Oklahoma Historical Society to sell sites it can't maintain
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October 12, 2016
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP, Oct. 17, 2016) — The Oklahoma Historical Society is selling some significant sites it can no longer afford to maintain to two Indian tribes.
Kathy Dickson, the society's director of museums and historic sites, told The Oklahoman (http://bit.ly/2eoBjwH ) that a law approved this year allows it to sell historic property to organizations that agree to pay fair market value and to preserve the sites.
Dickson said the society had asked for the legislation to ensure it could find good homes for the properties, explaining that their budget is down 40 percent in the last six years....
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