Telling the history of Claremore…one story at a time  . William Adair Penn Rogers was an American cowboy, vaudeville performer, humorist, social commentator and motion picture actor. He was one of the world’s best-known celebrities in the 1920s and 1930s. Known as “Oklahoma’s Favorite Son,” Rogers was

Telling the History of Claremore…one story at a time This article was published in the Claremore Progress, Centennial Edition,  June 17, 1993 byy Pat Reeder.    Before the turn of the century, Philip and Elizabeth Jones Land came to Indian Territory to build a flour