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EXTRA!

EXTRA! is a weekly electronic newsletter published by the Oklahoma Historical Society. It includes timely information about events, exhibits, and other happenings at our museums and historic sites.

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Explore Past Issues of EXTRA!

2026

• June 17, 2026 – “The pause that refreshes”
• June 10, 2026 – “Heart-pounding feats”
• June 3, 2026 – “The Best of Pawnee Bill”
• May 27, 2026 – “Explore Oklahoma history”
• May 20, 2026 – “The Longest Stretch”
• May 13, 2026 – “Call it a night”
• May 6, 2026 – “Battle stations”
• April 29, 2026 – “Milestones in History”
• April 22, 2026 – “Feeling sheepish?”
• April 15, 2026 – “Bread and butter”
• April 8, 2026 – “Mother Road Summit”
• April 1, 2026 – “21 Crossing and Ranch”
• March 25, 2026 – “Shaping a museum”
• March 18, 2026 – “Farm-to-Table”
• March 11, 2026 – “Holding down the fort”
• March 4, 2026 – “Aaah-haaaa!”
• February 25, 2026 – “Oklahoma Rough Riders”
• February 18, 2026 – “We hold these truths”
• February 11, 2026 – “Coming to you LIVE!”
• February 4, 2026 – “We heart museums”
• January 28, 2026 – “An evening with James Madison”
• January 21, 2026 – “The American Revolution”
• January 14, 2026 – “Around the campfire”
• January 7, 2026 – “Route 66 turns 100”

2025

• December 17, 2025 – “Season’s Greetings!”
• December 10, 2025 – “Oh what fun!”
• December 3, 2025 – “Keeping the homefires burning”
• November 19, 2025 – “Countdown to Christmas”
• November 12, 2025 – “20 years and counting”
• November 5, 2025 – “The Battle of Honey Springs”
• October 29, 2025 – “Civil War Reenactment”
• October 22, 2025 – “Folklife Festival this Saturday!”
• October 15, 2025 – “What’s your twenty?”
• October 8, 2025 – “Honey Springs Reenactment”
• October 1, 2025 – “Come one, come all!”
• September 24, 2025 – “Bring history to life!”
• September 17, 2025 – “Get your Kicks & Sips”
• September 10, 2025 – “Myron Macy Kinley”
• September 3, 2025 – “September 2, 1945”
• August 27, 2025 – “48 Hours in Atoka”
• August 20, 2025 – “Ink quills and McGuffey's® Readers”
• August 13, 2025 – “Make no bones about it”
• August 6, 2025 – “The Battle of Turkey Springs”
• July 30, 2025 – “Making the grade”
• July 23, 2025 – “The Bandit Queen”
• July 16, 2025 – “The meter is running”
• July 9, 2025 – “Conceived in liberty”
• July 2, 2025 – “Stars and Stripes”
• June 25, 2025 – “Queen of the Prairies”
• June 18, 2025 – “Notebooks and shoe leather”
• June 11, 2025 – “Black Lawmen in Indian Territory”
• June 4, 2025 – “Honoring Old Glory”
• May 28, 2025 – “A bird in the hand”
• May 21, 2025 – “Call it a night”
• May 14, 2025 – “Cake with Kate”
• May 7, 2025 – “May is Preservation Month”
• April 30, 2025 – “Oklahoma in Context”
• April 23, 2025 – “Your vote, your history”
• April 16, 2025 – “What springs to mind”
• April 9, 2025 – “Put all your eggs in one basket”
• April 2, 2025 – “Flash and Fizz!”
• March 26, 2025 – “I Ain’t Afraid”
• March 19, 2025 – “Farm-to-Table Festival”
• March 12, 2025 – “Rustle up some grub”
• March 5, 2025 – “The King of Western Swing”
• February 26, 2025 – “#ExploreOHS Travel Contest”
• February 19, 2025 – “Justice for All”
• February 12, 2025 – “Saving the Sacred”
• February 4, 2025 – “Black History is Oklahoma History”
• January 29, 2025 – “Oklahoma’s Kate Barnard”
• January 22, 2025 – “Heart and Soul”
• January 15, 2025 – “The ties that bind”
• January 8, 2025 – “Back in Time public premiere”
• January 1, 2025 – “Happy New Year!”

