Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center
The Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center exhibits take visitors on a journey through history from life before and after the Land Run of 1893, to early settlers, oil and gas, the story of Enid, and Phillips University. A special exhibit gallery features traveling and temporary exhibits. The Heritage Center also offers resources for research, including Enid city directories, newspapers on microfilm, Phillips University yearbooks, and oral histories.
The Sons and Daughters of the Cherokee Strip Pioneers created the original museum in the 1960s. In the 1970s the museum moved to its current location and became a property of the Oklahoma Historical Society. The Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center opened in 2011. For more information, visit the Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center’s website at www.csrhc.org.
Humphrey Heritage Village
Historic structures in the Humphrey Heritage Village include the 1893 Enid Land Office, a 1902 church, the 1905 Glidewell house, and an 1896 Turkey Creek schoolhouse. In 2024 came the addition of a fifth structure. A one-room log cabin, built after the Land Run of 1893 by the Sneed family near what is now Cleveland, has been rebuilt on the grounds.
Enid’s original 1893 US Land Office, originally located on the east side of the Enid city square, was where thousands of claims were filed over 130 years ago. The 1896 Turkey Creek School served as a one-room school for the Imo area until 1947. Reverend Francis Key Brooke first established the 1902 First Episcopal Church of Enid. In 1905, James and Alice Glidewell built their two-story home in Helena. Glidewell was a justice of the peace, banker, and self-taught lawyer. The Sneed Cabin was a simple log home where six of the Sneed’s nine children were born. Today, these historic structures are used for living history programs, classes, and other events.
View Collections Online
More than 1,000 photographs from the William Edson Photograph Collection, Richard McConkay Photo Collection, and Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center Collection are available on The Gateway to Oklahoma History.
Virtual Tour
Take the Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center’s virtual tour.
