Har-Ber Village Museum, Grove, Oklahoma, will open for its 45th season on Friday, March 15. This pioneer-era village, complete with Visitor Center and gift shop called The Country Store, is located on the shores of Grand Lake. During self-guided tours, visitors experience the area’s history and ecology as well as view collections of antiques and memorabilia. The Village has several historic buildings that were relocated to the grounds, including a schoolhouse, jail and over 20 log cabins. Other structures were built to house collections and are typical of the time–a courthouse, a bank, a stagecoach inn, and a church built with bricks that were hand-made before the Civil War. Other replicated buildings include a mercantile, hanging gallows, doctors’ and dentists’ offices, print shop, post office, drug store, and more.
