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Exploring Oklahoma History is just for the fun of seeing what there is to see in the great state of Oklahoma, and to possibly learn a little something along the way.
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Historic Place of the Day
Chilocco Indian School
Congress authorized this school for Indian children in 1882. Before its closing in the 1970s, Chilocco was one of the largest Indian schools in the United States. On part of the original 9,000 acres set aside for the school, a major archaeological find proved the existence of Ferdinandina, a French trading post established around 1746 and considered to be the first white settlement in what wou ...
Today In Oklahoma History
24 December
Hmmm. Nothing listed for today, December 16. Guess we'll just have to look ahead.
Babbs Switch Tragic School Fire
On this day 35 people lost their lives while attending a Christmas party in a one room frame school house. The fire was started by a candle on a Christmas tree. A school building was built here in memorial and a model to point the way to safer county schools the nation over. The school was discontinued in 1943. Was dismantled and sold. more...
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Big Database Update
Over the next few weeks I'll be making several updates to the Exploring Oklahoma History Historic Places Database....
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