Museum of the Great Plains
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Museum of the Great Plains
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Museum of the Great Plains (Lawton, Okla.)
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Institute of the Great Plains Museum of the Great Plains
Great Plains Historical Association Museum of Great Plains
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Great Plains Historical Association. Museum of the Great Plains
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Lawton (Okla.). Museum of the Great Plains
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Founded as Comanche County Historical Society in 1954.
Originally founded as Comanche County Historical Society in 1954; museum first opened to the public on Ft. Sill, 1956, scope broadened to include Great Plains in 1960 and moved to present building on city park land; parent organization renamed Great Plains Historical Association; in 1970 name changed to Institute of the Great Plains; in 1973 museum came under direction of City of Lawton, Parks and Recreation Dept.; when addition to the museum opened 1998, city dropped out and non-profit organization formed (Museum of the Great Plains Trust Authority) to oversee museum operations.
Museum in Lawton, Okla.; founded in 1960; from 1973-1998 operated under the authority of the Lawton, Okla., Parks and Recreation Dept.
Founded 1960; the Elgin depot was moved to the museum's compound in 1962.
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Indians of North America
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Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge (Okla.)
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Lawton (Okla.)
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Oklahoma--Lawton
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Oklahoma
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Oklahoma
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Comanche County (Okla.)
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Lawton (Okla.)
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Great Plains
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Oklahoma--Lawton
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Oklahoma--Lawton
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Lawton (Okla.)
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Oklahoma--Lawton
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Great Plains
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Lawton (Okla.)
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Oklahoma--Lawton
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Fort Sill (Okla.)
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Museum of the Great Plains
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601 NW Ferris Ave. Lawton, Oklahoma 73507 United States
Lawton (Okla.)
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Oklahoma--Lawton
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Fort Gibson (Okla.)
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