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The museum is open 10am-5pm 7 Days a week
121 N Weenonah Ave, Claremore, OK 74017

Admission Is Free But Donations Are Welcomed

Our Stories

DR. JESSE BUSHYHEAD – BELOVED PHYSICIAN

Telling the History of Claremore…one story at a time  Published in the September 1949 Ranchman magazine by Myron A. Hurd. “I don’t like Doctor Bushyhead.”  Young Viv Ross blurted out one day to his mother, Mrs. Nellie Ross of Claremore.  Mrs. Ross was astonished.  “Why

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

Maggie Fry – Poet Laureate

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