Woolaroc Ranch

Today we took a nice drive around this part of Oklahoma.  The first stop was the town of Hominy, OK where there were several murals painted on the side of buildings.  There were more than we took pictures of but most of them were badly weathered and not attractive.  All were of an Indian theme.

 

Then we drove to the town of Pawhuska, OK which is the nearest town to the ranch where the "Pioneer Woman" TV show is produced for the Food Network channel and is where Lee Drummand does her local shopping.  We didn't take any pictures here.

Then we drove to Bartlesville, OK and had lunch at a very good pit BBQ restaurant.  Then it was just a few miles south of town to the Woolaroc Ranch which was the ranch owned by Frank Phillips who founded the Phillips Petroleum company many years ago with his brother.  The ranch was originally called the FPR (Frank Phillips Ranch) and he named his lodge Woolaroc which stands for wood, lake, and rocks.  Later the whole ranch was known by that name.  He stocked his ranch with many exotic animals as well as longhorns and built a museum to house his many collections of art, western lore, and his Colt gun collection along with a Winchester gun collection on loan from others.  Here is where we took many, many pictures and I will post a few with this blurb and more later.  The museum was massive and wonderful.  We enjoyed this visit very much.