California Road
After the discovery of gold in California in 1848, in 1849 military troops marked out the California Road from Fort Smith along the Canadian through Oklahoma, a route that was used extensively by emigrants until 1861.

Cheyenne Heritage Trail
A proud Indian heritage, frontier battle sites, rugged cowboys and dramatic scenery shaped the land that once was Cheyenne Indian Territory. This tour takes you where hills climb toward the horizon and dawn and dusk are spectacular events. Here, the red earth and wide blue sky are home to the legends that made the west.* More Information: * TravelOK: "Cheyenne Heritage Trail" sample itneraries TravelOK: The Cheyenne Tribe in Oklahoma Along the Cheyenne Heritage Trail: Travel Notes, Musings, Reflections Plains Indians and ...

Chisholm Trail
The Chisholm Trail was a route used in the late 19th century in the Western United States for cattle drives, the movement of cattle overland. The trail stretched from southern Texas across the Red River to Abilene, Kansas, and was used to drive cattle northward to the railhead of the Kansas Pacific Railway, where they were shipped eastward. The trail is named for Jesse Chisholm who had built several trading posts in what is now western Oklahoma before the American Civil War. He never drove cattle on the trail and died ...

Civil War
In 1861 through 1865 the nation was in a state of Civil War. Oklahoma, then Indian Territory, wasn't untouched by the conflict.

Civilian Conservation Corps
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was created on March 31, 1933, in President Franklin D. Roosevelt's first month in office. The CCC was an interdepartmental work and relief program that sent young, unemployed men from the cities to work on conservation projects in rural areas at a dollar a day. The CCC is credited with constructing many buildings and trails in state and national parks still treasured today, and other work related to land conservation, etc. More...

Clinton, Oklahoma
Hub City of Western Oklahoma. Links: City of Clinton Chamber of Commerce

Elk City, Oklahoma
Elk City, Oklahoma is located in Beckham County in the west-central part of the state. Located on I-40, Elk City represents the best of western living, a vibrant economy and wide-open spaces. Links: City of Elk City Elk City Chamber Blog Elk City

Great Western Cattle Trail
In 1874, the cattle ranchers of the San Antonio, Texas area began blazing a trail with their large herds of longhorn cattle through western Indian Territory to the railhead at Dodge City, Kansas and to markets beyond into Canada and the northwest territories of America. It's estimated that over 11,000,000 head of longhorns passed over this trail.

Guthrie, Oklahoma
Born of the Land Run in 1889, this dusty prairie stop along the AT&SF Railroad became a city of over 10,000 people in a single day. Built to Victorian elegance, the magnificent architecture of Oklahoma’s first State Capital, still stands today as a National Historic Landmark. History is brought to life each day on Historic Trolley Tours and in places like the Oklahoma Territorial Museum, Oklahoma Publishing Museum and the Frontier Drugstore Museum. With four more museums, the world largest Scottish Rite Masonic Temple, ...

Oklahoma Museums
Oklahoma has some great museums to look through. More information about this set to be added later - K.

Oklahoma Wildlife Trail
The Oklahoma Wildlife Trail showcases Western Oklahoma's scenic views and untrammeled nature. Many of Oklahoma's historic places fall along this trail. -> For more details about the Oklahoma Wildlife Trail visit www.oklahomawildlifetrails.com Oklahoma Wildlife Trail Sites: Texola Prairie Dog Town Sandy Sanders Wildlife Management Area Sam Hagen Photography Studio Sandhills Curiosity Shop Sayre Heron Rookery Sayre City Park Sayre Prairie Dog Town Merrick Ranch Flying W Guest Ranch Lynn Hickey Ranch Unit 105, ...

Route 66
"The Mother Road", "The Main Street of America" and "The Will Rogers Highway". Get'n your Kicks on Route 66. US 66 was established on November 11, 1926. It originally ran from Chicago, Illinois through Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California before ending at the beach at Santa Monica for a total distance of 2,448 miles (3,940 km). Route 66 was a major migratory path west and supported the economies of the communities on which the road passed. US 66 was officially decommissioned (that is, ...

Wind Power Trail
The Wind Power Trail leads through out western Oklahoma and the Texas panhandle with the goal to: Bring visitors to rural and urban High Plains communitiesEducate people about wind energyEducate people about vintage windmills and pioneer history More information at www.windpowertrail.com

Woodward, Oklahoma
Woodward, Oklahoma is located in the northwestern part of the state in Woods County. It was founded in 1887.