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Pawnee - Northeast (Green Country) | ||||||||
The Pawnee Bill Historic Ranch & Museum offers a glimpse into the life and times of the flamboyant western showman, Major Gordon W. Lillie, "Pawnee Bill." His home atop Blue Hawk Peak is just as he left it, complete with buffalo and longhorns grazing nearby. A view of the more common lives of the time is possible at the well-appointed Pawnee County Historical Society Museum on the square in downtown Pawnee, just one block from the largest Dick Tracy cartoon in the world! Strategically located in north-central Oklahoma, Pawnee is a pleasant day's outing from Tulsa, Oklahoma City, and Wichita, Kansas. Downtown Pawnee is replete with century-old native stone buildings, unique shops and outstanding eateries. Annual events such as the Oklahoma Steam Tractor and Gas Engine Show, Pawnee Bill Wild West Show, and the Pawnee Indian Veteran's Pow Wow keep the town hopping. In August, a week-long adventure, beginning with a five-day cattle drive/wagon train and ending with a state championship barbecue cook-off, western art and trade show, and Pawnee Bill Memorial Rodeo, provide a raucous finale to the wild west summer season. Like the outdoors? Try Pawnee Lake for trophy bass fishing, boating and camping. While you're there play a few rounds of golf on the highly rated 9-hole course or take a tour on the paths around the historical old native stone bath house, now a popular swimming hole for visitors and local residents. While cowboys no longer ride in and shoot up the town each Saturday night, as they did in the days when Pawnee boasted 17 saloons and four churches (the ratio today is 11 churches to only two "saloons"), there remains enough of the Old West to make a visit both educational and entertaining. Ya'll come! For more information contact the Pawnee Community Chamber of Commerce at 918-762-2108 or visit www.cityofpawnee.com. You can also order a free Pawnee Visitors Guide online now. |
