Bartlesville in the News

For the last decade downtown Bartlesville has hosted a haunted good time with the Downtown Bartlesville Ghost Walk. This year marks the 10 year anniversary of the event and organizers are planning to resurrect some deadly good stories. The award-winning event takes place on October 23 and 24 with tours beginning every 15 minutes at the Hilton Garden Inn and winding through Bartlesville’s historic downtown. Guided tours begin at 6 pm and guests will enjoy an hour and a half of thrilling tales and historic haunts. The...

The Bartlesville Area History Museum will show the Victorian era movie “Jane Eyre” during its next "Movie Monday," a brown bag event set for Sept. 23. The feature will be shown from noon to 1:15 pm at the museum, located on the fifth floor of City Hall, 401 S. Johnstone Ave. “This 1970 production is set in north of England during an important historic British period, where the ‘Industrial Revolution’ had begun in the late 18th Century," said BAHM Coordinator Jo...

“Cherokee Avenue Walking Tour,” a fall event by the Bartlesville Area History Museum, will take place from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Sept. 12, BAHM Coordinator Jo Crabtree said this week. The tour takes participants past 24 of some of the most historic homes in Bartlesville, including: • Frank Phillips Home • Reynolds home, which later became the Armais Atruntoff home, founder of Reda Pump • Kane home, built by John H. Kane, Washington County’s first attorney • 20 other homes The...

BARTLESVILLE, Okla. (August 21, 2019) — Dress in your favorite Bavarian clothing and head to downtown Bartlesville on October 5 between 4 and 11 p.m. for Oktoberfest! Expect to find all the flair and flavors of the traditional German festival. For the eighth year in a row, Oktoberfest will bring drinks, live polka music, and dance to downtown Bartlesville. Attendees can play authentic German games, drink cold beer or cider, and participate in raffles and a costume contest. “OKM is very excited for another year...

The Bartlesville Area History Museum announces a new exhibit “The Mystery and Appeal of Shin’enkan.” Mary Winn Dills, who served as the former curator/caretaker of the Joe Price home, will be the featured speaker during an event set for noon to 1:30 p.m. on Aug. 28 at the museum, located on the fifth floor of City Hall, 401 S. Johnstone Ave. “Focus on Art Shin’enKan — Home of the Faraway Heart” film, a production of Rogers State University TV, will also be shown during the...

Thursday, August 15th: Heritage Theatre welcomes Jimmie Johnson in concert Thursday, August 15th at 6:30 p.m. Come in early to order dinner off the menu, bar open for adult drinks Friday, August 16th: Free family movie night Friday, August 16th at 7 p.m. Come early to order dinner off the menu. Heritage Theatre, Dewey OK. Friday, August 16th: The Bartlesville Film Society and the Price Tower Arts Center are excited to present this year's Summer Sunset Movies. On Friday, August 16th we will be...

Once again It’s almost here!  Oklahoma Heritage Farm is bringing our Annual Fall Festival to Green Country Sept. 28th through Nov. 3rd..  There will be lots of fun for all ages when you visit a working farm that transforms their home base into a great outdoor event in the fall.  Many folks  make Oklahoma Heritage Farm a fall destination and enjoy a day of wholesome family fun activities that includes an incredible eleven acre maze, a pumpkin patch, and over 30 acres covered with games, rides,...

The Bartlesville Area History Museum will host a program with Dr. Brice Obermeyer, Delaware Tribe Historic Preservation officer, who will present an educational program examining the history of the Delaware Tribe and their lives and history in the Cherokee Nation. The program will be held from 5:30 p.m. until 7 p.m. Aug. 22 at the Bartlesville Public Library, which is co-hosting the event, in the second floor meeting room A, located at 600 S. Johnstone Ave. “Dr. Brice Obermeyer is a cultural anthropologist...

The Bartlesville Area History Museum Education Coordinator Betty Keim will present an educational program examining the life of, “Frank Eaton, a.k.a. Pistol Pete, the man and the Legend" on August 1, BAHM Coordinator Jo Crabtree said this week. The program will be held from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Bartlesville Public Library, on the 2nd floor meeting room A -located at 600 S. Johnstone Ave. “After witnessing the murder of his father in Kansas at the age of eight years old, Frank Eaton’s life was...

Are you looking for some great live music, family movies or maybe a camp for the  kids? July live music will include the following: Brent Giddens Band will be at Osage Casino Bartlesville on Friday July 12 starting at 9 pm, Thursday July 18 Steve Sutherland will be at Heritage Theatre in Dewey starting at 8pm, Friday July 19 Travis Kidd Band will be at Osage Casino Bartlesville starting at 9 pm, Saturday July 20 Signal 29 will be at Heritage Theatre in Dewey starting at 8 pm, then on Friday July 26 Str8ght Shot will be...