Anadarko Basin Museum - Route 66 - Elk City, Oklahoma, USA.
N 35° 24.714 W 099° 24.285
14S E 463251 N 3918797
Anadarko Basin Museum Of Natural History - Housed in the old Casa Grande Hotel, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. Located alongside The Mother road in Elk City, Oklahoma.
Waymark Code: WMX3JP
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 11/22/2017
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Anadarko Basin Museum Of Natural History:
"Housed in the old Casa Grande Hotel and was the site of a 1931 national Route 66 conference. Artifacts and displays include area rocks, minerals, fossils, oil and gas history and assorted First Nation paintings and beadwork with a gift shop adjunct."
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The museum is run by volunteers so will open by appointment. Closed legal holidays. Group tours by arrangement; handicapped accessible; motorcoach parking. Admission free.
Location: 204 N Main, 107 E 3rd (Old Route 66), Elk City Oklahoma 73644 Telephone 405-243-0437
"The Deep Anadarko Basin of Western Oklahoma is one of the most prolific gas provinces of North America. Wells drilled here have been among the world's deepest." Text Source: (
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"DESCRIPTION: THIS FOUR STORY, SPANISH ECLECTIC STYLE HOTEL WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1928 UTILIZING THE DESIGN OF THE OKLAHOMA CITY FIRM OF HAWK & PARR. LOCATED ON ROUTE 66, IT IS THE LARGEST HOTEL DIRECTLY ON THE ROUTE BETWEEN OKLAHOMA CITY AND AMARILLO. IT REPRESENTS THE HIGH-WATER MARK OF FIRST-CLASS HOTELS ALONG THE ROUTE. SOON, THIS TYPE OF HOTEL WAS SUPPLANTED BY THE TOURIST COURT AND THE MOTEL. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 2/23/95."
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Theme:
Natural History - displaying rocks, minerals, fossils, oil and gas history, & paintings.
Hours of Operation:
By appointment. Closed legal holidays. Group tours by arrangement; Telephone 405-243-0437