Press Release
May 20, 2024
Contact: CJ Budy
Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Oklahoma Historical Society
Office: 580-237-1907
christopher.budy@history.ok.gov
www.csrhc.org
Sneed Cabin Grand Opening at the Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center
ENID, Okla. — The Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center will be holding a grand opening ceremony for the newly completed Sneed Cabin on Friday, May 31, at 1 p.m. on the grounds of the Humphrey Heritage Village. Members of the Sneed family will be in attendance to witness the revitalization of a family treasure.
Reconstruction work began on the Sneed Cabin on March 18 and wrapped up in mid-May. This will become the fifth building in the Village and the first to be added in 30 years! It will join the 1893 U.S. Land Office, 1905 Glidewell Mansion, 1902 St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church and the 1896 Turkey Creek Schoolhouse.
Originally built in Cleveland, Oklahoma, during the winter of 1900 by Everett and Mandy Sneed with the help of several neighbors, the newly relocated cabin will serve as a great example of early homestead housing in the eastern part of the Cherokee Outlet, thus increasing the scope of the Heritage Center.
The addition of the Sneed Cabin opens up many opportunities for new and returning visitors to CSRHC. The building will be used to demonstrate the daily lives of settlers through demonstrations such as hearth cooking, along with utilizing its homestead history in the pioneer life programming enjoyed by many area fourth-grade field trips.
CSRHC would like to thank PH Log Homes, Wilkinson Masonry, Mike Shaw, Rillis Howard, David Parker, Old Home Rescue and everyone else who worked on this project. To see the Sneed Cabin for yourself and learn about its history, visit the Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center. It is open Tuesday-Saturday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
For more information about the Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, please visit csrhc.org or call 580-237-1907.
The Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center is a division of the Oklahoma Historical Society. The mission of the Oklahoma Historical Society is to collect, preserve and share the history and culture of the state of Oklahoma and its people. Founded in 1893 by members of the Territorial Press Association, the OHS maintains museums, historic sites and affiliates across the state. Through its research archives, exhibits, educational programs and publications the OHS chronicles the rich history of Oklahoma. For more information about the OHS, please visit www.okhistory.org.
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Editor’s Note: Additional photos of the reconstruction of the Sneed Cabin are available upon request.
