2020 DESTINATION TOUR OPERATORS GUIDE ITINERARIES: This Land is Grand OKLAHOMA Route 66: Oklahoma’s ROUTE Black-top Memories Oklahoma Indian Territory 66 Oh Wow! Cherokee History Oklahoma: Where the Buffalo Soldiers Roam Oil, Cattle and a Pioneer (Woman) Spirit Bartlesville: “Wright in the Heart of Green Country” THE BLUE WHALE - ROUTE 66 - CATOOSA Hold your h ses! To our TOUR OPERATOR friends CONTENTS In this snapshot of Oklahoma, we have included itineraries to assist in your travel Northeast Oklahoma - Green Country ....4 There’s a world of group-friendly fun in Bartlesville. planning, and numerous Oklahoma partners who are ready to make your group visits memorable. From the lush green gardens and forests of Eastern Oklahoma, to the Itinerary: This Land is Grand ..................6 Frank Lloyd Wright’s Price Tower • Woolaroc Museum & Wildlife Preserve breathtaking vistas of Southwestern Oklahoma and the historically significant Native Itinerary: Route 66: Oklahoma’s Phillips Petroleum Company Museum • Frank Phillips Home American tribes throughout the state, a multitude of group friendly attractions and Black-top Memories......................10 AT&SF No. 940 Steam Train • Nellie Johnstone No. 1 activities await your visit. Oklahoma Indian Summer Festival Our partners: Green Country - Northeast Oklahoma, Red Carpet Country - Northwest Itinerary: Oklahoma Indian Territory ....16 Prairie National Wild Horse Refuge - Hughes Ranch near Woolaroc Oklahoma, Great Plains Country - Southwest Oklahoma, and the Oklahoma Tourism Itinerary: Oh Wow! Cherokee History ...21 Dewey Antique District • Tom Mix Museum and Recreation Department. Itinerary: Oklahoma: Where Tall Grass Prairie Preserve in nearby Pawhuska Green Country 800.922.2118 | 918.744.0588 the Buffalo Soldiers Roam ............26 [email protected] | GreenCountryOK.com | FB Green Country Oklahoma Southwest Oklahoma - Great Plains Country .....................30 Northwest Oklahoma - Red Carpet Country .......................32 Itinerary: Oil, Cattle and a Pioneer (Woman) Spirit ..............34 Itinerary: Bartlesville: “Wright in the Heart of Green Country” ................38 VisitBartlesville.com 800.364.8708 2,250 copies of Destination Oklahoma produced Green were by Country Marketing Association cooperationin and Recreation Department with the Oklahoma Tourism at a cost each. of $1.36 DESTINATION OKLAHOMA 3 NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA GREEN COUNTRY Consider these itineraries: • Native American Journey: Historic attractions and sites for the Cherokee, Muscogee (Creek) GREEN COUNTRY… and other Nations • Lions, Tigers & Omar: The Tulsa Zoo, Picture in Scripture Outdoor Amphitheater and Oasis Animal Adventures are perfect stops for a bit of animal therapy • Veterans/Military: Fort Gibson and the Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Broken Arrow Military BUSINESS NATION ©CHEROKEE A Bonanza of History Museum, the J.M. Davis Arms and Historic Museum and Muskogee War Memorial Park • Art Deco Architecture: Bartlesville’s Price Tower, Tulsa’s downtown district and the Pensacola Group Travel Ideas Dam on Grand Lake • Oil Baron’s Mansions and Museums: Ponca City’s Grand Home and Marland Mansion, CHEROKEE HERITAGE CENTER - PARK HILL Bartlesville’s Frank Phillips Home and Woolaroc Museum and Wildlife Preserve ou’re looking for something a bit different for your • Route 66: Miami’s Coleman Theater, Claremore’s Will Rogers Memorial Museum, Catoosa’s Blue Ygroups — have you considered northeast Oklahoma? Whale, Sapulpa’s Heart of Route 66 Auto Museum • Shhh! It’s A Secret: Mystery Tour We hope one of these ideas is appealing to you! This area known as Green Country Some of our communities have can show your groups a bonanza of itineraries featuring their individual sights and adventures. Yes, we are locales: a beautiful region with rolling hills, • Bartlesville - This sophisticated city shimmering rivers and lakes and many embraces its western cultural past heavily forested byways. We also offer a number of unique tour options for you • Cherokee Cultural Tourism comes and your groups. to life at the foothills of the Ozark Mountains in Tahlequah and Park Hill OMAR - LEMUR AT OASIS ANIMAL ADVENTURES - DISNEY FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT’S PRICE TOWER - BARTLESVILLE 800.922.2118 • GreenCountryOK.com DESTINATION OKLAHOMA 5 CO KS Quapaw Guymon Newkirk Dewey MO Boise City Beaver Alva Miami NM Grand Ponca City Kaw City Bartlesville Vinita Lake Pawhuska Grove Woodward Hominy Enid Pawnee Pensacola Foyil Skiatook Pryor Disney Fairview Claremore Perry Tulsa Catoosa Langley 10 TX Sapulpa Broken Arrow AR Stillwater Tahlequah/ Jenks Park Hill Watonga Drumright Bristow Stilwell Edmond Arcadia Stroud Okmulgee Muskogee/ Chandler El Reno Fort Gibson Clinton Sallisaw Elk