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Park Rangers can make classroom visits to present the following programs as well as programs about careers in the National Park Service. For detailed information click on the program title. Please make reservations at least three weeks in advance by faxing (479) 783-3961 or email reservation form to Pat Schmidt.

*Note: When making the reservation please inform park staff of the length of the class period in which this program will be given. The program can be adjusted as needed.

For more information please call, 479-783-3961.

Judge Parker & the Federal Court 1872-1896

  • Judge Isaac C. Parker, the quiet man behind the myth 
  • Introduction to jurisdictions and law in Indian Territory
  • The role of the Deputy US Marshal

Life of a Civil War Soldier

  • The daily life of a soldier
  • Uniforms worn by both Union and Confederate Infantry soldiers
  • Equipment soldiers carried
  • Food soldiers ate
  • What soldiers did for entertainment
  • Civil War weapons 

National Park Service - Agency with a Mission

  • The formation of the National Park Service (NPS)
  • NPS Mission - The Organic Act of 1916
  • The different kinds of parks
  • How National Parks are established - and by whom
  • The arrowhead and its meanings
  • Career opportunities - the NPS future and you

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Parker seated at his bench in 6th Street courtroom

Did You Know?
The only known image of Judge Parker in his courtroom is this one from the federal courthouse on Sixth Street which dates from the 1890s. There are no photographs of the courtroom located in the former military barracks.
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