• December 18, 2024 – “’Tis the season”
• December 11, 2024 – “Good tidings we bring”
• December 4, 2024 – “Winter traditions and cheer”
• November 20, 2024 – “Gifts for the history lover”
• November 13, 2024 – “The Shoemaker”
• November 6, 2024 – “Native American history”
• October 30, 2024 – “Washita Love Child”
• October 23, 2024 – “Fort Gibson 1870s Hospital”
• October 16, 2024 – “Haunted Heritage”
• October 9, 2024 – “The Governor’s Own”
• October 2, 2024 – “A night to remember”
• September 25, 2024 – “Down on the farm”
• September 18, 2024 – “Folklife Festival celebration!”
• September 11, 2024 – “Be our guest”
• September 4, 2024 – “Shaping the future of OHS”
• August 28, 2024 – “Uncover the past”
• August 21, 2024 – “Dedication to preservation”
• August 14, 2024 – “Taking a page from history”
• August 7, 2024 – “Learn with OHS!”
• July 24, 2024 – “A Broader View”
• July 24, 2024 – “75 years of television in Oklahoma”
• July 17, 2024 – “Open a window on the past”
• July 10, 2024 – “Civil Rights Act turns 60”
• July 3, 2024 – “From all points in the Union”
• June 26, 2024 – “The unconquered spirit”
• June 19, 2024 – “Today is Juneteenth!”
• June 12, 2024 – “The story of the Capitol”
• June 5, 2024 – “First impressions”
• May 29, 2024 – “Pawnee Bill’s Original Wild West Show”
• May 22, 2024 – “May is Preservation Month”
• May 15, 2024 – “The birth of Oklahoma's State Parks”
• May 8, 2024 – “AAPI Experiences in Oklahoma”
• May 1, 2024 – “Fort Towson Bicentennial 1824–2024”
• April 24, 2024 – “Spring on the Farm”
• April 17, 2024 – “Perspectives in History”
• April 10, 2024 – “Putting down roots”
• April 3, 2024 – “Fort Gibson Bicentennial 1824–2024”
• March 27, 2024 – “Rocks, Ruts, and Springs”
• March 20, 2024 – “The Five Moons”
• March 13, 2024 – “Women preserving history”
• March 6, 2024 – “#ExploreOHS Travel Contest underway”
• February 28, 2024 – “He wore the star”
• February 21, 2024 – “Jazz in Oklahoma”
• February 14, 2024 – “A heart for art”
• February 7, 2024 – “Celebrating Black History Month”
• January 31, 2024 – “The heart of the matter”
• January 24, 2024 – “John Brown’s life and legacy”
• January 17, 2024 – “Bringing history to life”
• January 10, 2024 – “Profiles in Pop”
• January 3, 2024 – “Encountering John Brown”

• December 20, 2023 – “Warm holiday wishes from OHS”
• December 13, 2023 – “A Night of Christmas Music”
• December 6, 2023 – “Celebrate the season with OHS”
• November 22, 2023 – “May your days be merry and bright”
• November 15, 2023 – “Native American women aviation pioneers”
• November 8, 2023 – “Oklahoma Territorial Museum’s 50th anniversary”
• November 1, 2023 – “Territory of Lincoln”
• October 25, 2023 – “Connecting past to present”
• October 18, 2023 – “Labor Omnia Vincit”
• October 11, 2023 – “Folklife Festival”
• October 4, 2023 – “A real page turner”
• September 27, 2023 – “Fireside Chat with Oklahoma’s Governors”
• September 20, 2023 – “Playing Favorites”
• September 13, 2023 – “Presente in Oklahoma!”
• September 6, 2023 – “The sky is the limit!”
• August 30, 2023 – “The keys to success”
• August 23, 2023 – “Jazz Night at the Blue Note”
• August 16, 2023 – “Someday will be real soon”
• August 9, 2023 – “Learning the old school way”
• August 2, 2023 – “Quench your thirst”
• July 26, 2023 – “Cake walks and sack races”
• July 19, 2023 – “Out of the Earth”
• July 12, 2023 – “Watch Out For Flying Chairs”
• June 28, 2023 – “Out of the blue”
• June 21, 2023 – “They call the thing rodeo”
• June 14, 2023 – “Get the ball rolling”
• June 7, 2023 – “Remembering Clarence L. Tinker”
• May 31, 2023 – “Pawnee Bill’s Original Wild West Show”
• May 24, 2023 – “OHS at deadCenter”
• May 17, 2023 – “Fact vs. Fiction”
• May 10, 2023 – “Built from the Fire”
• May 3, 2023 – “A Historical Journey”
• April 26, 2023 – “Volunteers light the way”
• April 19, 2023 – “The People’s House”
• April 12, 2023 – “The Civil War in Indian Territory”
• April 5, 2023 – “Clara Luper’s Radical Love”
• March 29, 2023 – “Chicks and ducks and geese better scurry”
• March 22, 2023 – “The original food trucks”
• March 15, 2023 – “Make hay while the sun shines”
• March 8, 2023 – “The measure of a woman”
• March 1, 2023 – “Take me back to Tulsa”
• February 22, 2023 – “Saved from Silence”
• February 15, 2023 – “The Bob Wills Story”
• February 8, 2023 – “Making a Way”
• February 1, 2023 – “Blacks on the Oklahoma Frontier”
• January 25, 2023 – “Reach for the stars”
• January 18, 2023 – “Accounting for History”
• January 11, 2023 – “Imprinting the West”
• January 4, 2023 – “Raising the roof”

