Osage County is one of those rare places where the most interesting aspects of the American West - oil, cowboys and Indians - come together.  This is the closest the American West gets to the American East, and a terrific example it is.  Wide spacious vistas, wild horses, bison, big sky and big weather (sometimes) make for an unforgettable experience.

You can explore our history, our cultures (cowboy, Osage, oil) and our county all at once.  Explore.....and enjoy!

Photos:  Top - the first Boy Scout Troop in America, formed in Pawhuska in 1909

L to R: Osage fingerweaving; Chief Baconrind; the Blacksmith's House (first building in Osage County, 1872); Academy Award-winner Ben Johnson; Osage Tribal Museum; ballerina Maria Tallchief.