Volunteers Needed for Washington School Clean-Up

April 18, 2023

Story provided by City of Stillwater  The City of Stillwater and Washington School Alumni Association are asking the community to join them as they begin work at the historic Booker T. Washington School building.  The […]

Stillwater Honors Black History Month and Celebrates Washington School Project

February 11, 2023

Story provided by City of Stillwater After serving Stillwater’s Black community for generations, Booker T. Washington School passed into private ownership and sat vacant for many years. Recently, an anonymous donor worked with the City […]

Celebration planned to honor the late Earl and Bernice Mitchell 

February 20, 2022

Story provided by OSU Members of the Stillwater and OSU communities are planning a celebration to honor the late Earl and Bernice Mitchell for their impact, both academically at OSU and through their civic contributions.   […]

Preserve family and local history at Stillwater Public Library

November 16, 2016

Media Release Stillwater Public Library is hosting a three day family and local history digitizing project in Room 119 of the library Nov. 29-Dec. 1. Included in the project is a Wednesday evening program on […]

The History of Stillwater’s separate school, Washington School

February 2, 2013

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 […]