show, 580-237-1756 Kingfisher Ice Cream Social, Day, Downtown Waynoka Downtown Hooker Enid Lantern Tours Chisholm Trail Museum, 580-824-4741 580-652-2333 Cherokee Strip Regional 405-375-5176 Woodward Home of the Brave Fest, Kaw Lake Cherokee Strip Trail Ride Heritage Center Kingfisher Kingfisher Open Rodeo, Crystal Beach, Kaw Lake, 580-269-2213 580-237-1907 Kingfisher County 580-256-9990 Kenton Okie-Tex Star Party, Enid Nightmare Warehouse, Fairgrounds, 405-375-4445 www.Okie-Tex.com nightmarewarehouse.com Kingfisher McNair Invitational Team AUGUST Kingfisher Lawn Social & Dance, Enid October Festival, Cherokee Roping Event Kingfisher Ames Ames Days, Ames Chisholm Trail Museum, Strip Regional Heritage County Fairgrounds, 580-541-4480 405-375-5176 Center, 580-237-1907 405-375-4445 Buffalo The Old Settlers Picnic, Lamont Rustic Roots Pumpkin Enid Sooner State Kennel Club Ponca City Draggin’ Grand, Doby Springs, Patch & More, Dog Show, Chisholm Trail 580-765-4400 580-735-2720 580-716-3608 Expo Center, Ponca City Juneteenth Celebration, Cherokee Great Salt Plains Stampede Perry Annual Cherokee Strip 580-237-0238 580-765-4400 Rodeo, 580-596-6111 Celebration, Downtown Enid Tombstone Tales, Enid Ponca City Pioneer Family Fun Day, Cleo Spgs Watermelon Festival, Square, 580-336-4684 Cemetery, 580-233-3643 Pioneer Woman Museum, Cleo Springs, Perry CSRC Rodeo Cherokee Fairview FestiFall, Downtown, 580-765-6108 580-438-2243 Strip Riding Club Arena, 580-227-2527 Ponca City Ponca City Herb Festival, Enid 50 Years of 580-307-7963 Fargo Tormented Hallow, Cann Memorial Botanical Photojournalism @ the 580-256-9990 Gardens, 580-762-2873 Ponca City Cherokee Strip Golf Oklahoman, Cherokee Classic, 80-765-4400 Garber Fall Production, The Ponca City 101 Wild West PRCA Strip Regional Heritage Garber Community Rodeo & Parade, Center, 580-237-1907 Ponca City Cherokee Strip BBQ Theater, 580-548-4861 580-765-4400 Enid Aviation Day, Cherokee Chili Cook-Off, Guymon Pumpkin Patch Arts & Woodward Elks Rodeo, Crystal Beach Strip Regional Heritage 580-765-4400 Crafts Show Fairgrounds, Arena, 580-256-9990 Center, 580-237-1907 Ponca City Land Run Program, 580-338-4278 Woodward Elks Rodeo Parade, Enid FLY Film Festival, Pioneer Woman Museum, Hennessey Pumpkin Patch, Hennessey Downtown, 580-256-9990 Downtown, 580-233-3643 580-765-6108 Public Library, Woodward JHSRA Finals, Crystal Enid Red Carpet Country Ponca City Ponca City Open Disc 405-853-2073 Beach Arena, Tourism Conference, Golf Tournament, Hooker Spooks & Goblins Parade, 580-256-9990 CNB Convention Center 800-763-8092 Downtown, 580-652-2333 Woodward Miss Rodeo Oklahoma, 580-327-4918 Ponca City Prairie to Palate Event, Kingfisher Chuck Wagon Crystal Beach Arena, Fairview Gloss Mountain Cruiser’s Pioneer Woman Museum, Gathering & Dinner, 580-256-9990 Car Show and Cruise 580-765-6108 Chisholm Trail Museum, JULY Downtown, 580-227-5780 Ponca City Standing Bear PowWow, 405-375-5176 580-765-4400 Lamont Rustic Roots Pumpkin Alva Crazy Cool Boulevard Hennessey Hennessey Roundup Club Shattuck Ellis County Free Fair, Spring Rodeo & Dance Patch & More, Cruise & Crazy Day Retail Ellis County Fairgrounds, 580-716-3608 Sales Event, Downtown, Hennessey Rodeo Arena 580-938-2818 405-853-5574 Medford Octoberfest, 580-395-2823 580-327-1647 Shattuck Windmiller Days, Okarche Deutchefest, Holy Trinity Alva Rotary Fireworks Ponca City Ask a Curator Event, Windmill Museum & Pioneer Woman Museum, Gymnasium, Celebration, Hatfield Park, 580-938-2818 405-263-7215 Park, 580-327-1647 580-765-6108 Wakita Old Settlers Celebration Ponca City Curious Collections Ponca City Cemetary Symbols & Beaver 4th Celebration, 580-594-2312 Supernatural Programs, 580-625-3331 Exhibit, Pioneer Woman Watonga Roman Nose Hills Museum, 580-765-6108 Pioneer Woman Museum, Buffalo 4th Celebration, Trail Ride, RomanNose 580-765-6108 Celebration in the Park Ponca City Corset Making Workshop, HillsTrailRide.com, Pioneer Woman Museum, Ponca City Goblins on Grand (580) 735-2720 580-623-7211 Halloween Carnival, Cherokee 4th of July Celebration, 580-765-6108 Waynoka SandFest, Little Sahara Ponca City Party at the Palace 580-765-4400 580-596-6111 State