“Stillwater in the 1920s”
By Ammie Bryant, Director of the Sheerar Museum of Stillwater History The 1920s was known as the Jazz Age. The glittery Gatsby image of flappers and slick young men decked out in raccoon coats dancing […]
Stillwater History
Sheerar Museum: preserving Stillwater’s History for over 40 years
by Ammie Bryant, Sheerar Museum Director The Sheerar Museum of Stillwater History begins its 42nd year of service to the community in 2016. Dedicated to collecting, preserving, and presenting Stillwater’s unique history and rich culture, […]
Old Central Remains Tangible Tie To “Where the College Came From”
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 […]
A History of the Northeast Corner of Seventh & Main
By Roger Moore, Sheerar Museum of Stillwater History Since the early stages of the twentieth century, the northeast corner of Seventh and Main Streets has produced plenty of memories for residents of the Stillwater community. […]
School Days
by Ammie Bryant, Sheerar Museum of Stillwater History Director Last month the kids returned to school and some of our Stillwater students experienced the first day of school in a brand new Highland Park Elementary […]
Did Oklahoma Really Begin in Stillwater?
By Ammie Bryant, Sheerar Museum of Stillwater History Director Many of us know the story of the Land Run of 1889 and have repeated the claim that Stillwater is where Oklahoma began, but did Oklahoma […]
The History of Stillwater’s separate school, Washington School
by Ammie Bryant, Sheerar Museum of Stillwater History Director February is African American History month. The origins of African American History month can be traced back to the 1920s. Carter G. Woodson was a Harvard-trained […]
Take a Kid to a Museum
by Ammie Bryant, Sheerar Museum of Stillwater History Director I still remember my first visit to a museum. It was a school field trip—that’s how many kids visit a museum for the first time, right? […]
Canis Locus Familiaris
by Ammie Bryant, Sheerar Museum of Stillwater History Director Somewhere between ten and fifteen thousand years ago, people first domesticated dogs from the gray wolf. Some experts believe that people domesticated wolves when humans took in […]
“Letters from Stillwater” A Long Distance Romance…
by Ammie Bryant, Sheerar Museum of Stillwater History Director Once upon a time, in a little town called Stillwater, there lived a grocer named M. G. Searcy. He was a respected businessman with a thriving […]