• December 21, 2022 – “Happy Holidays!”
• December 14, 2022 – “Clang, clang, clang, went the trolley”
• December 7, 2022 – “A date which has lived in infamy”
• November 16, 2022 – “Who’s minding the store?”
• November 9, 2022 – “Code of honor”
• November 2, 2022 – “It took a village”
• October 26, 2022 – “Write the Bison”
• October 19, 2022 – “Daughter of Dawn”
• October 12, 2022 – “Stop in for a spell”
• October 5, 2022 – “An honor to be nominated”
• September 28, 2022 – “Every trick in the book”
• September 21, 2022 – “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?”
• September 14, 2022 – “Celebrating Hispanic Heritage”
• September 7, 2022 – “The 3 Rs”
• August 31, 2022 – “Keeping things on an even keel”
• August 24, 2022 – “All in a day’s work”
• August 17, 2022 – “Angels among us
• August 10, 2022 – “Oklahoma All-Black Towns State Conference”
• August 3, 2022 – “Off to a flying start”
• July 27, 2022 – “Too cool for school”
• July 20, 2022 – “Cake walks and apple peeling”
• July 13, 2022 – “Open to see our new look!”
• July 6, 2022 – “Remembering the Battle of Honey Springs”
• June 29, 2022 – “Let’s Talk About It”
• June 22, 2022 – “Where seldom is heard a discouraging word”
• June 15, 2022 – “Far out man! Can you dig it?”
• June 6, 2022 – “Invitation: Come and celebrate with us!”
• June 1, 2022 – “Giving Voice to the Tulsa Race Massacre survivors”
• May 25, 2022 – “A moment of silence”
• May 11, 2022 – “Where there’s smoke...”
• May 18, 2022 – “Killing of Umpire Forbidden”
• May 4, 2022 – “Well Preserved”
• April 27, 2022 – “Dyed in the wool history”
• April 20, 2022 – “What’s up dock?”
• April 13, 2022 – “That’s a fact, Jack!”
• April 6, 2022 – “Put your eggs in one basket”
• March 30, 2022 – “A stitch in time”
• March 23, 2022 – “Find your perspective”
• March 16, 2022 – “#ExploreOHS”
• March 9, 2022 – “Oklahomans in Country”
• March 2, 2022 – “Rise and shine”
• February 23, 2022 – “A story of place”
• February 16, 2022 – “Saying their names”
• February 9, 2022 – “It’s a date!”
• February 2, 2022 – “Black History is Oklahoma History”
• January 26, 2022 – “Remembering safe havens”
• January 19, 2022 – “On the banks of the Washita”
• January 12, 2022 – “And the award goes to...”
• January 5, 2022 – “A Monumental Restoration”

• December 22, 2021 – “We’ll keep the lights on for you!”
• December 15, 2021 – “Astronomically speaking”
• December 8, 2021 – “home is the sailor, home from the sea”
• November 30, 2021 – “Preserving Oklahoma's past on #GivingTuesday”
• November 24, 2021 – “Make a difference #ShopLocal”
• November 17, 2021 – “November is Native American Heritage Month”
• November 10, 2021 – “Putting pen to paper”
• November 3, 2021 – “Sun and Silver”
• October 27, 2021 – “Where our paths cross”
• October 20, 2021 – “A ‘Capitol’ idea”
• October 13, 2021 – “Holding a candle to history”
• October 6, 2021 – “House Made of Dawn”
• September 29, 2021 – “Sharing the story of Oklahoma”
• September 22, 2021 – “Now hear this!”
• September 15, 2021 – “Everything under the sun”
• September 8, 2021 – “Pawnee Bill’s Wild West Fest”
• September 1, 2021 – “A celebration of Hispanic culture”
• August 25, 2021 – “Meanwhile, back at the ranch”
• August 18, 2021 – “Elk Creek hits the big screen”
• August 11, 2021 – “Getting your kicks...”
• August 4, 2021 – “She’s a beautiful day...”
• July 28, 2021 – “Stake your claim”
• July 21, 2021 – “Voices of Oklahoma”
• July 14, 2021 – “Like a rocket!”
• July 7, 2021 – “The last full measure of devotion”

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