Local genealogist shares her exciting family find at Payne County Genealogical Society meeting June 15

June 11, 2017

MEDIA RELEASE The Payne County Genealogical Society (PCGS) meets Thursday, June 15, at 6:30 p.m. in the Stillwater Public Library with special speaker Shawn Irons, who through serendipity and research was able to locate her […]

Wine Country Fair Picnic Fundraiser for Sheerar Museum of Stillwater History

June 4, 2017

Story and photo provided by Sheerar Museum of Stillwater History There are plenty of legends, myths, and stories about the house that occupies 1509 W. 9th Avenue in Stillwater. On June 16, 2017, the Stillwater […]

Oklahoma Sports

May 3, 2017

Story by Roger Moore, Sheerar Museum of Stillwater History Director Long before the Oklahoma City Thunder’s Russell Westbrook was grabbing headlines on sports pages in Oklahoma, two giants from Oklahoma A&M brought national acclaim, championships, […]

Education: A Community’s Common Thread

April 10, 2017

Roger Moore, Sheerar Museum of Stillwater History Director The phone rings often at the Sheerar Museum of Stillwater History. The phone call goes something like this: Caller: “I’ve come across something that I think you […]

“A Very Literary War: British Trench Poets and the Survival of Robert Graves”

March 30, 2017

The Great War originated in Europe and had a global impact from July of 1914 until November of 1918. In April of 1917 United States President Woodrow Wilson went before Congress to request a declaration […]

Hideaway Pizza: A Stillwater Tradition since 1957

March 13, 2017

By Ammie Bryant, Editor Photos provided by Marti Dermer and The Original Hideaway Pizza. Born at home in 1939, at the corner of Ramsey and University, Richard Dermer spent his first twenty-five years living–and the […]

A New and Improved Sheerarmuseum.org

March 11, 2017

Story and images provided by Brandon Neal Jones, Sheerar Museum of Stillwater History Registrar There is a lot happening at the Sheerar Museum of Stillwater History, and a lot of that change is happening behind […]

Grand Opera House Returns

February 14, 2017

Story and Photos provided by Roger Moore, Sheerar Museum of Stillwater History Director If the walls at 116 East Ninth Avenue could talk, they would tell stories of fireworks from the roof, hypnotists, theatre groups […]

To the War is Gone

February 9, 2017

Story by Sam Shook, Contributing Writer   Photos provided by Cindy McGill, Sherl Holesko, and Kylie Vincent Imagine, for a moment, that you could step back through the years, and witness a battle of the American Civil […]

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