The Oklahoma Historical Society has been collecting, preserving, and sharing our history and culture since 1893. Through exhibitions, publications, museums, and historic sites, we strive to illuminate Oklahoma’s complex and fascinating past.

The history of Oklahoma refers to the history of the state of Oklahoma and the land that the state now occupies. Areas of Oklahoma east of its panhandle were acquired in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, while the Panhandle was not acquired until the U.S. land acquisitions following the Mexican–American War (1846–1848).

The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture includes more than 2,600 articles about the people, places, and events that shape our history.

2024年7月16日 · For many years, the origin of “OK,” one of the most common words in languages around the world, was disputed. Theories about the word’s beginnings and original meaning abounded, according to the...

3 天之前 · Oklahoma - Native American, Land Rush, Oil Boom: Although it is one of the newest states in the union, Oklahoma has one of the oldest records of human occupation. Its abundant resources attracted early hunting and gathering peoples known as the Clovis and Folsom cultures by about 9500 bce.

The Oklahoma History Center is an eighteen-acre, 215,000-square-foot learning center exploring Oklahoma’s unique history of Native culture, pioneers, aviation, commerce, and more. The Oklahoma History Center Museum is a Smithsonian Affiliate and is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums.

The Gateway is an online repository of Oklahoma history. You may browse through hundreds of thousands of newspaper pages dating from the 1840s to the 1920s.

Learn about the founding of Oklahoma’s first State Capital, and its eventual moving to another city, Oklahoma City. Learn about the harrowing adventure of the USS Batfish Submarine that was saved from destruction by George Hargrave the chairman of Oklahoma Veterans Affairs.

2009年11月9日 · Humans arrived in the area now known as Oklahoma an estimated 30,000 years ago and organized into agriculture-based settlements around 2,000 years ago. Historians can trace the Wichita and the...

2014年3月21日 · The OK Corral, Livery and Feed Stable in Tombstone, Arizona, became world-famous in 1881 after the legendary gunfight that included Doc Holliday and the three Earp brothers. In the 1943 musical...