Pawnee Bill Ranch, Historic ranch and museum in Pawnee County, United States

Pawnee Bill Ranch is a historic property spanning 500 acres with a mansion as its centerpiece and several outbuildings from the frontier era. The main house sits alongside a barn, blacksmith shop, and log cabin, all positioned near a river that flows through the land.

Gordon W. "Pawnee Bill" Lillie, a Wild West show entertainer, built his home atop Blue Hawk Peak overlooking a bend in the Black Bear River; the Tudor-style Arts and Crafts house, designed by Pennsylvania architect James Hamilton with input from Lillie and his wife May, was finished in December 1910 using native stone quarried on the grounds. Between 1910 and 1913 the carriage house, log cabin, blacksmith shop and observation tower were added, and in 1926 a three-story barn was built for Scottish Shorthorn cattle. The site entered the National Register of Historic Places on October 10, 1975 as Blue Hawk Peak Ranch, and Oklahoma has owned it since 1962.

The ranch keeps the name Blue Hawk Peak, and since 1962 the state has run it as a historic site about Pawnee Bill and May Lillie. Exhibits cover ranching, Wild West shows and the American Indian experience in those shows, and each year a re-enactment of Pawnee Bill's Historic Wild West Show is staged on the grounds.

The 500-acre site is operated by the Oklahoma Historical Society and open year-round. The historic home, museum and outbuildings stand on a hill above a bend in the Black Bear River, so allow time to walk between them. The museum, built in 1970, holds the Western collection and offers educational programs for adults and children.

The property maintains herds of bison and longhorn cattle that graze on the land, keeping ranching traditions from the past alive. These living animals show visitors how livestock management actually worked during frontier times.