Frisco Rail Depot Museum - Bristow, Oklahoma, USA.
N 35° 50.001 W 096° 23.409
14S E 735739 N 3968609
The restored NHRP listed, SLSF (Frisco) Rail Depot in downtown Bristow has been repurposed as a Railroad Museum, reminding visitors that the railroad was the main event back in the 1920's. You get a feel for the small Route 66 town of Bristow, OK.
Waymark Code: WMTBDX
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 10/28/2016
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The Bristow Historical Museum is located in the former St.Louis-San Francisco (Frisco) Railroad depot, constructed in 1923. The Depot & Town Square has been restored to a high standard, with substantial wooden porches. The former depot now houses a railroad Museum & Bristow Chamber of Commerce.
As you trip the Mother Road, you will soon know, that if you can't see tracks, or hear a train, then your probably not on Route 66. As a result lots of the old stations & depots have been turned into museums featuring Route 66 & Rail memorabilia.
The museum displays railroad-related exhibits, as well as information & relics from the city's Route 66 history. Sponsored by the Bristow Historical Society.
Bristow Trivia: Gene Autry:
"Autrey (1907 - 1998) worked as a telegrapher for Frisco Railway at Bristow and also at Sapulpa and Chelsea. It was at Chelsea where he was discovered by Will Rogers and became famous on the radio, TV and movies as a singing cowboy. His career which began in the 1930s and spanned 30 years." Text Source: (
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BRISTOW:
"Located in central Creek County, Bristow is situated at the intersection of State Highways 16 and 48 and Historic Route 66. Locally known as "the Woodland Queen" of the Creek Nation, Indian Territory, the town developed after 1898 when the St. Louis and Oklahoma City Railroad (later the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway) built a line from Sapulpa to Oklahoma City. A trading post existed at this site prior to the town's settlement. Named in honour of U.S. Sen. Joseph L. Bristow of Kansas, a post office was established on April 25, 1898, with Charles C. Crane serving as the first postmaster. Settlers soon erected a small, wood-frame schoolhouse, and A. H. Purdy opened the first bank. The town had a population of 626 in 1900, one year before it was officially surveyed and platted." Text Source: (
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