Pawnee Bill Ranch
Blue Hawk Peak
The Pawnee Bill Ranch was the home of Wild West Show entertainer, Gordon W. "Pawnee Bill" Lillie. It is owned and operated by the Oklahoma Historical Society.[1] The Pawnee Bill Ranch consists of 500 of the original 2000 acres, original outbuildings, a fully furnished historic home, a modern museum, and a herd of bison, longhorn cattle, and horses.[2]
History of Blue Hawk Peak
In 1903, Pawnee Bill purchased land from his friend, Blue Hawk, an elder in the Pawnee tribe. There he established his buffalo ranch and named it Blue Hawk Peak to honor his friend.[3]
On October 10, 1975, the site was included on the National Register of Historic Places under the original title of Blue Hawk Peak Ranch, which is what it is still called today.[2]
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Pawnee Oklahoma
References
- ^ [1]Pawnee Bill Ranch Site, Oklahoma Historical Society.
- ^ a b [2] National Register of Historic Places nomination. Cite error: The named reference "test/" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ Shirley, Glenn. Pawnee Bill, a Biography of Gordon W. Lillie. Western Publishers, Stillwater, OK. 1993.
Links
- www.pawneebillranch.org - The official site of the Pawnee Bill Ranch, owned and managed by the Oklahoma Historical Society.
- http://www.travelok.com/listings/view.profile/id.5773 - The Pawnee Bill Ranch page operated by TravelOK.com, the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department's official site.
- http://www.ocgi.okstate.edu/shpo/nhrpdfs/75001571.pdf - The nomination form for Blue Hawk Peak on the National Register of Historic Places.