Perry (Oklahoma)

Perry is the seat of Noble County in Red Carpet Country.

Understand

This Land Run town of 1893 had some 40,000 squatters encamp on the day of the event, and an early Wild West flair with free flowing alcohol and train robberies by the Dalton and Doolin gangs in the days to follow. It is also the home of Charles Machine Works, Inc, along US Route 64, which invented the Ditch Witch line of excavation products.

Get in

Perry is to some degree a service center town as it sits right on I-35, so you're bound to intersect it if you're traveling that route.

Get around

It's very compact, but hopefully you have a car because it's pretty far from anywhere.

See

• Cherokee Strip Museum, 2617 Fir St, ☏ +1 580 336-2405. Tu-F 9AM-5PM, Sa 10AM-4PM. A fairly intriguing museum as it covers the saga of the Cherokee Outlet Land Run and also prairie life at school, at home, etc. (updated Oct 2021)

Do

• 1 CCC Lake, 1520 4th St, ☏ +1 580 336-9977. This "lake" or reservoir is a Civilian Conservation Corps project and has trails and a little prairie chapel. (updated Oct 2021)

Sleep

• 1 Microtel Inn & Suites by Wyndham Perry, 410 32nd St, ☏ +1 580 307-3041. (updated Oct 2021)