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The Pawnee Bill Ranch was the home of Wild West Show entertainer, Pawnee Bill. The structure is a 14, room 2-story home containing much of its original furniture. This [[Arts and Crafts]] home, completed circa 1910, contains memorabilia, photographs, and art work. The Pawnee Bill Ranch site is open limited hours and closed most of the winter. The site has a small museum with exhibits related to Pawnee Bill. The grounds include a blacksmith shop, a faux log cabin, a barn, and an Indian Shrine Folly. The main structure was built on sandy soil and is slowly decaying, sliding off of its foundation downward. There have been many efforts to maintain the structure however the interior suffers from mold. There is a charge to view the Pawnee Bill Ranch and its adjacent dwindling [[Buffalo]] Herd. It is a beautiful location set amid rolling hills in the otherwise usually flat area of the Southern Plains. The nearest large city is [[Tulsa]] Oklahoma, approximately a 2 hour car drive from the town of [[Pawnee, Oklahoma]]. |
The Pawnee Bill Ranch was the home of Wild West Show entertainer, Pawnee Bill. The structure is a 14, room 2-story home containing much of its original furniture. This [[Arts and Crafts]] home, completed circa 1910, contains memorabilia, photographs, and art work. The Pawnee Bill Ranch site is open limited hours and closed most of the winter. The site has a small museum with exhibits related to Pawnee Bill. |
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The grounds include a blacksmith shop, a faux log cabin, a barn, and an Indian Shrine Folly. The main structure was built on sandy soil and is slowly decaying, sliding off of its foundation downward. There have been many efforts to maintain the structure however the interior suffers from mold. There is a charge to view the Pawnee Bill Ranch and its adjacent dwindling [[Buffalo]] Herd. It is a beautiful location set amid rolling hills in the otherwise usually flat area of the Southern Plains. The nearest large city is [[Tulsa]] Oklahoma, approximately a 2 hour car drive from the town of [[Pawnee, Oklahoma]]. |
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According to a recent federal project published in 2007 the Pawnee Bill Ranch main house was built using slave labor and the illegal labor of local Indian tribesman. The design of the house was |
According to a recent federal project published in 2007 the Pawnee Bill Ranch main house was built using slave labor and the illegal labor of local Indian tribesman. |
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The design of the house was based on mail order plans. Many [[Sears Catalog Home|Sears mail order houses]] were built in the same area. Expensive imported woods and other materials were purchased from [[Frank Phillips Ranch|Frank Phillips']] who built his Arts and Crafts structure, Woolrac, in [[Bartlesville, Oklahoma]]. |
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== References == |
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Revision as of 01:56, 17 October 2010
Pawnee Bill Ranch
The Pawnee Bill Ranch was the home of Wild West Show entertainer, Pawnee Bill. The structure is a 14, room 2-story home containing much of its original furniture. This Arts and Crafts home, completed circa 1910, contains memorabilia, photographs, and art work. The Pawnee Bill Ranch site is open limited hours and closed most of the winter. The site has a small museum with exhibits related to Pawnee Bill. The grounds include a blacksmith shop, a faux log cabin, a barn, and an Indian Shrine Folly. The main structure was built on sandy soil and is slowly decaying, sliding off of its foundation downward. There have been many efforts to maintain the structure however the interior suffers from mold. There is a charge to view the Pawnee Bill Ranch and its adjacent dwindling Buffalo Herd. It is a beautiful location set amid rolling hills in the otherwise usually flat area of the Southern Plains. The nearest large city is Tulsa Oklahoma, approximately a 2 hour car drive from the town of Pawnee, Oklahoma. According to a recent federal project published in 2007 the Pawnee Bill Ranch main house was built using slave labor and the illegal labor of local Indian tribesman.
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Mail Order House Plans
The design of the house was based on mail order plans. Many Sears mail order houses were built in the same area. Expensive imported woods and other materials were purchased from Frank Phillips' who built his Arts and Crafts structure, Woolrac, in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.
References
Carter, Bret A. “Kay County's Historic Architecture OK Images of America” (2007).
Morgan, Gale and Gini Moore Campbell. “Frank’s Fancy: Frank Phillip’s Woolrac. (2001).
Perkins, Scott. “Building Bartlesville, 1945-2000: Images of America: Oklahoma” (2008).
Wallis, Michael. “Oil Man: The Story of Frank Phillips and the Birth of Phillips Petroleum” (2001).
Other
- www.pawneebillranch.com
- Federal Work Projects Administration. “Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves“, Volume XIII: Oklahoma Narratives (2007).
- Stevenson, Katherin Cole, and Jandl, H. Ward, (1995) Houses By Mail: A Guide to Houses from Sears, Roebuck and Company John Wiley & Sons; Hoboken, New Jersey
- Thornton, Rosemary (2002) The Houses That Sears Built: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Sears Catalog Homes Gentle Beam Publications; Alton, Illinois
- Thornton, Rosemary (2004) Finding The Houses That Sears Built: A Guide to Their 60 Most Popular Designs Gentle Beam Publications; Alton, Illinois
- Davis, Michael W.R. and Schweitzer, Robert (1990) America’s Favorite Homes. Wayne State University Press; Detroit, Michigan
- Flori, Laurie A. (2005) "Additionally Speaking - The Saga Behind The Largest Collective of Sears Homes in the World" Brown Paper Package Publications; Carlinville, Illinois