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The First Americans Museum in Oklahoma City. First Americans Museum via Facebook/Provided

The First Americans Museum in Oklahoma City. First Americans Museum via Facebook/Provided

First Americans Museum set to open Saturday

Andrew W. Griffin
Thursday, September 16, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY — Several decades in the making, the First Americans Museum is finally scheduled to hold a grand-opening celebration this weekend.
Museum of the Great Plains: The Frisco Railroad steam locomotive #1526 is a prominent exhibit at the Museum of the Great Plains in Lawton. The engine could haul freight but mostly pulled passenger cars. During World War II it transported military troops and served as a hospital train. In addition, Presidents Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman rode the 1526 across the nation during their election campaigns. The locomotive was manufactured in 1926 and was retired in 1952

Museum of the Great Plains: The Frisco Railroad steam locomotive #1526 is a prominent exhibit at the Museum of the Great Plains in Lawton. The engine could haul freight but mostly pulled passenger cars. During World War II it transported military troops and served as a hospital train. In addition, Presidents Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman rode the 1526 across the nation during their election campaigns. The locomotive was manufactured in 1926 and was retired in 1952

Lawton museum funded for FY’21

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Thursday, September 17, 2020
LAWTON – The City Council recently earmarked half a million dollars for continued operation of the 59-year-old Museum of the Great Plains. That sum includes $475,000 from the city’s regular budget and $25,000 from the hotel/motel tax.
A diorama of a Vietnam War fire support base, circa 1968, with an M102 105mm Howitzer in the foreground and an M107 175mm self-propelled gun in the background, inside the Army Field Artillery Museum in Fort Sill. Ledger photos by Mike W. Ray

A diorama of a Vietnam War fire support base, circa 1968, with an M102 105mm Howitzer in the foreground and an M107 175mm self-propelled gun in the background, inside the Army Field Artillery Museum in Fort Sill. Ledger photos by Mike W. Ray

Adding to its Ammo

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Thursday, July 9, 2020
FORT SILL – The history of U.S. Army artillery is on display here in the Army Field Artillery Museum. Gordon Blaker brought his diverse experience with museums and his 17-year career as an Army officer when he became director and curator of the museum at Fort Sill more than 11 years ago.
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