Telling the History of Claremore…one story at a time
This article was written by Larry Larkin and published in the Claremore Daily Progress, Edition April 16, 2017.
He was a famous trumpet man from out Chicago way. He had a boogie style that no one else…
Oklahoma was admitted to Statehood in 1907 and Rogers County
dedicated her first Court House March 17, 1941. That is 34 years
after statehood.
During that 34 years, Rogers County officers had their offices in
rooms on the second floor above business buildings. Finally they…
A Day in Santa Fe directed by Lynn Riggs and James Hughes. As the title suggests, the film portrays life in Santa Fe during the course of a single day, a format structuring many city symphonies. Riggs and Hughes evoke daily life in Santa Fe…
Patrick (p.s.) Gordon is a world-renowned artist and painter. He was born to pioneer Claremore parents, Janelle and Jack Gordon, at the Franklin Hospital in 1953, and delivered by his uncle, Dr. Minor Gordon. His aunt, Elizabeth Gordon, was Claremore’s first female mayor and is…
Dr. Bob L. Blackburn is Oklahoma’s most noted historian. He is a graduate of Southwest Oklahoma State University and earned both his master’s degree and a Ph.D. in history from Oklahoma State University. In 1980, Blackburn joined the Oklahoma Historical Society, earning the title of…
In 1916, Lee F. Gilstrap was a 16-year-old bugler for the First Oklahoma Infantry commanded by his father, Major Harry Gilstrap. When America entered the first World War, Gilstrap, then 18, volunteered to serve in France under his father’s command. On October 8, 1918, Company…
Telling the History of Claremore…one story at a time
OKLAHOMA’S POET LAUREATE, EMERITUS
Oklahoma Poet Laureate, Emeritus Maggie Culver Fry was born near Vian, Oklahoma in 1900. Her parents lived a mile from her maternal grandparents, and she spent much time with her grandparents. Her…
Telling the History of Claremore…one story at a time
Published in Explore Claremore History July 2022, by Christa A. Rice.
Banker, builder, and businessman, John Melville Bayless came from Cassville, Missouri, and made significant contributions to the “up building” of Claremore, Indian Territory,…
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…
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…
Telling the history of Claremore…one story at a time
CLAREMORE’S MUSIC MAN, R.S. SAUNDERS
Published in Explore Claremore History July 2022, by Christa A. Rice.
Though “Seventy-six Trombones” did not march into Claremore in 1903, the city did acquire its very own Music Man…