Yep, I'm located in the Big M! I'm not sure who famous was born here but I'm sure there must be someone out there who was. (twasn't me though! I was born in Dallas of all places!)
The locomotive is located in Duncan. We have the chapel in our park along with the hideout they've uncovered where they think the M brothers hid while being under attack. About once a month we have one of the tourist buses come to town to shop at the antique malls and enjoy a reenactment of the M bros. shoot out.
I've been to the Wichita's several times and have also explored some of the area around Pauls Valley. In the spring I plan on going back over to the Pauls Valley area because it's so pretty over there and I haven't explored all of it.
No B&B's then but there's always the onion burger to try! The one thing I've tried and haven't really liked that much are Indian Tacos. Did the Indians really have lettuce and tomato or even pita bread for that matter? The first time someone mentioned Indian Tacos I was all excited thinking I was going to get to taste some true native american cuisine. Oh well!!!
Hey, that's Indian "fry bread," pulleez. But it is a PITA to make, if you're like me and don't like to deep fry in the house because of the lingering odors. (I have made a few IT's at festivals as a charity volunteer and smelled like fry bread for a week.)
I think the bread and the pinto beans are probably authentic, but the rest is made-up. They're kind of a Plains Indian "thing" and I'm from a Civilized Tribe, so I like wild grape dumplings better. Same dough, but small pieces boiled in purple grape juice.
You can kind of understand the difference if you go to Anadarko ("Indian City USA") to the Plains Indian Museum (Apaches, Comanches, Kiowas, and so on) and then to PV and points east or south, (Davis, Sulphur) which was the Chickasaw Nation (Ada is still our capital) of the old Indian Territory.
Main difference: we had trees. And stores, shops, houses. They had open range and teepees. "We" are the Chickasaws, Choctaws, Cherokees, Creek and Seminoles. I spent a month one night in PV, so you may want to have more on the agenda, lol!
Muskogee is nice in the spring, though it's a further road trip--they have a pretty Azalea Festival. (Not like the Azalea Trail here, where you moved from - Big H - but "Oklahoma nice.") Redbuds, dogwood, cherries, plum, pears, all very pretty in bloom, all along the way.
Ask around and see if the Peach Orchard in Terral (straight down 81 from you past evil H to the Red) is still open for business. They have always had excellent catfish and ummm, something you should try if you never have before. Calf fries. Rocky Mountain oysters. I like lamb fries much better, but you can only get them in OKC near the cattle yards--or in FW, actually, plus Amarillo.
At Easter, they always have a huge sunrise service in the Wichitas; lots of people go from everywhere. I've never been because I hate Lawton and never spent much time around there to hang out. (Don't know why--can't stand San Antonio, either, and never spend any time there. Just two places on earth that give me a rash, lol.)