Oklahoma History Durant Fort Washita Historic Site and Museum 15 miles NW of Durant on SH–199 • 15 miles East of Madill HC 62, Box 213, Durant, Oklahoma 74701 • 580/924–6502 The ruins of a U.S. fort constructed in 1842 features General Cooper’s cabin and reconstructed south barracks. The fort provided protection for the civilized Chickasaw and Choctaw Indians against the Plains Indians in the mid–1800s. Three Valley Museum 4th and Main Street, Durant, Oklahoma 74701 • 580/920–1907 Housed in the basement of 1909 building that serves as Choctaw Nation headquarters, features artifacts of early statehood. Durham Break O’Day Farms and Metcalfe Museum 9 miles north of Cheyenne, Oklahoma on SH 283; 12 miles west on SH 33, Durham, Oklahoma 73642 • 580/655–4467, www.metcalfemuseum.org Five buildings of memorabilia, spinning wheels, historic photographs, guns, blacksmith items, farm equipment. Repository for the works of pioneer “Sage Brush” artist Augusta Metcalf. Edmond Edmond Historical Society Museum 431 S Boulevard, Edmond, Oklahoma 73034 • 405/340–0078 • www.edmondhistory.org 1936 Armory features artifacts, photographs and documents relating to area development. University of Central Oklahoma Museum of Art Evans Hall, Room 103 • 100 N University Drive, Edmond, Oklahoma 73034 • 405/974– 2000 Permanent collections include original graphics, paintings, prints, drawings, photographs and political cartoons, as well as sculpture and artifacts from various world cultures. El Reno Canadian County Historical Museum 300 S Grand, El Reno, Oklahoma 73036 • 405/262–5121 The museum features an American Indian display, Darlington and Concho items, Fort Reno display, model trains, original ticket office for Rock Island Railroad. There are 1880s cattle brands, old schoolhouse, the El Reno Hotel built in 1892, and the first Red Cross canteen built in 1917. Oklahoma Almanac 879.