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He served as Secretary of Oklahoma's Territorial Board of Agriculture for two years [4] and was Director of the Oklahoma Historical Society for 38 years. He was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 1932. His work included research on indigenous peoples and early settlers. He wrote a history of schools in Oklahoma in 1908.
Oklahoma Historical Society. The Oklahoma Historical Society (OHS) is an agency of the government of Oklahoma dedicated to promotion and preservation of Oklahoma's history and its people by collecting, interpreting, and disseminating knowledge and artifacts of Oklahoma. The mission of the OHS is to collect, preserve, and share the history and ...
The Oklahoma History Center (OHC) is the history museum of the state of Oklahoma. Located on an 18-acre (7.3 ha) plot across the street from the Governor's mansion at 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive in Oklahoma City, the current museum opened in 2005 and is operated by the Oklahoma Historical Society (OHS). It focuses on the history of Oklahoma.
Spouse. Bob L. Blackburn. Profession. Publisher. Debbie Blackburn (January 12, 1951) is a Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Blackburn was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 1995 and served until her term limit in 2007, representing district 88. [1] Before serving in the House, Debbie was an educator and ...
Roberta Lawson ( née Campbell, October 31, 1878, Alluwe, Indian Territory – December 31, 1940, Tulsa, Oklahoma) was a Lenape - Scots-Irish activist, community organizer, and musician. [1] During World War I, she was the head of the Women's Division of the Oklahoma Council of Defense. She was president of the Oklahoma State Federation of ...
The Museum of the Great Plains is a history museum located in Lawton, Oklahoma, United States. The museum’s major exhibits reveal the diverse cultures inhabiting the Great Plains region beginning with the arrival of the Paleo-Indians known as the Clovis culture at approximately 11,500 BCE. A variety of educational programs are offered year ...
Charles Francis Colcord (August 18, 1859 – December 10, 1934) was a cattle rancher, U.S. Marshal, chief of police, businessman, and pioneer of the Old West. The community of Colcord, Oklahoma, is named for him. Colcord's life spanned the American Civil War, the taming of the west, the cattle drives, the Land Runs, the Wright brothers ' flight ...
Louis Francis Burns (Osage Nation, January 2, 1920 – May 20, 2012) was a Native American historian, author, and teacher, known as a leading expert on the history, oral history and culture of the Osage Nation. [1][2] Burns wrote more than a dozen books and scholarly works on the Osage people. [1] In 2002 he was inducted into the Oklahoma ...