Okmulgee has a really photogenic yet abandoned downtown area. Lake Okmulgee, just a few miles west of the town, is beautiful and has a spillway dam that you can climb around on.
McAlester and Eufaula would be a good place to go. Their downtowns really cool in there own way. You can also get great Italian food in Krebs. The 3 are within 30 miles of each other.
You should visit Sapulpa in eastern Oklahoma. Revitalized downtown and now a huge wintertime tourist attraction with the addition of the Christmas Chute. Other towns that come to mind would be Tahlequah, Bartlesville, Broken Bow, Krebs, and Poteau.
@@planetbell1 Manhattan KN. College town. Springfield MO. Branson MO. Very commercial. Hot Springs AR Resort town. Horse Racing. Tyler TX A bit old fashioned. Needs a face lift. Wichita KN Aviation Town. Neat museums. Salt mine at Hutchinson KN
@@planetbell1 Won 't be long until the same will be said about the Stars and Stripes .... if we allow it. Please wake up and don't fall for the lies from those who want us divided.
I grew up in Oklahoma and was familiar with some of these towns. My favorite place in the world is the Wichita Wildlife Reserve. Thank you very much for sharing this. It brought back a lot of happy memories.
Need to go further southwest, to Altus, Blair, mangum, Elmer, Gould, and Hollis. Mangum has a huge rattlesnake derby every year around April. That whole area used to be texas
My dad grew up in Waynoka, love going there when I can which isn’t often. My grandpa was a dishwasher at the Harvey house back in the day and a mechanic for Santa Fe railroad as an adult
Waynoka is a really cool town. I'm working on a video about the Harvey House and the TAT rail/plane network. Waynoka has a very fascinating history and was a really important town for a while. Thanks for sharing your comments.
@@planetbell1 Oklahoma has 10 different geological regions, more than every other state except California. California has 11, which is 1 more since it has an ocean bordering it.
You're doing an exceptional job compared to many other traveling posters. The production is sharp and concise. Thanks for your work. SOONERS ARE DIFFERENT.
Edited, I wanted to include more: I've lived well in Oklahoma. My hometown is #1. And the place where my longest friendships wore born. My second home is #3. It's also the town from which I graduated HS. Making lifelong friends in my short time there. And then what I would consider my first adulthood home is #9. It's a place where I grew and matured a lot. It's also a place where I met some of the most special people, you know who you are. At present, I'm still living that small town Oklahoma vibe, happily here with the family. The creator mentions that #10 isn't on the main highway. But hey, it's on my main highway. Heck, I still live not far off of 64. I think it should be mentioned that Gate is known as the Gateway to the Oklahoma Panhandle. Also #9 had it's very own run of Old West shootouts back in it's early days. And while #1 is one of the smallest towns in the state it does have several things to see. Including one of the best small town rodeo's. Small town Oklahoma, IYKYK!
Thanks for your comments! You lived in the best places in western Oklahoma. I should have mentioned the Freedom rodeo - I'll do that in my next video about the area. I didn't know Beaver had such a wild west history. Thanks again for sharing.
Hey, I enjoyed your video! I was born in South Florida and have lived most of my life here but I did live in Oklahoma for 5 years as a kid. I feel very fortunate that I got to run around in the woods and experience small town country living. Did you only include towns in the west because that's all your familiar with? We moved around a lot during those 5 years but my favorite town was Cleveland in Pawnee County. Are you familiar with that town?
I'm more familiar with the west, but I did visit several towns near Pawnee, like Blackwell, Sapulpa and Pawhuska. There some cool towns over there. Pawhuska was overwhelmed with weekend trippers the day I visited so I didn't really enjoy it but it is one of the best. I'm glad I grew up in Oklahoma - having the wide open spaces to play around and grow up was nice. Thanks for your comments!
I'm staggered that you didn't include one picture of the Guthrie Valley Scottish Rite Temple in your section for Guthrie. It is one of the largest Masonic buildings on the planet...and one of the most beautiful.
Medicine Park is way overrated. The Old Plantation is an incredible building (sadly gutted and reconfigured) and the old time cabins truely unique....but....it is small (thus during peak hours congested), a bit trashy and can attract a rough crowd. There have been several public area homicides the last few years. Plus at night, when the bikers roar through....you get it. It used to be a quiet, relaxing experience. Not no more.
Yeah, I agree. I think the natural beauty of the town makes it special. The last time I visited, it was mid-week and quiet. But, I've been there on busy weekends and it can be trashy. I saw there was a bar fight in the Tavern that led to a death last spring.
Frederick has a small section of its old downtown that, although mostly vacant, seems locked in a time capsule. Think 1940's airmen attached to the nearby Army Air Corp training base.
I lived in Enid and for a brief time in Snyder when I was 10. I ran trains through Clinton, Cordell, Snyder,, Thomas and Waynoka. Clinton was the end of our run from Enid and we stayed in the Clancy hotel that you pictured to get our rest for the return trip. Also visited the Little Sahara several times for motorcycle riding in the winter. Why winter? Much more fun when the sand is wet and when you work up a sweat it's not because it's hot. I've never been to Beaver, Freedom or Medacine Park but Medacine Park looks like an intersting place to visit. There was one big rocky hill in Snyder my brother and I liked to play on when we lived there. We'd never seen anything like it being from Enid. Thank you for stirring up those memories.
Thanks for your comments and thanks for sharing. I was in Clinton the other day and they tore down the Glancy - but the sign is still there. Sad to see.
@@planetbell1 if we live long enough we see a lot of changes. Lord knows I have. Most leave ya disappointed, eh? I said I'd never been to Medicne Park unless you count the two or three times I passed through there when I was a brakeman on the Frisco Railroad.
Clicked to see if my hometown, Okeene, home of The Galvanized Palace, made it on the list. Thomas every year was our hardest opponent in football when I was a kid & played. We won each meeting. In Piedmont now. I'll check out your other vids
@@planetbell1 that’s what I alway say, what if Guthrie stayed the capital, would Guthrie be the biggest city in Oklahoma and OKC would be like Guthrie in modern day. Or would they be battling for the title of the states biggest city.
Ide say a few of the towns mentioned are debatably west. Town like Guthrie and Medicine park for example are debatabley east even because the cross Timbers go through the counties. It’s just up to opinion on those.
@@planetbell1 if you ask me geography wise The counties on the west side of the cross Timbers are west, the counties the cross Timbers go through are central and the counties in the east side are the east. Great vid tho.
