Major County Historical Society
Home of the Sand Creek Heritage Center and Museum!
Step back into the past and celebrate the way of life from days gone by and farming practices of our ancestors. Explore the 160 acres of farmland that houses two churches, a 2522 locamotive and depot, an early 1900s two story hotel, a one room school house, and the recently developed building that
displays memorbilia from local businesses of the 1890s! In September, attend the Annual Threshing Bee and National Tractor Show. The whole family will enjoy two days of threshing, baling, plowing, steam engines, antique tractors and cars!
Open Monday - Friday, 1-5; Saturday, 10-2. Closed Holidays.
For more information, please call (580)-227-2265 or visit the website: http://www.mchsok.net/.
Step back into the past and celebrate the way of life from days gone by and farming practices of our ancestors. Explore the 160 acres of farmland that houses two churches, a 2522 locamotive and depot, an early 1900s two story hotel, a one room school house, and the recently developed building that
displays memorbilia from local businesses of the 1890s! In September, attend the Annual Threshing Bee and National Tractor Show. The whole family will enjoy two days of threshing, baling, plowing, steam engines, antique tractors and cars!
Open Monday - Friday, 1-5; Saturday, 10-2. Closed Holidays.
For more information, please call (580)-227-2265 or visit the website: http://www.mchsok.net/.
Great Plains Trail of Western Oklahoma
From prairie chickens to "horny" toads, scissortail flycatchers to elk, the private lands of Western Oklahoma are home to a diversity of unique and interesting wildlife species. The Great Plains Trail of Oklahoma was developed
to take advantage of Oklahoma’s small-town hospitality and showcase the many wildlife species that can be seen. The Great Plains Trail covers 1,777 miles and includes 33 counties.
The "Gloss Mountain Loop" in Major County showcases a breathtaking view of the sporadic chain of red flat top
mesas, known as the Gloss (or Glass) Mountains. For a One-Day Outing, fill your gas tank and pack a picnic lunch (grocery stores in Fairview) or enjoy lunch at any of the local cafes in Fairview. Stop in at the Gloss Mountain State Park which offers picnic shelters and a developed hiking trail to the top of the Cathedral Mountain where you will have a spectacular view.
For more information, please visit the Website: http://www.wildlifedepartment.com/wildlifetrails.htm
to take advantage of Oklahoma’s small-town hospitality and showcase the many wildlife species that can be seen. The Great Plains Trail covers 1,777 miles and includes 33 counties.
The "Gloss Mountain Loop" in Major County showcases a breathtaking view of the sporadic chain of red flat top
mesas, known as the Gloss (or Glass) Mountains. For a One-Day Outing, fill your gas tank and pack a picnic lunch (grocery stores in Fairview) or enjoy lunch at any of the local cafes in Fairview. Stop in at the Gloss Mountain State Park which offers picnic shelters and a developed hiking trail to the top of the Cathedral Mountain where you will have a spectacular view.
For more information, please visit the Website: http://www.wildlifedepartment.com/wildlifetrails.htm
Ames Astrobleme
The Ames Astrobleme is one of the most unique geological features in the world because of its economic significance. Visit the museum at 109 E Main, Ames, OK 73718. Phone: 580-753-4624.
The Gloss (or Glass) Mountains
Take a scenic drive through the heart of these bold buttes located on US 412. The mountains’ unusual name comes from millions of sparkling selenite crystals covering the surface. This area is known for clear night-time skies, excellent for star-gazing. These mountains hold the secrets of Oklahoma outlaw, Dick Yeager. Before he died, gunned down by a posse in 1895, he spoke of hidden treasure in the Gloss Mountains. A bandit cave was found in 1903, but the secret to the treasure remains hidden.
Gloss Mountain State Park offers picnic shelters and a developed hiking trail to the top of Cathedral Mountain. For more information, please click here.
Gloss Mountain State Park offers picnic shelters and a developed hiking trail to the top of Cathedral Mountain. For more information, please click here.
Regional Attractions
Fairview is the best place to launch day trips to explore the entire region. Great outdoor recreation is never far away. Major County has plenty of wide-open spaces for joggers, bicyclists, rock hounds and star-gazers. Hunters come for dove, turkey, deer and quail.
Alabaster Caverns
Alabaster Caverns State Park, the largest gypsum cave in the world open to the public, is 3/4 of a mile long. It's rock and mineral formations can be seen in few other places. Massive boulders of alabaster and a fine-grained mass of gyp is see in pink, white and even a rare black. For more information about the Alabaster Caverns (near Freedom, OK), please call: (580)-621-3381.
Little Sahara State Park
Four miles south of Waynoka, enjoy 1450 acres of rideable sand! Bring your dune buggy of four-wheeler and stay the night at the campground on site.
Great Salt Plains State Park
The only spot in the world where crystal enthusiasts can dig for hourglass selenite crystals, a rare and fragile form of selenite, which is a form of gypsum -it’s a rock hound’s paradise! Open for digging, April 1st - October 15th. For more information, please call: (580)-626-4731.
Sod House Museum
This "Soddy" (near Aline, Oklahoma) was built by Marshal McCully in 1894 and has been restored and preserved as the only existing sod homestead. Today, this house stands as a testament to those hearty souls that settled Oklahoma. At Christmas, experience the "Many Faces of Santa" in the museum. For more information, please call: (580)-463-2441.
www.okhistory.org
Canton Lake
Don’t miss Canton Lake, famous throughout the region for its blue-water boating, skiing, camping, jet skiing, and its popular Walleye Rodeo fishing derby, held early May. For more information, please call: (580)-886-2216.
