Oklahoma

CLOSE SHAVE – For 40 years before the interstate highways were built, Burma- Shave signs dotted the roadsides with such witticisms as “Riot at / Drug store / Calling all cars / 100 customers / 99 jars / Burma-Shave.” They’re gone, but you can see a modern set outside Davenport: “Cruising along / My Honey and me / On Route 66 / That’s the place to be / OK / Davenport OK.”

SOLDIERING ON – The history of the African-American “Buffalo Soldiers” of the U.S. Cavalry is a proud one, and you can learn some of it at Fort Reno, just west of El Reno. Soldiers from here fought with Native Americans and supervised the great Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889. The fort later held German POW’s from World War II. Check it out at www.fortreno.org.

ALL ABOARD! – Train enthusiasts, and the kids in all of us, will get a kick out of the RS & K Railroad Museum in Sayre. More than 100 trains are on display, and at least a dozen are running through their elaborate sets at any one time. With the whistles and the toots and the cabooses, you’ll be ready to ride the rails. Call 580-928-3525.

COWBOY HUMOR – Will Rogers, who never met a man he didn’t like, is the favorite son of Oklahoma. Near Claremore, you can meet him, at least in memory, either at the Will Rogers Museum or the Will Rogers Birthplace Ranch.