Historic Sites
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A.J. Seay Home Kingfisher, Oklahoma
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The Seay Mansion is a historical monument built upon dreams by Abraham Jefferson Seay in... |
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Frank Phillips Home Bartlesville, Oklahoma
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Frank Phillips, an ambitious barber-turned-bond salesman from Iowa, came to Bartlesville... |
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Fred Drummond Home Hominy, Oklahoma
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The Drummond family built one of the most successful trading and ranching operations in... |
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George M. Murrell Home Tahlequah, Oklahoma
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Born to a prominent family in Lynchburg, Virginia, in 1808, George Michael Murrell... |
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Pawnee Bill Ranch Pawnee, Oklahoma
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Visitors can now tour Pawnee Bill and his wife, May's, 14 room mansion, fully furnished... |
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Peter Conser Home Heavener, Oklahoma
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The Lighthorse were the mounted police force of the Five Civilized Tribes—the only... |
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Sequoyah's Cabin Hulbert, Oklahoma
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Sequoyah is known for developing a written syllabary for the Cherokee language. In 1828... |
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Sod House Museum Aline, Oklahoma
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Furnished and preserved by the Oklahoma Historical Society, features include authentic... |
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T.b. Ferguson Home Watonga, Oklahoma
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After the 1892 land run, Ferguson brought his family to Watonga, Oklahoma, where he... |
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Why do we need a national nonprofit membership society for American history?
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“Save America’s Treasures” has been totally eliminated—the largest Federal program supporting preservation of such treasures as the original Star Spangled Banner and George Washington’s tent.
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65% of Americans don’t know what happened at the Constitutional Convention, according to a recent survey by Newsweek.
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The “Teaching American History” grants—the largest Federal program supporting history education—have been completely eliminated.
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Visits to the Top 20 Civil War battlefields have dropped in half from 1970 to 2009 according to official National Park Service statistics.
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40% of Americans can’t identify whom we fought in World War II, according to a recent survey by Newsweek.
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A quarter of Americans believe Congress shares power over U.S. foreign policy with the United Nations, according to a recent Annenberg survey.
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“There is little that is more important for an American citizen to know than the history and traditions of his country,” John F. Kennedy wrote in American Heritage.
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The “We the People Program,” which touched some 30 million students and 90,000 teachers over 25 years, has been completely eliminated.
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Two-thirds of Americans could not correctly name Yorktown as the last major military action of the American Revolution, according to a recent national Gallup survey.
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The National Heritage Areas and Scenic Byways program, the only major Federal program encouraging visits to historic places, has been completely eliminated in Congressional committee.
