OAS Spring Meeting

Oklahoma Anthropological Society
2009 Spring Meeting
Saturday April 25
at the
Museum of the Great Plains
www.museumgreatplains.org
601 NW Ferris Avenue, Lawton OK
“Forts of Oklahoma”

Schedule
8:30 – 9:30 OAS Board Meeting
9:30 – 10:00 Registration and Refreshments (Registration is $5.00)
10:00 – 11:00 Towana Spivey, “Military Forts on the Red River”
11:00 – 12:00 K.C Kraft, “Fort (Camp) Nichols, No Man’s Land: Kit Carson
and the Santa Fe Trail”
12:00 – 1:15 Lunch on your own. Pick up a list of recommendations at the registration table. Comanche National Museum is open in case you want to make time to see it.
1:30 – 2:15 Charles Wallis, Jr., “An Introduction to Fort Reno: Past and Future”
2:15 – 3:00 Business Meeting, Awards and Election of OAS Officers and Directors
3:00 – 3:30 Mike McKay, “Archaeology at Fort Gibson: Summary and Surprises”
3:30 – 4:30 Tim Poteete, “Coffee’s Station”
4:30 – 5:00 Tour the Museum
5:00 – 5:45 GSCOAS Podcast Recording for Debitage – guest, K.C. Kraft
6:00 Dinner - Reservations at Bianco’s Italian Restaurant

Sunday Sightseeing Schedule
9:30 Meet at the Museum Parking Lot/Drive to Fort Sill Museum
9:45 – 11:45 Fort Sill – Cannon Walk and Museum Tour
11:45 – 12:00 Travel to Medicine Park
12:00 – 1:15 Lunch at the Plantation in Medicine Park
1:15 – 2:15 Touring Medicine Park/River Walk
2:15 – 3:00 Drive over to the Visitor Center
3:00 – 3:30 Visitor Center at the Wichita Wildlife Refuge
3:30 – 4:30 Sightseeing at the Wichita Wildlife Refuge