Oklahoma

On to Oklahoma
This blog and the next one are very late, WIFI has been very slow where we have been.

Lock the door, start up and drive

past windmill farms

into Oklahoma

past oil wells and windmills

to Tinker AFB, our home for the week

Oklahoma City is the home of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum

Indian with squaw on horseback 

and a horseless cowboy

Museum entrance

There is an "Old Town" here but not nearly the size of Wichita

Main Street

Cathy found the bar

I found the Marshall's office

Some of his weapons. Note the sawed off 12 Gauge lever action shotgun at the bottom.

After she left the bar, Cathy got arrested for public drunkenness

Ronald Reagan, the western actor is here

Charlton Heston as Will Penny

And of course, John Wayne

My favorite, End of the Trail

 The first people in the west, The Plains People made up by many different tribes

 A couple of their saddles

 Some of their gear, note the papoose carrier in the lower left.

more gear

 Then the trappers and traders came

their gear

 the Calvary

 their gear

Gatling gun

 Charge

 Scout

Not sure but probably a buffalo hunter with his long range rifle

A section is dedicated to rodeo girls

One was Florence Hughes Randolph
She once defeated 13 men in Roman horse racing (standing on horseback)

Note the small size boot

Another was Lorena Trickey Peterson
She won bronc riding titles against men

also a trick rider
There are many more ladies in that section

And of course, the movie and TV section

Such as Tim McCoy, Hoot Gibson, Buck Jones

William Boyd (Hopalong Cassidy), Gene Autry and others

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Gun Smoke has it's own section
Marshall Matt Dillon (James Arness)

Kitty (Amanda Blake)

Doc (Milford Stone)

Festus (Ken Curtis)

Barbara Stanwick (Big Valley)

Tom Selleck

Walter Brennan

Of course "The Duke" John Wayne

and many more.

Our favorite steak house, Cattleman's.

 Next stop, the 30th anniversary of Safari International rally in Shawnee OK.
We had about 125 motorhomes there

 The banquet hall

Scene during a mystery play

open bar for "happy hour"

 food line

Brisket and chicken.
We had games of all sorts, entertainment, crafts, seminars and even a performance by some local Native Americans.

The family

He explained what the dances meant

first dance

her story being told

 stepped up a little

really fast dance

 Finally a group picture
and on to Texas next.