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CLAREMORE’S BLACK HISTORY

Excerpts from an article in the Claremore Daily Progress article written by Larry Larkin and published March 22, 2009.  IT WAS A DIFFERENT TIME, IT WAS A FAMILIAR PLACE As far as I know, Gerome Riley never has authored a book. He certainly knows how

John Cockrum – Memories from Pearl Harbor

Excerpts from a news spot on KTUL TV produced by Tyler Butler and aired on September 2, 2020 and a FB post made by Steve Robinson on the Claremore MoH FB page. It was a calm, clear Sunday morning in Pearl Harbor, and an ordinary

Jean Pierre Chouteau

Telling the History of Claremore…one story at a time Early explorers crisscrossed Northeast Oklahoma, but did not give a thought that this land might be a great place to live.  Jean Pierre Chouteau carved his name in Oklahoma history by establishing a trading post along