Tannehill Museum

08/08/2024

Join us on Monday, August 12th at 5:30pm to meet former Warden of the Oklahoma State Prison and local author Dan Reynolds! Dan will be reading from his new book "The Warden's Mansion: & Those Who Lived There". See you there, McAlester!

07/24/2024

Represented the Tannehill Historical Museum at the historical Wardens House at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary with Warden Dan Reynolds (RET.) New book release ‘The Wardens Mansion’. Dan Reynolds book about the history of the Mansion on the grounds of OSP. The event hosted several past Wardens whom lived in the Mansion told interesting stories about living on prison grounds, a guided tour of the mansion grounds and Dan Reynolds giving an overview of the contents of his new book. A lot of rich history with regards to OSP has been preserved by Dan Reynolds works. It was a privileged to personally meet many of the past Wardens from the Oklahoma State Penitentiary and for those of you that I know want to know…. About 1/3rd of those polled whom have lived there say its haunted which is in the book! Thank you again Dan Reynolds for allowing me and our Historical Museum to be apart of your newest book and we look forward to working together again in the future.

04/04/2024

We are 5 DAYS away from the Total Solar Eclipse! We are still worried about clouds... but regardless, the sky will still dim for all of us during the times below. More forecast updates to come!

03/19/2024

https://www.newson6.com/story/65f908a7b55374065809a8c7/reviving-the-rodeo:-state-lawmakers-look-to-bring-back-prison-rodeo?fbclid=IwAR2ppIXrM4BUtFJcSguB8pvDC7nbiZu9_3QYt0Za0YXr06jnpIshbssBB1Q

An effort is underway at the State Capitol to bring back a decades-long tradition at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. For nearly 70 years, people from all over the world came to watch prisoners take part in barrel racing, calf roping, and other rodeo activities. The event came to an end...