Exhibits
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Live the adventure of the great cattle drives and meet some of the individuals who helped create the legend that is the Chisholm Trail and the American West.
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You can interact with numerous fun displays that help you learn about the Chisholm Trail, cowboys, chuckwagons, cattle, and horses. -
"The Garis Gallery of the American West is the most concise snapshot of our western art as seen from an Oklahoma perspective that exists anywhere," according to Ken Davenport - owner of the Arkansas Art Gallery in Little Rock, Arkansas. He also remarked, "This should be the first stop of a student of western art in the exploration of the Chisholm Trail, Western and Native American Art. From Duncan--you can go on to Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Fort Worth, Denver and Santa Fe." -
"On The Chisholm Trail" - artist Paul Moore
Thomas H. McCasland Jr., Oklahoma oilman, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and family man, wanted to boost the community of Duncan, and honor the memory of his father and the pioneers of Stephens County. Tom choose Paul Moore, resident sculptor at Oklahoma University, to create the larger-than-life monument, "On the Chisholm Trail" that now stands in front of the Heritage Center.
