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Tallgrass is North America's largest remaining tract of tallgrass prairie ecosystem. What once covered much of the US and Central Canada, remains here to be seen in its most pristine condition in Oklahoma. Keep an eye out for the buffalo herds here as they are one of the nation's largest, and be warned, buffalo can sometimes charge unprovoked. So be sure to keep your distance, especially in the spring when there are lots of buffalo calves around.
The Joseph H. Williams Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, in Osage County, Oklahoma near Pawhuska, Oklahoma, is the largest protected tract of tallgrass prairie in the world. Managed by The Nature Conservancy, the preserve contains 39,650 acres (160 km2) owned by the Conservancy and another 6,000 acres (24 km2) leased in what was the original tallgrass region of the Great Plains that stretched from Texas to Manitoba.
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Electronic gambling machines only. The Big Spoon restaurant serves the expected soups, salads, sandwiches, and burgers for lunch and dinner, plus bar snacks, pizza, deep-fried catfish, fried chicken, and steaks.
Founded in 1938, the ONM is the oldest tribally owned museum in the United States. It is located in a very interesting building that used to be a boarding school. To some it also looks like a church, since the roof has a belfry.
Recounting the cowboy movie star with lots of Western memorabilia.
Presenting Osage County's past, from the Osage Indian tribal affairs to everyday life and industry. Especially noteworthy is the monument to the first Boy Scout troop in America that was established here in Pawhuska in 1909, under the leadership of John Mitchell.
A good place to go to get grounded on the background of the area and things to see. Also there is an Osage Nation gift shop and a veterans memorial and the Wazhazhe Heritage Walking Trail across the street.