FIELD TRIP RECOMMENDATIONS

LAWTON CHRISTIAN HOME EDUCATORS

The Museum of the Great Plains has an impressive display of prairie artifacts and culture. It is adjacent to Elmer Thomas Park which has a great picnic area and resident prairie dogs.
The Wildlife Refuge also makes a great field trip and they offer tours and classes if you call and schedule ahead.

BARTLESVILLE CHRISTIAN HOME EDUCATORS FELLOWSHIP

Woolaroc - (888) 966-5276 or (918) 336-0307 - Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Frank Phillips' Ranch, a wildlife preserve where you can observe a variety of wild animals and a museum that houses western art and Indian artifacts - closed on Mondays - hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Frank Phillips Home - (918) 336-2491 - Neoclassical mansion that was the home of Frank and Jane Phillips (founder of Phillips Petroleum Company); garage houses a display containing information on the founding of the oil company and also personal items belonging to family members - find out about the butler that was a millionaire himself - Closed Mondays and Tuesdays.

Bartlesville Area History Museum - (918) 338-4290 - Historical items from Bartlesville and the surrounding area and a display featuring a one room schoolhouse.

Prairie Song Museum (918) 534-2662 - on a working cattle ranch - a reproduction old west town (includes a chapel, one room schoolhouse and saloon); tours by appointment only so, when you call to schedule a tour, ask about prices and request that they also tell some of the stories about the outlaws that hid out in that area and the history of the ranch if you want to have that included in the tour.

Dewey, Oklahoma
Tom Mix Museum - (918) 534-1555 - The rodeo performer and silent film star's memorabilia; closed Mondays - if you make an appointment for groups, they will organize a scavenger hunt where the students can look for items on display in the museum while they do the tour.

Dewey Hotel - (918) 534-0215 - A Victorian structure completed in 1900 and one of the town's first buildings; has been restored and furnished in furnished with turn-of-the-20th-century antiques. Many of the guests who gambled in the third-story tower room became giants in Oklahoma's oil industry. Closed Mondays.

Nowata, Oklahoma
Nowata County Historical Society Museum (free)
(918) 273-1191

Little House on the Prairie (off of US 75 north on the drive toward Independence, Kansas) - on the site where Laura Ingalls Wilder lived in 1869-70, also on display is a post office and one room schoolhouse.

Independence, Kansas
Ralph Mitchell Zoo (620) 332-2512 - great zoo (free) with a terrific park nearby.

Sedan, Kansas - Contact person is Nita Jones (620) 725-5797 - she will coordinate for large groups to be sure there are eating facilities and restrooms open, notify all the businesses to expect more customers and serve as an ambassador (this made our day much more enjoyable).

Emmett Kelly Museum (620) 725-3470 features memorabilia of this world famous clown who was a Sedan native.

The Yellow Brick Road - the town's economy was declining so a group of ladies that normally had coffee together decided to give it a boost by transforming the sidewalks into the famous Yellow Brick Road (they're allowed since they live in Kansas!) - they have sold almost 11,000 bricks and bricks are on sale again - bricks are yellow and can show your name.

A jelly factory is relocating there in the next couple of months.

Jones World - a store that sells Wizard of Oz items and home made candies.

The Hollow - a park that houses the Chamber of Commerce in a one room schoolhouse (now open 7 days a week) 620 725-4033 - Chamber of Commerce.

A "wicker" (synthetic) furniture factory that offers tours (620) 725-3200.

Ackerman Hardware - this store has been in the same family for about 100 years.

There are several gift and antique stores, and a ladies clothing store with sizes ranging from petite to size 22 where nothing is over $22.

Coffeyville, Kansas
Dalton Defenders Museum (620) 251-5944, contains items pertaining to the Coffeyville bank robberies by the Dalton Gang in 1892.

Brown Mansion (620) 251-0431, built early 1900s and contains many Tiffany glass accents. Tours are guided and very informative.