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The Birth of the Modern Musical

Telling the history of Claremore…one story at a time RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN’S OKLAHOMA! – THE ORIGIN OF MODERN MUSICAL THEATRE  Excerpts published in the July 2022 OHS Extra Newsletter  Seventy-five years after Rodgers and Hammerstein adapted Green Grow the Lilacs into Oklahoma!, the duo’s first

Stuart A Roosa; Apollo 14 Command Module Pilot

Telling the History of Claremore…one story at a time This article was written by Elizabeth Howell and published in SPACE.com on March 26, 2013. Stuart Roosa, the command module pilot on Apollo 14, had a varied career that spanned everything from fighting forest fires to

TOM POOL – Claremore’s Mild-mannered Clark Kent 

Telling the History of Claremore…one story at a time This article was written by Claremore Museum of History Board of Directors Chairman, Steve Robinson on August 12, 2024. Claremore’s mild-mannered man who humbly wore a giant “S” on his chest hidden from public view has