We are right between Okeene and Watonga, Oklahoma on HWY 8
1 mile east of the town of Hitchcock and 1/4 mile north down the gravel driveway.
Look for the star on the mailbox and the sign at the turn.
Our museum is located on the farm which has been in our family a hundred years.
We are very close to Roman Nose State Park, and located in the city of Watonga is the Ferguson Home Museum, where one of Oklahoma's Territorial Governors resided.
Who Are WE?
Shooting Star's Resume
We present "active" history programs, with antiques and reproduction props to help you live a portion of history.
Consulting, Research, and other programs and demonstrations are available in Doug & Marna's areas of interest.
Call for more information. 580-825-3374 or E-mail us at oakley@shootingstarhistory.com
Doug and Marna Jean have recently moved to Marna's hometown of Hitchcock, Oklahoma and share a love of history in many ways. They are currently finishing their new shop, and enjoy collecting antiques that complement their many interests. They have performed for many historical societies, schools and groups including the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, WY and The Annie Oakley Foundation. They also have two daughters ages 2 and 8 that they include in their historical venues. Marna Jean has her own line of historical patterns based on her studies and her private collection.
Doug has worked as a professional cowboy on ranches in Wyoming and Missouri. His love of history grew from his heritage- his great grandmother was a full blood Cherokee, and his grandfather was a cowboy out west around the turn of the century. Doug's young life was spent dancing at pow-wows and teaching others Indian lore, leatherwork, and woodcarving. He became interested in antiques and later built and shipped reproduction furniture all over the United States. His other interests are historic preservation through reenactment, storytelling and singing the old cowboy songs; hunting; custom carved gun stocks, and blacksmithing.
Marna is a seamstress specializing in historical clothing. She has raised sheep all of her life, and has been spinning since she was 10. Her interests in costuming grew from attending the many demonstrations she would give with her spinning wheel. She has traveled all over the United States studying costume collections, and been involved in many living history days at museums, threshing bees, and rendezvous, and other gatherings. Her costumes have won awards for being authentically reproduced. Her motto for reenactments is to show history as it really was, down to the last stitch. Some of her other interests are tatting, embroidery, felting, hunting, and riding side-saddle. Marna Jean is the Daughter of Jim and Linda Scheffler, and they reside with Marna's Grandfather Art Scheffler on the family farm east of Hitchcock.