Cherokee Strip Historical Society Annual Meeting and Buster Keaton presentation with OETA’s Robert Burch
January 28, 2025, 5:30 p.m.–8 p.m.
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On Tuesday, January 28, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., the Cherokee Strip Historical Society will hold its annual meeting with a formal dinner inside the historic Pancoast Hall located at 614 Cedar St., Perry. This will be a fine dining catered event for $40 per person. Non-members can be plus 1 to any member or staff member for the same $40.
Following the dinner, there will be a short walk to the Heritage Center, 222 N. 6th St. in Perry, to the theatre room for a program about Buster Keaton. Robert Burch from OETA will host a discussion about Keaton’s history in the state, including tales of his father’s participation in the Cherokee Outlet Opening, family friend Will Rogers, and connections to Harry Houdini, before beginning his vaudeville and filmmaking career in New York. Short film clips of Keaton’s movies will be shown. This program will begin at 6:45 and will be open to the general public with free admission.
Following the program, a brief membership drive will be held in the Heritage Center lobby.
Buster Keaton holds onto the cow catcher on the front of a train engine in the movie “The General.”
