OSU students create website focusing on the women of Tulsa’s Black Wall Street

June 2, 2021

Story provided by OSU News Oklahoma is marking the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre that destroyed one of America’s most affluent Black communities, the Greenwood District. While many Americans are just now learning […]

A Long-Overdue Conversation *

July 4, 2020

By Roger Moore Recent discussion, local and national, revolves around something everyone seems to have taken for granted for the last century – knowledge of history and the implications for not at least attempting to […]

Spay and neuter advice goes for reptiles too

July 11, 2019

Story by Nicola Di Girolamo, DMV, GPCert (ExAP), MSc, PhD, DECZM (Herpetology), an associate professor in the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences at the Oklahoma State University Center for Veterinary Health Sciences. Spaying and neutering […]

How Oklahoma Began

May 4, 2019

Story by Matthew Koster Photos provided by Stillwater History Museum at the Sheerar This spring twenty-six classes of 3rd graders from Stillwater and the surrounding areas will take a trip to the Stillwater History Museum […]

Payne County Council of Defense

August 1, 2018

Story by James Gregory, Registrar of the Stillwater History Museum at the Sheerar Photos courtesy of the Stillwater History Museum at the Sheerar On April 6, 1917, the United States declared war on Germany. Life […]

Wild West Show history rides into Stillwater Public Library Nov. 14

November 1, 2017

Story and image provided by Stillwater Public Library The Wild West is coming to Stillwater Public Library on Tuesday, Nov. 14, at 6 p.m. when historical interpreter Anna Davis presents, “Surpassing in Truthfulness: The History of Pawnee […]

How Dry Was It? Prohibition in Stillwater

September 14, 2017

Story and images provided by Amy Loch, Sheerar Museum of Stillwater History Director When you hear the word prohibition, most people imagine the roaring 20s filled with bootleg liquor and social excess, but not all […]

1916-2016: A CENTURY OF COWBOY CADETS Exhibit opening September 7, 2016

September 5, 2016

STILLWATER, Okla. (SEPT. 1, 2016) – The Sheerar Museum of Stillwater History opens a new exhibit, “1916-2016: A Century of Cowboy Cadets”, on Wednesday, September 7, 2016. A reception with refreshments will be held from […]

Stillwater’s First Christmas

December 1, 2014

By Ammie Bryant, Sheerar Museum of Stillwater History Director Given the title of this article, you might imagine that Stillwater’s first Christmas occurred on December 25, 1889, just eight months following the first Land Run […]

Old Central Remains Tangible Tie To “Where the College Came From”

April 8, 2014

by Ammie Bryant, Sheerar Museum of Stillwater History Director Originally called the College Building, Old Central serves as an iconic symbol of Oklahoma State University.  In 1894, its doors opened to students of the Oklahoma […]

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