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NWOK Buzz reported in 2024 that, according to Graybill, a woman said she saw her late grandmother, once a nurse at the hospital, standing in a window. Others report strange lights and ghostly shadows at night, and "someone" on the roof, which can only be reached through trap doors. Source: NWOK Buzz, 2024.
Facts below are drawn from the linked sources.
Real history
The Cherokee Strip Museum is a history museum run by the Cherokee Strip Museum Association, organized in January 1961 by Alva's civic and social clubs, and devoted to the Cherokee Outlet region of northwest Oklahoma. The building was built as the Alva General Hospital in 1932 and used as a hospital until 1972; it became the museum's home in 1976 (Cherokee Strip Museum).
NWOK Buzz reports that the main floor's north wing, next to the old nurses' station, honors Alva's World War II role.
Ghost stories
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Then and now
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Public access
Open to the public The museum lists visits and a paranormal program on its own site (Cherokee Strip Museum). Last checked: Nov 1, 2026.
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