Park, 580-824-1471 Ponca City Octoberfest, Marland Enid Leonardo’s Hometown Ponca City, 580-765-4400 Woodward Carson & Barnes Circus, Ponca City Ponca City Arts Festival Mansion, 580-767-0420 Celebration, Leonardo’s Crystal Beach, Ponca City Ponca City Motocross Children’s Museum, 580-765-4400 580-256-9990 Ringwood Watermelon Festival Championship, 580-233-2787 Woodward Casino Royale, 580-765-4400 Enid Mamma Mia, Gaslight & Parade, Downtown Conference Center Theatre, 580-234-2307 Ringwood, 580-883-5550 580-256-9990 Turpin Haunted House, Fairview Festival & Fireworks, Waynoka Cimarron River Stampede 580-625-3331 Major Co Historical Rodeo, Waynoka Rodeo OCTOBER Shattuck Barn Expo Craft, Society, (580) 227-2527 Grounds, 580-824-4741 Aline Fall Fair & Festival Boutique & Vendor Show, Fairview Wrangler Rodeo, SEPTEMBER Fall Fair & Festival Ellis County Fairgrounds, 580-829-3570 580-938-2818 Major County Fairgrounds, Alva RACE Big Cruise & Car 580-227-2527 Watonga Cheese Festival, Show, Downtown Square Downtown, 580-623-5452 580-327-1647 38 | 2019 RedCarpetCountry.com EVENTS Watonga Roman Nose Trail Ride, Enid Winter Show, Gaslight Shattuck Annual Christmas Parade, Enid Fly-In Breakfast Roman Nose Stables, Theatre, 580-234-2307 Children’s Shopping Mall 4th Saturday, Apr. – Sept 580-830-0235 Guymon Guymon Community & Sip ‘n Shop, Woodring Regional Airport Waynoka Halloween Parade, Theatre Winter Show, 580-938-2818 580-234-5476 Downtown, 580-824-4741 580-338-0019 Watonga Santa’s Village Enid First Friday, Downtown Woodward K101 Fall-A-Days, Guymon Tree Lighting & Open Christmas Bazaar, Enid, 580-234-1052 Woodward County Event House, Downtown, Fairgrounds, 580-623-5195 Ponca City Fly-In Breakfast Center, 580-256-4101 580-338-4278 Waynoka Lighted Christmas Parade Ponca City Regional Woodward Kenny Farms, Hennessey Mistletoe Magic Downtown, 580-824-4741 Airport, 580-765-4400 405-714-3453 Downtown, 405-853-1277 Woodward Crystal Christmas Light Watonga Oklahoma House Concert Woodward Nightmare in the Country, Hooker Christmas Parade, Display, Crystal Beach Chaparral Retreat & West of Woodward Downtown, 580-652-2333 Park, 580-256-9990 Guesthouse, 940-735-1065 580-254-3944 Hooker Cookie Crawl, Woodward Gingerbread Contest Woodward Movies in the Park, Downtown, 580-652-2333 Plains Indians & Pioneers May-Aug. NOVEMBER Kingfisher Annual Christmas Parade Museum, 580-256-6136 Crystal Beach Park, Alva ACT 1 Theatre Teen & Fireworks, Downtown, Woodward Home for the Holidays Ice 580-256-9990 Production, Alva 405-375-4445 Skating Rink, Crystal Beach Woodward NITC Escape Room Community Theatre, Inc., Kingfisher Holiday Open House, Thunder Court, Saturdays, 1222 Main St 580-327-1574 Chisholm Trail Museum, 580-256-9990 580-354-3944 Buffalo Crafter’s Christmas Mall, 405-375-5176 Woodward Main Street Christmas Harper County Lamont Rustic Roots Christmas, Parade, Downtown For the most up-to-date information: Fairgrounds, 580-716-3608 580-254-8521 RedCarpetCountry.com 580-735-2030 Ponca City Gala & Open House, MONTHLY EVENTS Covington DaZe in a MaZe, Marland Mansion, 580-234-6293 580-767-0420 Aline Quilting Workshop Enid Enid Lights up the Plains Ponca City Lighted Christmas Parade Sod House Museum Downtown, 580-234-1052 Downtown, 580-765-4400 580-463-2441 Enid Fall Home Show, Ponca City Lights at Lutheran Display Alva First Friday Art Walk Chisholm Trail Expo 580-765-4400 Alva’s Arts & Shopping Center, 580-233-3643 Ponca City Holiday Happenings District, 580-327-2787 Enid Mennonite Relief Sale, 580-765-4400 Enid Brown Bag Lunch, Red Carpet Country Chisholm Trail Expo Ponca City Nativity Festival Cherokee Strip Regional Photo Contest Center, 918-272-0749 First Christian Church Heritage Center, Enter photos from your visit to our area Fairview Holly-Dazzle Fireworks 580-765-4400 580-237-1907 and you could be featured in next year’s & Lighted Parade, guide.RedCarpetCountry.com Downtown, 580-227-2527 Fairview World’s Oldest Free Fly-In Air Show, Fairview Municipal REDCARPETCOUNTRY.COM REDCARPETCOUNTRY.COM Airport, 580-227-2527 Kingfisher Annual Craft & Gift Show, Fairgrounds, 405-375-4445

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