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Broken Bow
Gardner Mansion & Museum
Route 1 Box 576, Broken Bow 74728
6 mi E on US-70 580/584-6588
Sum, M-F 8a-6p, Su 2-6p; Win, M-F 10a-5p, Su 2-5p
On the grounds of this Choctaw chief's 1880 home is a 2,000-year old Cypress tree killed by lightning in 1982.
Fort Towson
Fort Towson Military Park
HC 63, Box 1580, Fort Towson 74735-9273
1 mi NE of city 580/873-2634
M-Sa 9a-5p, Su 1-5p Closed state holidays
Ruins of 1824-1854 Army post with artifacts on display. Site of Civil War General Stand Watie's surrender in 1865.
Fort Towson Museum
Many interesting collections on early settlers and pioneer families. Hugh collection of pictures and information of Pine Belt Lumber company an early 1900's lumber company operating out of Fort Towson. We are always looking for early photographs of the town, old Doaksville and the Fort Will open for out of town visitors, school groups, Fort Towson Homecoming, special events. Contact: Marlynn O'Keefe 580/873-2770, Peggy Wilson 580/873-2233, Ouida Roberts 580/873-2382, June Stokes 580/873-2287.
Haworth
Henry Harris Home
HC 60, Box 2070, Haworth 74740
5 1/2 mi SW on SH-3 580/245-1129
1867 residence of Choctaw leader; original furnishings. Displays detail the Trail of Tears period of Indian removal to Oklahoma.
Goodland Presbyterian Children's Home
PO Box 70, Hugo 74743
SW of city on SH-271A 580/326-7568
M-Sa 8a-5p Closed 1st 2 weeks of both Jul and Dec
1848 buildings still in use as orphanage and boarding school for American Indian children.
Showmen's Rest/Mt Olivet Cemetery
c/o Chamber of Commerce, 200 S Broadway, Hugo 74743
Trice & 8th St 580/326-7511
Daily 8a-5p
Unusual monuments of circus performers; burial place of champion bull riders Freckles Brown and Lane Frost.
Idabel
Museum of the Red River
812 E Lincoln Rd, Idabel 74745 580/286-3616
Tu-Sa 10a-5p Closed major holidays
Explores diversity of American Indian cultures of North and South America, from ancient times to the present.
Indianola
Choate House Museum
PO Box 239, Indianola 74442
W Walnut 918/823-4421
1867 log home of Choctaw Senate president is furnished with 18th- and 19th-century items. Barn and outbuildings.
McAlester
Coal Miners Memorial Plaza
PO Box 759, McAlester 74501
400 S 3rd, Chadick Park 918/423-2500
Documents the impact of the coal mining industry in early Pittsburg County. Coal miners Wall of Memories; Carl Albert statue.
McAlester Building Foundation
PO Box 1846, McAlester 74502
200 E Adams 918/423-2932
M-F 8a-2p, Sa-Su by appt Closed major holidays
Themed rooms and hands-on displays in old high school contain Indian history, coal mining, military hall of fame.
Pittsburg County Historical Museum
113 E Carl Albert Pkwy, McAlester 74501 580/423-2550
M-F 9a-3p Closed legal holidays
Research and genealogical library, Dawes Indian Rolls; mining, Indian artifacts.
Swink
Choctaw Chief's House
PO Box 165, Swink 74761
US-70 between Ft Towson and Valliant 580/873-2301
Renovated 1837 home of Choctaw Chief, built by the U.S. government as prescribed by the 1830 Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek.
Tuskahoma
Choctaw Nation Museum
HC 64 Box 3270, Tuskahoma 74574-9758
US-271 N 918/569-4465
Sum, Tu-Sa 8a-4p; Win, M-F 8a-4p Closed holidays
1884 capitol of the Choctaw tribe houses vintage clothing, tribal documents and Choctaw pottery. Gift shop.
Wilburton
Robbers Cave Nature Center
PO Box 9, Wilburton 74578
SH-2, Robbers Cave State Park 918/465-5154
Su-F 10a-5p, Sa 10a-7p Closed Thanksgiving & Christmas
Refurbished CCC bathhouse with exhibits about Native American history, natural history and the environment. Gift shop.
Information provided by the
Oklahoma Tourism & Recreation Department
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