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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
By Ammie Bryant, Sheerar Museum of Stillwater History Director “I’d rather have a pocket full of rocks than an empty gun.” If you’ve lived in Stillwater or been an Oklahoma State University student or fan for […]
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? […]
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 […]
By Ammie Bryant, Sheerar Museum of Stillwater History Director In search of history, a researcher often discovers more questions than answers. Last spring, public history graduate students began the initial legwork of researching the history […]
By Ammie Bryant, Director Sheerar Museum of Stillwater History Located on the lower level of the Sheerar Cultural and Heritage Center, the Sheerar Museum of Stillwater History’s existence is deeply intertwined with Culture and the […]
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