The Oklahoma State Capitol from the west. The oil derrick is symbolic of all the state, a leading oil producer.View from the east side.Oklahoma state seal under the rotunda.Looking up at the rotunda from the ground floor.The rotunda gets more beautiful the closer you get to it.The ambient lighting interprets an Oklahoma sunrise (or sunset!)Discovery and Exploration 1541-1820. This scene depicts Coronado, the first European in the region, Francisca friars, French traders, Bison, Wild game, Nordic runes on a stone, the Antelope Hills, Wichita Indians.Frontier Trade 1790-1820. This scene depicts trade with the Osage, Southeastern states Indians intrude, Whip-saw used to make boards, US Army protecting the fur trade, first school in Union Mission, experienced packers for the fur trade, Keel boats carrying trappers and traders, flat boats carrying goods to New Orleans, trading posts, Salt springs, Fort Gibson, Pecan tree.Indian Immigration 1820-1885. This scene depicts Comanche, Osage, Kiowa, Wichita and Plains-Apache, US Army soldier, the “Five Civilized Tribes”-Choctaw, Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw and Seminole, Buffalo hide tipi and hickory tree.Non-Indian Settlement 1870-1906. This scene depicts “Boomers” homesteading the land, Land runs of 1889 and 1893, Indians “selling” their land for allotments, homestead lottery, sod houses of western Oklahoma, two-horse hitch well driller, stagecoach, vigilantes, Sycamore tree.Scale model of the statue “The Guardian” on top of the dome.All the chamber doors were locked so I could only photograph the doors.Marble railings and balusters.President Theodore Roosevelt signed the proclamation declaring statehood for Oklahoma.The quill pen used by President Theodore Roosevelt.
Belmont the house was built in 1792. Artist Gary Melchers bought the house in 1916 and lived here until his death in 1932. Melchers’ wooden Dutch shoesGary Melchers’ studio. Melchers was one of America’s most significant artists of the early 1900s. He Born in Detroit, he studied in Dusseldorf Germany, Paris France and Egmond Holland. He was a member of academies in New York, London, Berlin, Paris and Munich.
He won many awards from all of the western world. He painted mostly in the Naturalist style, which tried to convey the subject truthfully. He was one of the premier portraitists in the late 1800s and early 1900s. President Theodore Roosevelt sat in the White House for Melchers to do his portrait.
His works are displayed in art museums all over the world, as well as here in his studio.This is Melchers’ studio table as he left it when he died.Winter Landscape with Figures, 1887, This was Melchers’ first work, painted when he was 16 years old.The Choirmaster, 1888-1891The Nativity, 1891The Sermon, 1886In Holland, 1887President Theodore Roosevelt, 1908Commerce Street, 1920. This is the location of present-day Renato’s Restaurant on William Street in Fredericksburg.Self portrait, 1896.Portrait of Mrs. Gari Melchers, 1905.From My Window, 1920. Belmont overlooks the Rappahannock River.Nelson Berry’s Store, 1918. This store was located in Falmouth, down the hill from Belmont.The Open Door, 1910.The Fencer, 1895.
Built in 1771 by the Fitzhugh family. Sitting atop a hill overlooking the Rappahannock River and Fredericksburg, it was easy to see from all around. During the Civil War the Lacy family owned Chatham, and also Ellwood near Locust Grove.During the Battle of Fredericksburg December 1862, Chatham served as headquarters for the Union. After the battle it was transformed into a field hospital. Clara Barton, Mary Walker and Walt Whitman served in the hospital here.Fredericksburg from ChathamReplica of a pontoon used during the Battle of Fredericksburg.Gardens at Chatham.
After seeing all the cherry trees for the Cherry Blossom Festival, we had time to walk over to the FDR Memorial.FDR and his dog Fala.FDR was paralyzed by Polio.First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.Soup lines during the Great DepressionGreat DepressionListening to FDR’s “Fireside Chats”.FDR Funeral
