By Alli Schieber
Features Editor
Sep 16 marks the 130th anniversary of Cherokee Outlet Opening.
The Cherokee Outlet Opening was Oklahoma’s fourth and largest land run.
To celebrate the anniversary the Cherokee Strip Museum will be hosting a living history event on Sep 17 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and will be by donation.
The event will have several rooms showing off different equipment that was used at the time of the Land Run.
A local doctor will be talking about doctors and health care at the time of the run.
There will also be a room representing tatting and crochet. Additionally, they will have someone demonstrating a loom.
There will be people in the kitchen making noodles and pie crust.
One of the rooms will have people loading shotgun shells.
Another room will have woodworking.
There will be people dressed like they would have during the time of the run.
Some other rooms will have an old dental chair and will be demonstrating an old-fashioned perm.
It is an opportunity to check the museum in a new and different way as well as learn about the history of Oklahoma. There will be something for everyone.
“My goal with any of the events that I am a part of is I want people to check out the muessum and do something a little unusual to make it special,” Alicia Hall said.
The Land Run is a big part of Oklahoma history and the event will be the perfect place to learn more about it in a fun and different way.
The museum started in 1961 by representatives of civic and social clubs of Alva.
The museum has changed it’s location three different times.
The Cherokee Strip Museums mission is to collect, preserve, maintain and display artifacts and aricles that relate to Northwest Oklahoma also known as the Cherokee Outlet.
The museum also strives to provide opportunities to educate and programs on the Cherokee Outlet and Woods County.