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ELTINGE STREETER

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…

FUN GROWING UP HERE

Telling the history of Claremore…one story at a time Published in the Claremore Progress, Sunday 27, 1998 by Dorothy Willman Claremore native Bob Shelton says “This was a good town to grow up in.” Born in a house on South Muskogee, “it was in…

TEACHING JOB BROUGHT ZELDA ASHLEY TO CLAREMORE

Telling the history of Claremore…one story at a time This article was published in the Claremore Progress June 27, 1993 by Dorothy Willman. Zelda Bear first came to Claremore as a young girl. She, her mother, and her baby brother were visiting her uncles,…

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…

J.M. DAVIS GUN COLLECTION

The following feature story was written by Martha Kay Malone, senior journalism student at Claremore High School. Mrs. Sallie McGinnis, journalism instructor, brought to the Progress office the best stories written by the high school journalists after all had visited the gun collection and interviewed…

WYCKOFF CORNER

Telling the history of Claremore…one story at a time This article was written by Ken Willhoite and published in the Centennial Edition of the Claremore Progress, June 27, 1993. If you ask an old-timer how to get somewhere in Rogers County, don’t expect to…

G.W. Eaton

Telling the history of Claremore…one story at a time. BY: Ken Willhoite This was published in the Claremore Progress Sunday, June 27, 1993 A change had swept over the United States. The harsh brutality of the Civil War had given way to growth and rebuilding. George Washington Eaton, a…

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…

LANDMARK’S HISTORY RETRACED

Telling the History of Claremore…one story at a time This article was published in the Centennial Edition of the Claremore Progress June 27, 1993 by Joe Carter. Despite the raging 1930’s depression, Oklahoma Governor E. W. Marland gained $185,000 in state funding to build a Memorial…

Oliver Lipe “Oowala”

Telling the History of Claremore…one story at a time Article published in the November 11, 1930 and the June 28, 1953 editions of the Claremore Progress written by W. R. Harper. The story of Oowala is in reality the life story of a man who…

Oklahoma! Remembering… Lynn Riggs

Telling the history of Claremore…one story at a time The stage curtains part as the melodic cowboy song, “Oh! What A Beautiful Morning” captures the moment, and the audience is magically taken back to 1900 to a place in Oklahoma, a farm near Claremore. The playwright,…

About the MoH

Claremore Museum of History description Claremore Museum of History is a history museum located in the former Will Rogers Library, inside of Lynn Riggs Park near downtown Claremore, Oklahoma. The Claremore Museum of History showcases multiple collections of artifacts from Claremore’s notable individuals, including Lynn…