On the Town: Western Heritage Awards to be September highlight By: Lillie-Beth Brinkman The Journal Record February 26, 2021
Lillie-Beth Brinkman
The National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum has announced winners of its most prestigious awards.
The Western Heritage Awards, set for Sept. 17 and 18, will honor some of the biggest names in popular film, literature and television. Among high-profile winners this year are productions that star actors Tom Hanks and Kevin Costner. The event has been expanded to honor individuals from both 2020 and 2021.
Literature award recipients: are “The King of Taos: A Novel” by the late Max Evans, in the Western Novel category; “Sand Creek and the Tragic End of a Lifeway” by Louis Craft, in the nonfiction book category; “Making a Hand: The Art of H.D. Bugbee” by Michael Grauer, art/photography book; “Silverbelly” by S.J. Dahlstrom, juvenile book; “Transitions in the Changing West: The Photographic Legacy of Jes
On the Town: Exhibit illuminates life in times well before Columbus By: Lillie-Beth Brinkman The Journal Record February 23, 2021
Lillie-Beth Brinkman
The new exhibit featuring the treasures found at the Spiro Mounds in eastern Oklahoma has opened at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum. You’ll have until May 9 to see it in Oklahoma City. Don’t miss it.
“Spiro and the Mississippian World” is a fascinating look at the people who were here long before Columbus landed in the Americas and before English colonists settled here. That singular point of view was the focus of much of the history that I learned growing up, although thankfully, history lessons have expanded over the years to include more perspectives.
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The National Heritage Museum is normally a place where people go to look back at parts of history. On Wednesday, it is becoming a part of history in a different way.
1,600 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine will be distributed at the museum Wednesday. This is part of the state s goal to get these vaccines cranked out.
Governor Kevin Stitt said in a press conference Tuesday, My goal is to get 2 million out the door before Memorial Day. So, I am trying to get 2 million out the door and get our summers back.
The Governor says the state is getting vaccines out within seven days of them hitting the state.
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The National Heritage Museum is normally a place where people go to look back at parts of history. On Wednesday, it is becoming a part of history in a different way.
1,600 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine will be distributed at the museum Wednesday. This is part of the state s goal to get these vaccines cranked out.
Governor Kevin Stitt said in a press conference Tuesday, My goal is to get 2 million out the door before Memorial Day. So, I am trying to get 2 million out the door and get our summers back.
The Governor says the state is getting vaccines out within seven days of them hitting the state.
On the Town: Museum to exhibit treasures of Spiro Mounds By: Lillie-Beth Brinkman The Journal Record December 24, 2020
Lillie-Beth Brinkman
Imagine the treasures assembled in the vaults of Rome or in King Tut’s tomb in Egypt. Then picture those treasures in eastern Oklahoma, and you have an idea of the significance of Spiro Mounds, a prehistoric Native American site in far eastern Oklahoma.
Spiro was an important regional trading, political religious center between 800 and 1450 AD for the Mississippian civilization. In its day, the site included burial, temple and house mounds. It is the only site of its kind open to the public and is operated by the Oklahoma Historical Society. The modern-day Caddo Nation and the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes descended from the Spiro people.