Photos from #ThisDayInHistory
Tornado damage in Bigheart (present-day Barnsdall), Oklahoma – April 12, 1911

📷 by William J. Boag (Scotty Howard & Carl Graham Collection, OHS) #Tornado #OsageCounty #okwx

#OnThisDay – April 10, 1921 – Musician/actor Sheb Wooley was born in Erick, Oklahoma. Wooley is best known for his song “Purple People Eater” & his role on the TV series “Rawhide” (starring alongside a young Clint Eastwood).

(OHS photo) #OKPOP #ShebWooley

We had an incredible time experiencing the Total Solar Eclipse at Fort Towson Historic Site ☀️🌑 Thanks to everyone who joined us for this special event!

#Eclipse #SolarEclipse #TotalSolarEclipse #Totality #SmithsonianEclipse #TravelOK #ExploreOHS

We are proud to announce that 37 organizations have been awarded grants through our Oklahoma Heritage Preservation Grant Program — totaling more than $520,000!
View a complete list of grantees & their projects: okhistory.org/awardees

Our Oklahoma Historical Society team showed up in force to help at our eclipse event at Fort Towson Historic Site. The clouds parted just in time to observe totality and we had people from multiple states visit the fort.

Good morning from Fort Towson Historic Site. We are ready for the eclipse this afternoon!

It’s a beautiful morning at Fort Towson Historic Site ☀️
Come watch the Total Solar Eclipse with us today! FREE Nature Walk at 10am
📍 Located between Hugo & Idabel

okhistory.org/calendar/event…

#Eclipse #Totality #SmithsonianEclipse #TravelOK

Need a place to watch the Total Solar Eclipse tomorrow afternoon?
Join us at Fort Towson Historic Site, which will be in the path of totality!
📍 Located between Hugo & Idabel
Details: okhistory.org/calendar/event…

(OHS photos) #Eclipse #Totality #SmithsonianEclipse #TravelOK

The OK Historical Society says the very first Festival of the Arts was held 57 years ago today. The chairperson of the first festival said they planned it in three weeks with a budget of $15,000. This is festival video from 1985 that @OKhistory has archived from KFOR

Say cheese! #ArchivesSnapshot 📸

Here's a pic of 35 students and their teacher outside their schoolhouse in Greenfield, Oklahoma. 📚

#OklahomaPostcards #ArchivesHashtagParty
digitalprairie.ok.gov/digital/collec…

Thanks to Denver Archives for sharing that fun #ArchivesSnapshot from Fort Cobb, OK!
Here’s one where we can really connect — at the tri-state marker for Oklahoma, Colorado, & New Mexico 💚
Bonus: doggo in the photo!

(Manon Atkins Collection, OHS)

Vivian Brantley of Lawton Oklahoma was sure proud of this catch from the Fort Cobb Reservoir! This 1967 #ArchivesSnapshot of her along with a 31 pound flathead catfish comes from our Bureau of Reclamation holdings, who had built the reservoir.

August 1952

'CAUSE FOR EXCITEMENT in the 500 block on SE 47th was this armadillo.' - Oklahoma Historical Society

#ThrowbackThursday

#OnThisDay – April 4, 1926 – Rev. Anthony Mark Wallock started a tradition that continues to this day—the Easter pageant at the Holy City of the Wichitas (located within the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge). It is one of the nation’s longest-running Easter pageants.

If you enjoy history and community service, then #NationalHistoricMarkerDay is for you! On Friday, April 26, join volunteers across the U.S. as we help to beautify our communities by cleaning #historicalmarkers . Learn more and sign up to volunteer: tinyurl.com/yzzybznk

The history of the Greenwood District of Tulsa, OK sheds light on the nature of Black settlements and towns in the 19th century, and the wider geography of communities of freedom.

Learn more: s.si.edu/3RrsfXp

#APeoplesJourney #ANationsStory

#DYK ? In 1920, Oklahoma voters elected two women to serve in the 8th Legislature.
• Lamar Cole Looney was the first woman elected to the OK Senate.
• Bessie Simison McColgin was the first woman elected to the OK House of Representatives.

(OHS photos) #SmithsonianWHM

We had a great turnout today for our members-only sneak preview of the Oklahoma History Center Museum's new exhibit on American Indian art, 'Into the Mirror.'

#OnThisDay – March 30, 1897 – A tornado hit Chandler, Oklahoma Territory. It killed an estimated 15 people, injured hundreds, & almost destroyed the entire town. By 1898, sturdier brick & stone buildings were constructed.

(A. W. Bennett Collection, OHS) #Tornado #okwx

We were honored to host Vietnam Veterans Day at the Oklahoma History Center today. This ceremony recognizes veterans who served from 1955-75