Cherokee Strip Museum & Rose Hill School

10/15/2026

Thank you, Berryhill. We enjoyed your wonderful scholars!

10/12/2026

It’s Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Oklahoma is home to 38 federally recognized tribal nations—many of which were forcibly removed to this area.

This photo shows three Cheyenne women posing for a photo (c. 1896).

(4016, W. P. Campbell Collection, OHS)

10/05/2026

The Miller Brothers' Wild West Show headquarters in Bliss, Oklahoma, conducting practice with the elephant segment of the show, date unknown.

Photo courtesy of the museum archives.

10/04/2026

Perry, Oklahoma's old post office building, date unknown.
Photo from the museum archives.

10/02/2026

in history, October 2, 1893, Perry, O.T. Settlers lined up at Bent's "Bambox," a pay-for-toilet, tent and land attorney headquarters building.

09/30/2026

On this day, 133 years ago!

The city of Perry has changed a lot in 133 years! This photo is from September 30, 1893. The caption on the photo said the photograph was taken while looking west from 6th Street.

(8419, A. J. Barash Collection, OHS)

09/29/2026

Trivia Tuesday! Did you know that in many early day communities, homesteaders hesitated to leave their horses tied to hitching posts throughout town?

Trivia Question: What organization was formed in order to combat the root cause of this issue?

Line shack near Perry, O.T., before the opening of the Cherokee Strip. Six cowboys seen in front of the shack, one seated on a horse. Photo taken by A. A. Hughes. CSM Collections, c. 1893.

09/27/2026

Thank you Bearden Public Schools, for choosing to keep history alive at “A Day at Rose Hill School, 1910.” 🌾🔔

09/25/2026

Leo Lobsitz and Bert Keaton, uncle of Buster Keaton, in hunting clothes, sitting on a log and posed with their hunting dog.

CSM Collections, c. 1900.

09/22/2026

Thank you Perry Public Schools for bringing yet another wonderful group of students, that got to participate at Rose Hill! 🌹 🖊️ 🔔