Pawnee, OK - 74058
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hamquilter
N 36° 20.346 W 096° 48.296
14S E 697000 N 4023797
Pawnee, "Where the West Remains"
Waymark Code: WM997Y
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 07/17/2010
Views: 6
The Pawnee post office is located at 658 Illinois Street, in this County Seat of Pawnee County, northeast of Stillwater, OK.
Hours: M-Thurs 8:30-4:15
Friday 8:30-12:00
Saturday 10:00-12:00
A post office was established in this town on May 4, 1876 with the name Pawnee Agency. It was known as that until October 26, 1893.
Pawnee has a srong Cowboy and Indian theme even today. The Pawnee Bill Museum located at the location of their home, has much memorabilia about Gordon William Lillie (Pawnee Bill) and his wife May's Wild West Show.
(From (
visit link) "The two 'Bills' were pioneers of the old west. Major Gordon W. Lillie was given the name Pawnee Bill by the Pawnees when he came to Indian Territory as a young boy of seventeen. Pawnee Bill and Buffalo Bill rode together in what was to be the first of the Wild West Shows in 1883. "The Only Show of its Kind" - A show that once toured across America and Europe - Thrilling young and old has now become an annual event with a cast of 100's re-enacting the world famous Pawnee Bill Wild West Show. Each summer the hill side on BlueHawk Peak at the Pawnee Bill Buffalo Ranch comes alive with trick riders, trick ropers, shootings, hangings - a battle between the cowboys and Indians ... it's the west at its best."
Pawnee is also the birthplace of Chester Gould, creator of the Dick Tracy cartoon. A large mural adorns a building at 6th and Harrison.
Type of structure:: Stand alone
re-enter Zip Code here:: 74058
Current Status:: Still in Use
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