Press Release
December 4, 2025
Contact: Jennifer Frazee
Fort Gibson Historic Site, Oklahoma Historical Society
Office: 918-478-4088
[email protected]
okhistory.org/fortgibson
Gingerbread Bake Day Planned at Fort Gibson Historic Site
FORT GIBSON, Okla. — Fort Gibson Historic Site staff will again fire up the 1860s oven for a gingerbread bake day. This year’s event will take place in the commissary on Saturday, December 20, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. or until supplies run out. Admission to the entire site is free on the day of the event.
Decoration stations will be set up in the pre-Civil War commissary and include frosting and candies that would have been available in the 1800s. Decoration supplies will consist of things like cherry licorice laces, spice drops, candy wafers and giant gingerbread people.
Gingerbread cookies can be decorated in the commissary, or kits can be purchased to go. These kits will contain all supplies available in the decoration station except for the frosting.
Cookies will be available for $7 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. or while supplies last. All supplies in the decoration station are included with the purchase. This event is first come, first served, and we are unable to hold supplies. Batches come out of the oven every half hour or so, and the bakehouse will be closed to the public until around 2 p.m. to maintain oven temperature. We ask for patience during the baking process, as we are cooking in an oven from the 1860s. While it is a large oven, it is still quite old and is powered by wood fire. Few things happened quickly on 19th-century posts, and our oven is no exception.
Take-home kits will be available for sale in the visitor center at 803 N. Garrison Ave. in Fort Gibson. If decorating on-site, cookies can be purchased in the commissary located at 907 N. Garrison Ave. in Fort Gibson. For more information, please call 918-478-4088.
The Fort Gibson Historic Site is a division of the Oklahoma Historical Society. The mission of the Oklahoma Historical Society is to collect, preserve and share the history and culture of the state of Oklahoma and its people. Founded in 1893 by members of the Territorial Press Association, the OHS maintains museums, historic sites and affiliates across the state. Through its research archives, exhibits, educational programs and publications, the OHS chronicles the rich history of Oklahoma. For more information about the OHS, please visit okhistory.org.
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Editor’s Note: Photos of the Fort Gibson Historic Site are available upon request.
