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In 1991, Redcorn and fellow members of the Caddo Cultural Club visited the Museum of the Red River in Idabel, Oklahoma.There they saw hundreds of precontact Caddo pots, which even the tribal elders were completely unfamiliar with.
The Museum of the Red River houses art as well as archaeology, including Acrocanthosaurus atokensis, the Oklahoma State Dinosaur. [22] The Barnes-Stevenson House is a 1912 restored Victorian house complete with period furnishings, and is on the National Register of Historic Places listings in McCurtain County, Oklahoma. [23]
This list of museums in Oklahoma encompasses museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
The Red River Bridge War of 1931 was a boundary conflict between Oklahoma and Texas over an existing toll bridge and a new free bridge crossing the Red River. A joint project to build a free bridge between Durant, Oklahoma and Denison, Texas turned into a major dispute when the Governor of Texas blocked traffic from entering his state on the ...
In 1972, the museum became the first in Oklahoma to receive accreditation from the American Alliance of Museums. [1] In 1997, again with support from the local McMahon Foundation, the museum expanded to 25,000 square feet (2,300 m 2) of gallery space, a foyer and a museum gift shop. The original building space was converted into much-needed ...
Lawton has three public museums. The Museum of the Great Plains is dedicated to natural history and early settlement of the Great Plains, particularly by European Americans. [55] Outdoor exhibits include a replica of the Red River Trading Post, the original Blue Beaver schoolhouse, and Elgin Train Depot with a Frisco locomotive. [56]
This is a list of rivers in the state of Oklahoma, listed by drainage basin, ... Near junction with Red River Little River (Canadian River) 360: Near Sasakwa Baron ...
Sayre is located on the North Fork of the Red River, at an elevation of 1,800 feet (550 m) and 128 miles (206 km) west of Oklahoma City. [7] The area is dominated by low rolling red clay hills. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 5.6 square miles (14.5 km 2 ), of which 0.019 square miles (0.05 km 2 ), or ...