Cherokee Strip Museum & Rose Hill School

Cherokee Strip Museum & Rose Hill School The mission of the Cherokee Strip Museum is to collect, preserve, and interpret the history of the Cherokee Outlet.

The director of the Cherokee Strip Museum manages this page.

It's Trivia Tuesday and combined! On Friday, June 2, 1905, the Billings News announced the forthcoming visit of this A...
06/02/2026

It's Trivia Tuesday and combined! On Friday, June 2, 1905, the Billings News announced the forthcoming visit of this Apache military leader, then a prisoner of war, to the 101 Ranch. Make your guesses—which visitor made the newspaper?

Image courtesy of the Oklahoma Historical Society Gateway.

There’s a new face around the museum this summer!Please help us welcome our new Museum Studies intern, Maddy Pense, a ju...
05/29/2026

There’s a new face around the museum this summer!

Please help us welcome our new Museum Studies intern, Maddy Pense, a junior from John Brown University. Maddy will be assisting with exhibits, collections, programming, and daily museum operations throughout the summer season.

We are excited to have her join the Cherokee Strip Museum team and look forward to all she will accomplish during her internship!

Clem T. Talliaferro made the Cherokee Strip Land Run on foot in 1893, and afterwards owned and operated a grocery store ...
05/28/2026

Clem T. Talliaferro made the Cherokee Strip Land Run on foot in 1893, and afterwards owned and operated a grocery store on 6th Street in Perry for sixty years. This photo was taken in the latter part of Talliaferro’s life.

Trivia Tuesday!This photo, c. 1925, shows four men standing in front of a cafe and beside a line of cars. Two oil derric...
05/26/2026

Trivia Tuesday!

This photo, c. 1925, shows four men standing in front of a cafe and beside a line of cars. Two oil derricks are visible in the background.

Where in the area of Noble County was this photo taken? Hint: This boomtown survived only eleven years.

Originally known as Decoration Day, Memorial Day as we know it began in 1868 by order of John A. Logan, Commander in Chi...
05/25/2026

Originally known as Decoration Day, Memorial Day as we know it began in 1868 by order of John A. Logan, Commander in Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic. His orders directed members of the Union veterans organization to strew flowers and decorate the graves of fallen soldiers. "Let no vandalism of avarice or neglect," he said, "testify to the present or to the coming generations that we have forgotten, as a people, the cost of a free and undivided republic."

Today we honor those who have paid the ultimate price for our freedom.

Perry GAR members on Memorial Day. c. 1910.

A busy day in Perry, c. 1909.
05/22/2026

A busy day in Perry, c. 1909.

This week of International Museum Day, we would like to offer our thanks to those who have continually supported us and ...
05/20/2026

This week of International Museum Day, we would like to offer our thanks to those who have continually supported us and our mission of preserving the history of the Cherokee Outlet. Each visit and donation helps us keep history alive!

05/20/2026

Incredible footage of pioneering Black cowboy Bill Pickett. An American West icon, he was one of the top performers for the 101 Ranch Wild West Show, where the remaining ranch headquarters still rest just 30 miles east of our museum. Also nearby, Pickett was formerly buried near the headquarters in Marland, Oklahoma, Noble County. A true trailblazer of the American West and rodeo history!

We’ve loved welcoming visitors from all over the world to the museum this spring. 🌎 Seeing the different places signed i...
05/14/2026

We’ve loved welcoming visitors from all over the world to the museum this spring. 🌎 Seeing the different places signed in on our guest book is always an enjoyable sight. We look forward to welcoming our summer travelers soon! ☀️

May 7, 1956, Donald O’Connor’s “The Buster Keaton Story” was shown at Perry Theatre, where Buster Keaton was honored i...
05/07/2026

May 7, 1956, Donald O’Connor’s “The Buster Keaton Story” was shown at Perry Theatre, where Buster Keaton was honored in a celebration of his film legacy. Keaton, who often called Perry, Ok his “old hometown,” was recognized for his families' old roots in the community.

📸 Donald O'Conner and Buster Keaton, Paramount Studio movie debut.

Address

2617 W Fir Street
Perry, OK
73077

Opening Hours

Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 4pm

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+15803362405

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