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 when

Telling the History of Claremore…one story at a time Born February 18, 1879, in Springfield, Missouri, Nathan Edward Galloway took up wood carving as a youngster. During the Spanish-American War he joined the U.S. Army and saw service in the Philippine campaign of 1899 1901.

  The Great Bunion Derby           In March, 1928, the great Bunion Derby, a footrace across the United States, began in California, and Andrew Payne, the local entry, took off walking east with the rest of them.  A Claremore businessman, who launched a drive