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This was published in The Daily Messenger. (Claremore, Indian Terr.), Vol. 2, No. 226, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 17, 1901, Newspaper, August 17, 1901.  The first day of January, 1902, has been fixed as the time for the grand opening of a big, modern brick…
Born Clara Ann Fowler on November 8, 1927 in Claremore, Oklahoma, Patti Page became a pop music legend, selling in excess of 100 million records over a career that spanned seven decades. From humble beginnings as one of eleven children born to a railroad foreman…
ONCE THERE WAS THE PALACE, THE CADET AND THE YALE Published in the Claremore Daily Progress on September 24, 2011 by Larry Larkin  There is no trace of them today, but Claremore movie fans once had to make a decision. Three theaters were located within…
Published in the Claremore Daily Progress in January 23, 2014 by Larry Larkin. Thursday’s rainout at the Rogers State softball field reminded me of another weather postponement that happened 37 years ago. Like in the famed “Casey at the Bat” baseball tale, things looked dim…
Published in the Claremore Daily Progress in August 18, 2007 by Larry Larkin. For someone having a question concerning Will Rogers, the best place to seek an answer would be making a visit to Claremore's Will Rogers Memorial. Need to know something about a…
This story was printed in The Ranchman Magazine, December 1953nby Myron A. Hurd. Back in March 1948, I wrote in “The Country Correspondent” column for the Claremore Progress about a trip I took with the late Chief of the Cherokees, J. Bartley Milam of Claremore.  I would…
Excerpts from an article in the Claremore Daily Progress article written by Rebecca Hattaway and published November 18, 2006.  To the world she was known as the woman who led the successful fight that stopped the building of a nuclear power plant in Oklahoma. In…
This story appeared in the August 30, 2008 Claremore Progress by Larry Larkin. The construction of the new Lantow Field football stadium has triggered some special memories for Claremore resident Pat Staggs. "It has been fun looking out my back window each day and…
Play Audio A pioneering public official and true servant to her community and fellow citizens. Biography Norma. Eagleton is known for many accomplishments including first female Tulsa city commissioner and Oklahoma corporation commissioner. Norma was the first woman elected to a voting position on the…
Museum Director, Radio Broadcaster and Local Sports Historian Biography Wayne McCombs’ family moved to a farm south of Claremore in 1958. In the ninth grade he began working at the local radio station, KWPR. The station was a 500 watt, AM daytime station at the…
Journalist - Long time Claremore Progress writer and Will Rogers Memorial Public Relations Director  Biography Born and raised on a rocky hillside of her father’s Cherokee allotment, overlooking the Verdigris River bottom, northeast of Nowata Oklahoma, Patty Reeder was the daughter of Jim and Juanita…
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