Stillwater Sightseeing Tour of 1965

In 1965, a group of Oklahoma A & M graduates from the class of 1915 gathered on campus to celebrate their 50th anniversary. On May 22, 1965 a bus carried the group though greater Stillwater and into the heart of Oklahoma A & M showing the relationship between the town and the campus. Weldon Barnes, director of Public Information led the tour. David Peters, Head of the Archives at Oklahoma State University looked over a transcript of the tour and a map of Stillwater and charted out a modern day path to recreate the adventure. Our tour will take place over two episodes of Flat Cool and Acid-free.

• The Stillwater Sightseeing Tour of 1965 Part 1 highlights the greater Stillwater area and then takes you into what was then a developing Oklahoma State University.
• The Stillwater Sightseeing Tour of 1965 Part 2 picks up where part 1 left off in the heart of campus and takes you to Boone Pickens Stadium, through student housing, agriculture points of interest, and then into Greek Life before returning back to the Alumni Center.

Part 1 Navigation Map 1/1 Start the Stillwater Sightseeing Tour of 1965 Part 1 at the ConocoPhillips OSU Alumni Center using this map to navigate: https://goo.gl/maps/TLshMzmyMFKPpJrq6

Part 2 Navigation Map 1/2 Start the Stillwater Sightseeing Tour of 1965 Part 2 in the heart of campus on Athletic Ave (GPS Coordinates 36.12347558953221, -97.07054264060183) https://goo.gl/maps/KhuVAhNFcBa3pj3N6

Part 2 Navigation Map 2/2 From Barn A through Greek life https://goo.gl/maps/nZBdP7tChciyZzpx5

Part 1 and Part 2 of the tour will take approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes to follow and drive.

Additional Resources

1965 City of Stillwater Map 

1965 Map of the Stillwater campus, Oklahoma State University

Watch Bennett Hall: The finest and largest dormitory in the southeast and Sidebar "The Fires of 1914" on the okstatelibrary YouTube channel.

Enjoy the #okstate history playlist from the Archives. 

Explore the Archives Facebook page and see photos from the Archives.

The Library hosts a suite of podcasts. Amplified Oklahoma and Dear Oklahoma, both produced by the Oklahoma Oral History Research Program at the OSU Library, can be found wherever you get your podcasts.

David Peters is the Head of the Oklahoma State University Archives. He has worked at the Edmon Low Library since January 1986, working in the General Reference Department, later in Special Collections, then as supervisor of the Map Room. He returned to the Archives in 2000, where he has worked since.