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Cherokee Strip Museum--Alva

Name: Cherokee Strip Museum--Alva
Address: 901 14th Street, Alva, OK, 73717, US
Telephone: +15803272030
Price range: $
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Discover the Treasures Within! He was not to catch up with him until he reached Southern Colorado where he took those in the American expedition prisoner. M.
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The Cherokee Outlet, popularly and commonly called the Cherokee Strip, was granted in 1828 as a hunting outlet west of the land the Cherokee Indians were assigned in Indian Territory, now Northwestern Oklahoma. Coronado in 1541 passed through that part of the Strip now Northwestern Woods County in his search for the supposedly rich city of Quivera. In 1806 Don Falcundo Malgares, as a result of str

ong Spanish interested in the Zebulon Pike expedition, crossed the Cimarron River near Freedom and cut across Woods County, going into Kansas where the Salt Fork River crosses the Kansas line, looking for Pike. In 1843 Captain Nathan Boone and his men, sent by the United States Government to check the safety of trails headed west, also passed west of Freedom. The Cherokee Outlet also served as a roadway for the transportation of Texas cattle to the north, and then as a grazing area for the herds of the cattlemen. In 1883 a Cherokee Strip Livestock Association was incorporated to deal with the Indians and this resulted in a five year lease with the Cherokee Indian Nation at $100.00 per year. This worked well for both parties, and in 1888 a new lease was negotiated at double the price. Meanwhile the Unassigned Lands in Central Oklahoma had been opened to settlers, and pressure was put upon the government to buy the Cherokee Strip and open it in a great land rush also. The Strip, containing over six million acres, was bought for $8.3 million. The Run into the Cherokee Strip was held September 16, 1893. County, later called Woods County, was one of the seven counties organized in the Strip. The Cherokee Strip then ceased to be political entity but remains as a part of the heritage of its people. The Cherokee Strip Museum Association was organized January 1961 by representatives of the civic and social clubs of Alva. The Museum was located on the second floor of the Herod Hall at Northwestern State College where articles were contributed by individual families. When the building was remodeled in 1963, the Museum articles were stored on the college campus. In May 1965, the Museum, located on the lower floor of the Alva City Library, was again visited by schools, civic clubs and individuals. In June 1975, the Morton Share Trust presented the former Alva City Hospital on 14th and Highway 64, to the Cherokee Strip Museum Association for the New Museum’s location. The Morton Share Trust has contributed to the renovation of the building and its surroundings while the furnishings and maintenance of the building are the responsibility of the Museum Association and the community. The Cherokee Strip Museum is readily available to travelers as well as the people of the area and the state.

10/30/2024

Thank you Better Homes OHCE club for Volunteering on Saturdays during the month of October! We love volunteers since there always something to do!

10/26/2024

Things are calm, quiet and dim but not for long…..Our last Talking Tombstone
Begins at 6pm with tours starting every few minutes. Come join us for this educational and entertaining event!

10/25/2024

Tune in at noon to KALV 1430am station or alvaradio.com for highlights of last night’s Talking Tombstones and don’t miss the final event Saturday evening. Hear a lively discussion between Ben Buckland and Rose Blunk

10/21/2024

Rose Blunk will be promoting the Museum today on KALV 1430 at noon.
Talking Tombstones happens this week Thursday nite and Saturday nite starting at 6pm. Don’t miss the fun!

10/19/2024

These early day students and teachers were part of Woods County history.
Do you recognize anyone? We would love to have names to add to our stor

10/13/2024

Thank you Better Homes OHCE for donating your Saturdays to volunteer at the Museum! We appreciate club members helping with cleaning chores and prepping for our upcoming “Talking Tombstones” fundraiser on October 24th and 26th. Come join the fun!

10/10/2024

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10/10/2024

Alva Chamber of Commerce

10/09/2024

Catch OETA “ Back In Time” Thursday 7pm to learn more about the happenings at the Cherokee Strip Museum in Alva.

10/09/2024

SPOOK NIGHT AT THE CHEROKEE STRIP MUSEUM OCTOBER 24 AND OCT. 26 MEET SOME RECENT AND OLD PEOPLE FROM ALVA AND WOODS COUNTY, WHO HAVE PASSED TO THEIR REWARDS. OCT. 24 AND OCT. 26 2024. 14T. STREET ALVA OK.

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10/09/2024

10/08/2024

We really miss using our elevator! It has been tweaked and tangled with, men have scooped out gallons of hydraulic fluid and fed gallons more just to move things from bottom to top and back. The decision was made to start over since nothing meets code anymore. Basically everything but the shaft has to be replaced! The elevator will be our next big project for 2025.

10/08/2024

The Alva General Hospital opened in 1932 but the plaque inside the elevator
shows 1946 and 1951. We don’t have any records other than this. A lot of history has happened in this building!

10/08/2024

Haha 😂

10/07/2024

Look at these two cuties having lunch at Holder’s! What do you want to bet they get dessert too! 😉😉

10/07/2024

Andddd, that’s a wrap on Family Farm Day 2024! 😌

This little cowboy is all tuckered out from having so much fun in the Village today!😴🤠

We’d like to thank the many folks who came out to join us despite the heat! Also, we’d like to give a HUGE thanks to all of our fantastic vendors and volunteers who helped make everything possible! 😄

Did you attend Family Farm Day this year? If so, what was your favorite part? 😁

Do you have any pictures from the event? 😃

10/07/2024

Who else absolutely LOVES Schuessler's monthly quips? They always bring out a SMILE!

THANK YOU Schuessler's Agency for being such a witty, fun Chamber Member! We appreciate you!

11/03/2023

For those who haven’t received there Fairfax Chief newspaper…. The Cherokee Strip Museum
Bus tour guest made the bottom of the front page Thursday! Thanks Carol and Owen for sharing this!

11/03/2023

11/02/2023

Stream OETA anytime, anyplace for free.

11/02/2023

Our bus trip to Fairfax was a success! Not only did we learn the history behind the movie and how it was filmed we got an inside peak at the Tall Chief Theatre that was built for Maria Tall Chief by her father. Maria Tall Chief
Was the first Prima Ballerina in America. You can almost see her wooden statue reaching about the group!

11/02/2023

Did you miss the bus? Last week the Museum sponsored the Village Tours bus to Pawhuska and Fairfax, Ok. to learn more about the history behind “Killers of the Flower Moon” and see where the movie was filmed. It was a great adventure, a history lesson and a fun trip! Now that we have had a few days to rest…..is there enough interest to do a second trip? We would have to book 50 guest to make it work! If you are interested, contact us at 327-2030 (no messages please) or text or call Elaine @327-7300 and let us know by November 10th.

11/01/2023

Our very own Carpenter Hall made its big screen debut last week in the new Martin Scorsese film Killers of the Flower Moon! The feature film was filmed primarily in Oklahoma, including on the The University of Oklahoma campus in the summer of 2021.

Pictured is Carpenter Hall when it was "film ready" in 2021. Getting the building ready involved the Flower Moon team removing all window blinds and the Carpenter Hall sign to make the building look the same as it did back when it was built in 1919.

Address

901 14th Street
Alva, OK
73717

Opening Hours

Tuesday	1pm - 5pm
Wednesday	1pm - 5pm
Thursday	1pm - 5pm
Friday	1pm - 5pm
Saturday	1pm - 5pm
Sunday	1pm - 5pm

Telephone

+15803272030

Website

http://www.csmalva.org/

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