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Cheyenne City Park - Museums in the Park The Cheyenne City Park contains seven museums, several memorial structures, playground equipment, a pavilion with a stage, a swimming pool, ball diamonds, handicap accessible bathrooms, and plenty of parking.
Roger Mills County Museums in the park is a complex of historic buildings and artifacts designed to give you an impression of living history. The complex includes: (see individual listing for details)

Roll One-Room School
Strong City-Kendall Log Cabin
Community Museum
Santa Fe Railroad Depot
Pioneer Museum-Visitor Center open March-October Tues-Sat 10 AM- 5 PM
Pioneer Memorial Wall

All Museums are handicapped accessible

Self-guided tour year round with informative pages affixed to the buildings.


Admission: Free
Hours: Open year round, Monday - Saturday 9 am to 5 pm, Sunday, 1:00 to 5:00 pm
Address: Located in the Cheyenne City Park, Hwy 283
Phone: 580-497-2760
Our Website:http://www.rogermills.org/Museums/City%20Park.htm

Come visit us in Cheyenne, Oklahoma

Attractions and Upcoming Events

The Story of the Battle of the Washita

Introduction The cultural collision between pioneers and Indians reached its peak on the Great Plains during the decades before and after the Civil War. U.S. Government policy sought to separate tribes and settlers from each other by establishing an Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma)

Cheyenne, OK

Battle of Washita Sculpture

Inside the Roger Mills County Courthouse in Cheyenne is a breathtaking, life size sculpture in bronze entitled "The Washita." This sculpture was created by the artist Ernest Berke in 1984. The sculpture "Washita"

Cheyenne, OK Arts

Santa Fe Depot

Cheyenne was the western terminus for the Clinton, Oklahoma, and Western Railroad (also known as the "COW") until the Santa Fe took over in 1928 and extended the line to Pampa, Texas. Passenger service survived until the 1960's using a "doodlebug" (AT&SF Motorcar #M.177) as train numbers 63 & 64

Cheyenne, OK Railroad History

Veterans' Monument

The Veterans' Monument is the largest monument west of the Mississippi with veteran's names of all wars and conflicts inscribed, and the only county memorial in the United States that lists all of its veterans. Outside viewing at any time, but come by during business hours to view the "Washita"

Cheyenne, OK Monuments

Black Kettle National Grassland

Black Kettle National Grassland covers about 32,000 acres in western Oklahoma and 2,000 acres in Texas and is home to deer, turkey, and quail hunting.

Cheyenne, OK National Grasslands

Things to do Museums near Cheyenne, OK

Windmill Museum and Park

Railroad Museum of Oklahoma

Major County Historical Society Museum

Antique farm machinery, pioneer exhibits, veterans memorial. ...

Midgley Museum

McCarter Museum