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121 N Weenonah Ave, Claremore, OK 74017

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COMMUNITY SERVANT – CARLENE WEBBER

Telling the history of Claremore one story at a time This story was written by Pat Reeder in March, 2024 as part of the Claremore Museum of History’s HERstory campaign during Women’s History Month. Carlene Burkhard Webber never forgot the devotion to her native Arkansas,…

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Darnell Jones

Federal judge on senior status with the US District Court Biography Born in Claremore, Oklahoma, Judge Darnell Jones received an Artium Baccalaureus degree in French from Southwestern College in 1972, and a Juris Doctor from the American University Washington College of Law in 1975. He…

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BETTY OLDHAM

Lifetime nurse and hospital volunteer Biography Betty Ruth Brown Oldham was born on June 17, 1932, at the Brown farm 13 miles northwest of Buffalo, Oklahoma.  She was the second child out of six children born to Halbert and Nadean Brown.  Betty has 4 brothers…

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DR. LARRY RICE

RSU President Biography Dr. Larry Rice – a lifelong educator, administrator at the University of Tulsa and former member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives serves as President at Rogers State University.  An Oklahoma native, Rice has over 40 years of experience in higher education.…

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LILLIE WARNER

Lifetime nurse and hospital volunteer Biography When Lillie Ada Thompson was born on September 8, 1891.  Her father, William, was 33, and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Riggs , was 30. She married Charles Henry Warner on July 26, 1909, in Sapulpa, Oklahoma. They had two…

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JOHN COCKRUM

Claremore graduate, Educator and Pearl Harbor survivor Biography John Andrew Cockrum is a “once in a lifetime educator” -  the embodiment of what an educator should be. In the course of his tenure as Sapulpa Junior High and Sapulpa Senior High principal, he was mediator,…

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Lucious Selmon

Biography Former Claremore High School Assistant Football and Wrestling Coach and teacher of Current Events and United States History.   He is the son of All American Lucious Selmon of the infamous Selmon brothers who played on the OU National Championship teams.  Lucious was born…

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DONNA FROMAN

Long time Claremore business woman and community service volunteer Biography Donna Froman was born in 1942 at home in Sequoyah, Oklahoma. Born into a family with a long history in Northeast Oklahoma.  Her parents were Albert Casto Knight and Edith Gravitt Knight. Donna graduated…

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FRANK MOBRA & JOHN SMITH

Long time Claremore Football Coaches Biography Frank Mobra and John Smith sit down for a lively walk down memory from their perspectives as legendary coaches for Claremore Public Schools. Frank Mobra was a man of character, integrity and one who did things the right way…

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FOOTPRINTS OF THE OSAGE

Telling the history of Claremore…one story at a time  This article was researched by Barbara Pool for the Claremore Museum of History and written as part of the museum’s Early Inhabitants Exhibit that was unveiled in September 2016. They were good looking, graceful and…

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FRANK LEWIS – Claremore Discovers Gold 

This article was written by Claremore Museum of History Board of Directors Chairman, Steve Robinson on May 7, 2023. Frank Lewis (December 6, 1912 – August 16, 1998) was an American wrestler and Olympic Champion. He competed at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, where…

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A LUCKY STRIKE! CLAREMORE’S CADET BOWL – 1957 

As Published in the Explore Claremore History by Christa Rice April 16, 1957, the Rogers County News enthusiastically announced, “New Bowling Alley Planned For City”. The former Cadet Theatre building, recently purchased by Harold Wilson, has been leased to Art Stanislaus, Pryor, who will put…

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