January Meeting

   Our next Chapter meeting will be Saturday January 19th.  Randy Clark will present

The Big Pasture - The Last Bastion of Native America and Oklahoma's Last Frontier.

Please join us from 2-4 pm at the Museum of the Great Plains.

601 NW Ferris Avenue

Lawton, Oklahoma

Randy presently serves as City Manager of Grandfield, and Trustor of the local Historic Preservation Commission, within the Grandfield community and Big Pasture area. He has worked with the Oklahoma Historical Society toward the preservation of local historic properties, and the downtown area, that have recently been placed on the National Register of Historic Places, in an effort to preserve various aspects of the past culture and history of the Big Pasture. As Chairman of the Tillman County Water Development Authority, and appointee as a Stake Holder to the Economic Development of Tillman County, he is a part of the present day effort toward the betterment of communities and organizations within Tillman and western Cotton County. He is a third generation Farmer & Rancher in the Big Pasture Area and a member of the Oklahoma Brangus Breeders Association.

A great, great grandson of John Wesley James, who was a first cousin to Frank and Jessie James, he grew up along the banks of Brush Creek in the Big Pasture area, where he discovered the renowned Brush Creek Flint Cache in1968. He has since discovered other prehistoric and historic era artifacts.
Having an interest in the anthropology and history of the Big Pasture, he was entrusted with the organization of the Big Pasture Centennial Celebration and the historic KCA Powwow that was held in September 2007. Randy said, "It was important that all participants and aspects of the Celebration were tangible links to the history and anthropology of the Big Pasture."

Randy will discuss the history of the Big Pasture, beginning with the days of the Spanish explorer Coronado to the establishment of the Big Pasture. He will also talk about present day culture and economy, as well as the significance of the Centennial Celebration.