Editing Wewoka, Oklahoma (section)

==Culture==

===Post office===
In 1941, as part of the [[New Deal]] projects of the [[Works Progress Administration]], [[Marjorie Rowland Clarke]] won a federal commission from the [[Section of Painting and Sculpture]]′s projects, later called the [[Section of Fine Arts]], of the [[United States Department of the Treasury|Treasury Department]] to paint a mural for the Wewoka post office. The painting, ''Historical Background of Wewoka'' can still be seen in the building.<ref>{{cite web|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Post Office Mural–Wewoka, Oklahoma|url=https://livingnewdeal.org/artists/marjorie-clarke/|website=The Living New Deal|publisher=Department of Geography, University of California|access-date=March 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924091655/http://livingnewdeal.org/artists/marjorie-clarke/|archive-date=September 24, 2015|location=Berkeley, California|date=2010}}</ref>

===Museums===
The Seminole National Museum opened in 1974, after about ten years of planning by the Seminole community in Oklahoma. It is housed in a native stone building that initially served as the Wewoka Community Center, after it was built by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1934. It operates as a non-profit organization, and does not charge an admission fee to visitors. The building has expanded from the original {{convert|1800|sqft|m2}} to {{convert|4000|sqft|m2}} and includes display space, a research library, an arts and crafts center, an art gallery, a small office and a gift shop. The museum offers educational courses both on site and on the road (both in Oklahoma and in other parts of the United States. The museum estimates that it has had over half a million visitors from every state in the U.S. and over 100 other countries, since its opening.<ref>[https://www.seminolenationmuseum.org/museum-info/museum-building/ "Museum Building". Seminole National Museum.] Accessed October 20, 2016.</ref>

Vance Trimble, a Pulitzer Prize winning news reporter, editor and author, donated an extensive collection of research materials he used in writing his book, ''Alice & J. F. B.'', a biography of Seminole chiefs Alice Brown Davis and John F. Brown. Trimble had turned down a request for these materials from the University of Oklahoma Western History Collection because the subjects of the book were central to the history of the Seminoles and the city of Wewoka.<ref>[https://www.seminolenationmuseum.org/blog/archive/m.blog/42/society-receives-trimble-archives "Society Receives Trimble Archives." Seminole National Museum. July 30, 2007.] Accessed October 20, 2016.</ref>

===Events===
Wewoka is home to an annual Sorghum Days celebration in the fall. Sorghum molasses is prepared on-site at the Seminole Nation Museum grounds. The sorghum is cooked from cane juice pressed in an authentic mule-driven cane press, a rarity today. Sorghum is sold on fry-bread on the museum grounds for visitors to enjoy. Sorghum is not an agricultural crop of the Wewoka area; a small patch is grown for this celebration. Past Sorghum Day parade marshals include actor [[Ken Curtis]], best known for his portrayal of Festus Haggen on the long-running CBS western television series ''[[Gunsmoke]].''