Stories – MoH

THE DEWEY DOLL & BELLMON BELLE WITH THE PINK PARLOR

VERNA VIERHELLER Story written by Steve Robinson for the Claremore Museum of History in conjunction with Women’s History Month at the MoH 2024 along with excerpts from Mrs. Vierheller’s obituary and input from her granddaughter, Michelle Vierheller Johnson. Verna Vierheller was born to George W.…

CLUB WOMAN EXTRAORDINAIRE – OCIE MAYBERRY

Story written by Steve Robinson for the Claremore Museum of History in conjunction with Women’s History Month at the MoH 2024 along with excerpts from her obituary written by Pat Reeder for the Claremore Progress. Ocie Mayberry’s name was synonymous with club work. She was…

M. TEEHEE GOES TO WASHINGTON

Story written by Steve Robinson for the Claremore Museum of History in conjunction with Women’s History Month at the MoH 2024 with excerpts from Fall 2011 Surrey Magazine. Kimberly Teehee was born on October 13, 1968 and is an attorney, politician, and activist on Native…

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,…

cadet bowl

IT’S NOT WHETHER WE WIIN OR LOSE BUT HOW WE ROLL THAT COUNTS! Published in Explore Claremore History on February 17, 2024 by Christa Rice at https://exploreclaremorehistory.wordpress.com/. Revisiting the site of Claremore's Cadet Bowl, 1957. Though league bowling is a sport of focus and skill, many recreational…

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…

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…

JERRY LINGENFELTER – 76 Trombones

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 May 7, 2023. Who needs a Professor Harold Hill when you are blessed with a Professor Jerry Lingenfelter? …

MAYOR FLANAGAN – CLAREMORE’S “E.F. HUTTON”

Telling the history of Claremore one story at a time… Excerpts taken from Claremore Daily Progress April 6, 2023, Renee Fite Progress Correspondent’s article, from Rev. Mike Schroeder who spoke at Bill Flanagan’s memorial service along with input from Claremore Museum of History Board of Directors. The…

CLAREMORE’S YESTERDAYS – PAPER PARADE

Telling the history of Claremore one story at a time This story appeared in the January 23, 2012 Claremore Progress by Larry Larkin For almost a quarter of a century one family provided carriers for the Claremore Progress. They were the son of Claremore’s…

Sequoyah Hotel

This was published in The Daily Messenger. (Claremore, Indian Terr.), Vol. 2, No. 226, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 17, 1901, Newspaper, August 17, 1901. The first day of January, 1902, has been fixed as the time for the grand opening of a big, modern brick…

The Singing Rage, Miss Patti Page

Born Clara Ann Fowler on November 8, 1927 in Claremore, Oklahoma, Patti Page became a pop music legend, selling in excess of 100 million records over a career that spanned seven decades. From humble beginnings as one of eleven children born to a railroad foreman…