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G.W. Eaton

Telling the history of Claremore…one story at a time.     BY:  Ken Willhoite   This was published in the Claremore Progress Sunday, June 27, 1993   A change had swept over the United States.  The harsh brutality of the Civil War had given way to growth

THE LANTOW LANDMARK

This story appeared in the August 26, 2006 Claremore Progress by Larry Larkin. “Lantow Field, Home of the Claremore Zebras.” These are the words on the metal sign at the entrance of the high school football stadium. Listen to the sounds of the gentle winds that

FIRST TOLL ROAD IN OKLAHOMA

Telling the History of Claremore…one story at a time This information was in the June 28, 1953 Claremore Progress. It was about 1916 that the commissioners of Rogers County issued permission to a Broken Arrow man to operate and maintain a toll road between Chelsea