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HISTORIC REENACTMENTS

WHERE HISTORY
​COMES ALIVE!


For larger tour groups, plan your visit to include a historical reenactment showcasing members of the Marland family and/or their friends, the Miller Family of the 101 Ranch.​ Call us at 580-767-0427 for availability and scheduling.
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MARY VIRGINIA MARLAND, CIRCA 1920

Mary Virginia Marland was a social leader in the community and was loved by many. She can open her magic traveling trunk to revel artifacts from the 1920s used in the home for a fun show-in-tell of sorts. Contents include women’s and men’s personal items and some household kitchen items. The presentation is given in show-n-tell fashion as Mary Virginia Marland takes each item one by one out of her truck and asks the audience to “guess” what each item is and how it was used. A lively discussion then follows with factual information on the rest of the story. Accompany Mary Virginia around the home as she describes the life and times of E.W. and Mary Virginia Marland and their adopted niece and nephew, Lydie and George Marland. ​

MOLLIE AND JOE MILLER, CIRCA 1920

The Miller Brothers were famous entertainers and ranchers in the early 1900s living just southwest of Ponca City. They traveled with the likes of Buffalo Bill Cody and his Wild West Show with their own equally famous 101 Ranch Wild West Show. This colorful pair, Joe Miller and mother Mollie, will share stories of the largest diversified farm and ranch in the United States, a city unto itself for the time.

E.W. AND LYDIE MARLAND, CIRCA 1928

E.W. Marland and second wife, Lydie Marland, will regale you with stories of how Marland Oil came into power and what life was like in Ponca City in the 1920s during the oil boom era when Polo and Fox Hunting were popular pastimes. Share in their adventure from Pennsylvania to Oklahoma, from first wife Mary Virginia Collins Marland to second wife(and adopted niece) Lydie Roberts Marland.

SEEK AND FIND

BECOME A VISITOR SLUETH TODAY!


The Mysteries at the Museum Seek and Find is available for student groups or adult tours. Call us at 580-767-0427 for availability and scheduling.
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MYSTERIES AT THE MUSEUM

Sherlock Homes, the great detective from England, E.W. Marland’s ancestral homeland, has traveled to Oklahoma to help Mr. Marland find some missing items. Visitor sleuths will find one item per room and label each with its location much like the board game Clue, only no murder accompanies the items.
Seek & Find

TRAVEL JOURNAL

DISCOVER FUR
​TRADER LIFE!


The Travel Journal French Fur Trader's Experience is available for student groups or adult tours. Call us at 580-767-0427 for availability and scheduling.
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A FRENCH FUR TRADER'S EXPERIENCE

During the 1700's the Wichita Indians inhabited the area along the Arkansas River east of what is now Newkirk, OK. French traders from New Orleans traveled up the Mississippi River and then onto the Arkansas River to approach the encampment. They brought with them metal work and beads to trade with the Wichita in return for hides and furs and probably some dried meat.

Assuming the role of a French fur trader, visitors will work though a journal as they tour the home time traveling up the rivers from New Orleans to trade with the Wichita tribe. The participants will find related items along the way and learn what the experience of a French fur trader may have been like through answering a series of questions.
Travel Journal

SCAVENGER HUNTS

FUN AND EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES FOR ALL!


The Look and Learn Scavenger Hunts are available for student groups or adult tours. Call us at 580-767-0427 for availability and scheduling.
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LOOK AND LEARN

The LOOK and LEARN series of scavenger hunts at the Marland Grand Home features items from three of our most prominent exhibit areas: The American Indian of the Plains Tribes, the 101 Ranch and Wild West Show and the Marland Family of Marland Oil. As you tour the site, LOOK for artifacts and exhibit items relating to these three groups and LEARN important facts about their meaning in days gone by.
101 Ranch & Wild West Show
American Indian of the Plains Tribes
Marland Family of Marland Oil
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