City Weatherford Oklahoma City Henryetta This Land is Shawnee Sayre Eufaula Norman Anadarko Poteau Hobart Chickasha Purcell Wilburton Grand Mangum Pauls McAlester Ada Lawton/Fort Sill Valley Grand Lake was created in 1940 with Duncan Sulphur the completion of the Pensacola Dam, Frederick Atoka with 46,500 surface acres and 1,300 Antlers Ardmore Madill Hugo Broken Bow miles of shoreline it is certainly a Durant Idabel visitor’s playground. TX 0 25 50 75 100 Miles 0 50 100 150 Kilometers PENSACOLA DAM - LANGLEY DESTINATION OKLAHOMA 7 GRAND LAKE Oasis Animal Adventures – This LANGLEY sweet learning farm is located adjacent Candlewyck Cove Resort After the dust bowl years of the 1930s Pensacola Dam – This Art Deco style the conservation and reclamation the Picture In Scripture Amphitheater dam was constructed between 1938 CWH2OAD_719_1.8281x4.75 and was established to provide a LAKEFRONTMajestic RESORT ON of water was essential for eastern and 1940. It is listed on the National Oklahoma. The Pensacola Dam created “Gateway to the Heart”. The animals Register of Historic Places and is the Grand Lake include everything from a ring-tail • Luxury Homes for Large Groups Grand Lake O’ The Cherokees for the longest multiple arch dam in the world. • Honeymoon/Romance Cottage purpose of hydroelectric generation lemur and zebra, to kangaroos and Today the Pensacola Dam hosts visitors • One & Two Bedroom Cabins and flood control. It also created a giant tortoises. You’ll also find the more throughout the summer months, and by • Two Bedroom, Two Bath Townhouses familiar mini horses and donkeys. The • King Suites and Hotel Rooms water wonderland where residents and appointment the rest of the year. visitors alike could spend weekends and “residents” here love people and are • Luxurious Swimming Pool experts at giving them a “happy face”. • Boating, Skiing and Fishing vacations at the “lake”. In addition to • Jet Ski, Pontoon, Tritoon, Ski and the numerous marinas and resorts that Wakeboard Boat Rental Available (Both of these attractions also help followed, a number of attractions also support a worthy cause.) emerged. CANDLEWYCK PICTURE IN SCRIPTURE AMPHITHEATER - DISNEY L.L.C. GROVE Cove Resort, “A Keepsake Visit You’ll Treasure Forever” Har-Ber Village Museum – On the Lendonwood Gardens – this eight DISNEY 59800 East 307 Lane • Grove, OK 74344 acre garden is perfect for an easy walk. banks of Grand Lake ‘O The Cherokees, Picture In Scripture Amphitheater www.candlewyckcove.com 918-786-3636 Especially pretty in the spring and early Jet Ski, Pontoon, Tritoon this collection of over 100 buildings, – Presentations have been pleasing summer with the many flowering trees Ski & Wakeboard Boat Rentals began as a husband’s gift to his wife – a groups for years at this outdoor theater. small church – and blossomed from and rhododendrons, and you’ll want The past Christian-themed features there. From a large sawmill steam to take time to treat the fish in the Koi include “The Man Who Ran”, the story engine and water wheel to doll, military pond. There are numerous places to • Single & double rafts of Jonah and the Whale and “Damascus • Wakeboards and gun collections, the Village provides take photos - so snap away. Road”, where Saul becomes Paul. • Skis & MORE! a glimpse of times past. Special www.H2Osportsrental.com Grand Lake Queen – One of the most Shows are on select summer weekends Monkey Island 918-257-5800 events scheduled throughout the year enjoyable features on Grand Lake is the each year. Dinner is also available prior 25 Grand Lake Drive, Afton, OK 74331 showcase themes from bygone eras. (at Crown Pointe Marina) new paddle-wheel riverboat. Excursions to the show. Grove 918-786-3400 Nearby, the Candlewyck Cove Resort are especially nice when you can enjoy 59626 E 307 Lane, Grove, OK 74334 provides a lovely place to stay and is a (at Candlewyck Cove Resort) a breathtaking sunset across the lake. Vinita-South Grand 918-782-9090 good “base” for exploring all the area The “Queen” is available for private 34856 S. 4476 Rd, Vinita, OK 74301 has to offer. (at Willow Park Marina) charters too. HAR-BER VILLAGE MUSEUM - GROVE 8 DESTINATION OKLAHOMA DESTINATION OKLAHOMA 9 DESTINATION OKLAHOMA ITINERARIES CO KS Quapaw Guymon Newkirk MO Route 66: Boise City Beaver Alva Dewey Miami NM Ponca City Kaw City Vinita Bartlesville Grand Pawhuska Lake Grove Woodward Hominy Enid Pawnee Foyil Pensacola Disney Claremore Langley Oklahoma’s Black-top Fairview Pryor Perry Tulsa 10 TX Catoosa Broken Arrow AR Stillwater Sapulpa Tahlequah/ Jenks Park Hill Memories Watonga Drumright Bristow Stilwell Edmond Arcadia Stroud Okmulgee Chandler Muskogee/ Not many things can transport you El Reno Clinton Fort Gibson Sallisaw Elk City Weatherford Oklahoma City back-in-time like the mention of Henryetta Shawnee