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==Arts and culture== Duncan is home to the Chisholm Trail Heritage Center.<ref name="Chisholm">{{Cite web |title=Chisholm Trail Heritage Center website |url=https://onthechisholmtrail.com/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200118161158/https://onthechisholmtrail.com/ |archive-date=January 18, 2020 |access-date=February 15, 2020 |publisher=Chisholm Trail Heritage Center}}</ref> Among other exhibits, it features the Paul Moore bronze ''On the Chisholm Trail'', which stands nearly 15 feet high atop its immense base, and stretches almost 35 feet across the horizon.<ref name="Chisholm" /> Trail Ruts at Monument Hill just outside of Duncan has visible traces of cattle hoofs and wagons actually left on the trail.<ref name="World">{{Cite web |title=Chisholm Trail left its mark on Oklahoma |url=https://tulsaworld.com/travel/chisholm-trail-left-its-mark-on-oklahoma/article_d92cc828-0d73-11eb-b510-6f0502a149d2.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115194300/https://tulsaworld.com/travel/chisholm-trail-left-its-mark-on-oklahoma/article_d92cc828-0d73-11eb-b510-6f0502a149d2.html |archive-date=November 15, 2020 |access-date=November 16, 2020 |publisher=Dino Lalli, Tulsa World, November 16, 2020}}</ref> The Stephens County Historical Museum contains displays and artifacts from the land run and early settlement in the area.<ref name="Museum">{{Cite web |title=Welcome to the Stephens County Historical Museum Website |url=http://www.stcomuseum.com/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215230603/http://www.stcomuseum.com/ |archive-date=February 15, 2020 |access-date=February 15, 2020 |publisher=Stephens County Historical Society}}</ref> In 1974 the museum moved to the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Stephens County, Oklahoma|NRHP-listed]] old National Guard Armory in Fuqua Park, built in 1936-1937 as a WPA project.<ref name="Museum" /> The city holds an annual county fair and top-rated livestock events year round.<ref name="travok" /> Other annual events include the Chisholm Trail Arts Council's Art Walk, Trail Dance Film Festival, Cruizin' the Chisholm Trail Car and Motorcycle Show, the Chisholm Trail Stampede, the Dehydrator bicycle race/ride, Summerfest with the World's Largest Garage Sale, and the Western Spirit Celebration.<ref name="travok" />
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