chisholm trail museum and governor seay mansion

I went to the Chisholm Trail Museum. It was undergoing some renovations that are going to turn out very nice. It's a small place, but full of interesting and well displayed items. I liked the tiny bookstore the best. I found books there not available other places. Very nice offering of good books to read regarding their topic and genre of history. Enjoy your visit.

We were headed to Wichita Falls, TX. I just couldnt take being on the highway anymore. So we took a detour. We had so much fun visiting the Chisholm Trail Museum. We spent 2 hours gonig though the museum, walking through the small western village,governers mansion and eating lunch. It was only $4.00 each. Our tour guide was very pleasant and was able to answer all of our questions.

we went here for my father in laws birthday and had a wonderful time. Seeing the mansion was well worth it.

Terrific museum that includes Native American, Pioneer, and various war artifacts. Great place to learn how different generations lived their daily lives. Especially enjoyed the collection of antique sewing machines, There is a huge collection of barbed wire and branding irons. Outside is an 1889 Frontier Village that makes you feel like you've stepped back in time. The village includes a bank, one-room school house, cabins and a blacksmith shop.Admission is minimal and includes a tour of the Governor Seay Mansion, which is just across the street from the museum. The curators at the museum are friendly and extremely knowledgeable. Excellent place for the entire family to visit.

So many details and artifacts from every aspect of OK history! Very well done, esp. loved the old one-room school house!

A great day trip into the past of Oklahoma History. Museum has classes on old crafts and activities. Just enough of the old Outlaw information to interest the kids.

We headed to Kingfisher on a very hot day in July 2011 - well over 100F - and didn't expect much. Admission was $4 for adults, and what great value it turned out to be!The museum has a short interpretive film about Sam Chisholm and the trail, which helps to orient you. There are then numerous exhibits connected with the time period - clothes, goods, wagons etc. There's a section of the museum that features a reconstructed series of small businesses.Outside, there's a pioneer village with several buildings that have been moved into the location - including a church, a bank, a school, a jail cage, and some small homes. If that wasn't enough for your fourr dollars, there's a guided tour of the amazing Governor's mansion opposite. This was built by Governor Seay of Oklahoma when Kingfisher was the most important town in the state, and was widely expected to become the state capital. Seay built a mansion that he fully expected would become the Governor residence for years to come - in fact, he was the only one who ever lived there as history passed Kingfisher by.It's fascinating how fairly small places in Oklahoma - Poca City, Guthrie, Kingfisher - have all at some time been so important, and ended up with grand buildings that look completely out of prorportion to the current size of the towns. They COULD all have been challengers to Oklahoma City and Tulsa, but fate decreed otherwise. But what's left behind is a real surprise - and this museum at Kingfisher proves the point.The mansion's first floor is more authentic than the second, where later occupants have changed the layout of the rooms. Maybe some X-ray surveys would show where the walls have been moved in the future.Kingfisher has another claim to fame - the birthplace of one Sam Walton, who later started the world's biggest retailer Wal-Mart. Whether that's something to celebrate or not depends, I guess, on your opinion of Wal-Mart.