From geologic uplifts and ancient seas to irrigated farming and Altus Air Force Base, the Museum chronicles the history of Southwest Oklahoma. Visitors can follow the activities of Native Americans, frontier soldiers, cowboys, and homesteaders and trace the region's economic development, from assurances that "rain will follow the plow," to "Dust, Drought, Depression," and beyond.
The museum offers exhibits and tours.
The first permanent nonnative settlers in the Las Vegas Valley were a group of Mormon missionaries who built an adobe fort along Las Vegas Creek in 1855. They successfully farmed the area by diverting water from the creek. Today, the park includes a remnant of the original adobe fort, which serves as a Visitor Center with interpretive displays.
The site offers exhibits and occasional recreational and educational events (including living history events).
The Clayton Historical Society Museum presents the history of Clayton, CA, and its people. Temporary exhibits explore various facets of Clayton life.
The museum offers exhibits.
Peter Conser was born in 1852 and died in 1934. Inside the house everything is arranged very much as if Peter and family had just left.
The house offers tours.
Hueco Tanks State Historic Site, a 860.3-acre park, was named for the large natural rock basins or "huecos" that have furnished a supply of trapped rainwater to dwellers and travelers in this arid region of west Texas for millennia. A unique legacy of lively and fantastic rock paintings greets the visitor at the "tanks." From Archaic hunters and foragers of thousands of years ago to relatively recent Mescalero Apaches, Native Americans have drawn strange mythological designs and human and animal figures on the rocks of the area. The site's notable pictographs also include more than 200 face designs or "masks" left by the prehistoric Jornada Mogollon culture. Hueco Tanks was the site of the last Indian battle in the county. Apaches, Kiowas, and earlier Indian groups camped here and left behind pictographs telling of their adventures. These tanks also served as watering places for the Butterfield Overland Mail Route.
The site offers exhibits, tours, and occasional recreational and educational events.
The Museum is located in the historic State Capital Publishing Company building constructed in 1902. This building was the fourth home of the State Capital Company which was organized in 1889 just prior to the first Oklahoma Land Run. Inside the museum is a large collection of original furnishings and printing equipment. Museum exhibits include the history of the State Capital Company, printing technology and other aspects of life from the territorial and early statehood era.
The museum offers exhibits, tours, demonstrations, workshops, and educational and recreational programs.
The Tamástslikt Cultural Institute is located in Pendleton, Oregon. Located on the grounds of Wildhorse Resort and Casino, the museum offers visitors a chance to celebrates the traditions of Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla Walla Tribes of the Pacific Northwest.
The site offers museum information, shopping, and teacher resources.
The Drummond family built one of the most successful trading and ranching operations in Oklahoma. Twenty-year-old Frederick Drummond arrived in the United States from his native Scotland in 1884. In 1890, Drummond married Adeline Gentner, a German-American girl from Coffeyville, Kansas. By 1895 the couple had saved enough money for Fred to buy a partnership in the company he worked for. The enterprise prospered and, in 1904, Drummond bought out a trader in Hominy, forming the Hominy Trading Company. Through this economic base, Drummond expanded his operations to include ranching, banking, and real estate. As a reflection of financial success, Fred and Addie built a substantial home in Hominy. The three-story house, completed in 1905, is Victorian in style and features a central square tower, second floor balcony, and false dormers.
The home offers tours.
The Central Sierra Historical Society and Museum, Inc. is a 501 (c)(3) public benefit corporation with a membership of over 500 individuals, businesses, and organizations. This grassroots endeavor was the catalyst for the Central Sierra Historical Society, which identified as part of its mission the creation of a regional history museum. CSHS launched the Museum of the Central Sierra with a major media event in 1998. In addition to museum building, CSHS is actively preserving local historical treasures, such as the Pine Logging Camp and a 1912 caboose from the SJ&E Railroad and collecting the oral histories of area pioneers.
The site offers information about the society and contains coverage of past events.
Fort Union Trading Post was the most important fur trading post on the upper Missouri from 1828 to 1867. At this post, the Assiniboine, Crow, Cree, Ojibway, Blackfeet, Hidatsa, and other tribes traded buffalo robes and other furs for trade goods such as beads, guns, blankets, knives, cookware, and cloth.
The site offers a short film, exhibits, demonstrations, educational programs, and occasional recreational and educational events (including living history events).