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Immaculate Conception Church
Pawhuska is a city of 3,400 people (2019) in the Green Country region of Oklahoma. It is a good base for visiting the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve and its buffalo herds.
Understand
It was named after the 19th-century Osage chief, Paw-Hiu-Skah, which means "White Hair" in English.
The Osage tribal government, which opened offices in Pawhuska in 1872 when its reservation was established in Indian Territory, continues to be based in Pawhuska.
Other than cattle ranches nearby, local employment consisted primarily of a brick plant, a creamery, an ice factory, and a rock crusher. The Osage Nation has opened a gaming casino here, hoping to generate revenue for the tribe.
Get in
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U.S. Route 60, Pawhuska
Pawhuska is served by one U.S. Highway and two state highways.
- US-60 is an east-west highway that enters Pawhuska on the east side of town at the junction of SH-99/SH-11 and follows Main Street. The highway will exit Pawhuska to the west near Elk Lodge Drive.
- SH-11 is a predominantly east-west state highway that enters Pawhuska on the east side of town at the junction of US-60/OK-99 and runs along Main Street. Like US-60, the highway will exit Pawhuska to the west near Elk Lodge Drive.
- SH-99 is a north-south state highway. SH-99 will skirt Pawhuska on the east side of town and run concurrently with US-60 to Main Street, where it will continue south. SH-99 will then overlap OK-11 until the highway exits Pawhuska near Osage County Road 2625.
Get around
See
In March bison graze the new green grass in areas of the preserve that were burned the previous fall.
- 1 Joseph H. Williams Tallgrass Prairie Preserve. Tallgrass is North America's largest remaining tract of tallgrass prairie ecosystem. What once covered much of the US and Central Canada, remains here to be seen in its most pristine condition in Oklahoma. Keep an eye out for the buffalo herds here as they are one of the nation's largest, and be warned, buffalo can sometimes charge unprovoked. So be sure to keep your distance, especially in the spring when there are lots of buffalo calves around. Free.
- 2 Osage Nation Museum, 819 Grandview Ave, ☏ 1 918 287-5441. Tu-Sa 8:30AM-5PM. Free.
Do
- 1 Osage Casino Pawhuska, 2017 East 15th Street, ☏ 1 877- 246-8777. Su–W 10AM–2AM, Th–Sa 10 AM–4AM.
- 2 Osage Nation Museum, 819 Grandview Avenue, ☏ 1 918-287-5441, ✉[email protected]. Tu-Su 8:30AM-5:30PM. Founded in 1938, the ONM is the oldest tribally owned museum in the United States. It is located in a very interesting building that used to be a boarding school. To some it also looks like a church, since it features a steeple and bell. Free.
Buy
Eat
- 1 Buffalo Joes, 401 W Main St (it's on Main Street, you cannot miss it — look for the huge Buffalo Horned sign), ☏ 1 918 287-2358. M-F 6AM-10AM & 11AM-9PM, Sa 6AM-10:30AM, Su 6AM-10:30AM & 11AM-2PM. Excellent local restaurant, serving American cuisine. Try the stuffed burgers, the pork chop dinner, and their daily rotating specials.
Drink
Sleep
Go next
| Routes through Pawhuska |
| Enid ← Ponca City ← | W  E | → Bartlesville → Vinita |
Emporia ← Sedan ← becomes  ← | N  S | → Jct  E → Jct W  E → Jct W E → Stroud |