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J. Bartley Milam

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…

How Claremore Came to Be

As published in Legends of America by Kathy Weiser in February, 2013 with additional edits by Ron Warnick, Route 66 News. Claremore got its beginnings when Chief Glahmo led his tribe of Osage Indians from Missouri in 1802. He soon established a fur trading post along…

Gatesway Balloon Festival

As published in Travel Magazine, April 2011 article written by Joy Hampton. Held in August at Cherokee Casino Will Rogers Downs located on Highway 20 east of Claremore, the annual Gatesway Balloon Festival is a family friendly even with fun for all ages. Anywhere from…

Carrie Dickerson – An Unlikely Activist

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…

Belvidiere – A Peek at History

As posted on MoreClaremore on November 13, 2013 by Kathy Weiser. The Belvidere Mansion in Claremore, Oklahoma, not only provides a peek at history, but possibly, even a peek at a ghost or two. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the three-story mansion…

Battle of Claremore Mound

Published by Jon D. May with the Oklahoma Historical Society. The Battle of Claremore Mound occurred in October 1817, when Western Cherokee and their allies attacked the lightly defended village of Chief Claremore (Gra-mo'n or Arrow Going Home), leader of the Arkansas Band of Osage.…

Arrow Going Home

This story appeared in the June 28, 1953 Claremore Progress by R. H. Fowler. Different versions as told by researching ceases to die. Destined to be a byword from time it was first used, the name CLAREMORE has a unique historical back ground from…

A Tale of Two Stadiums

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…

Alice Farbro Childhood Memories

his story was written by Alice Cline Farbro in 1993 and was provided to Claremore Museum of History as part of the focus on Women’s History Month on February 6, 2023. Of course, I do not remember my birthing day or the nine months in…

ELIZABETH GORDON – Claremore’s Auntie Mame

Portions of this article were published in the Claremore Progress September 29, 2013 by Tom Fink and portions written by Claremore Museum of History with input from nephew Pat (p.s.) Gordon as part of Women’s History Month written on March 19, 2023. In a city…

NORMA HADDAD EAGLETON

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…

Wayne McCombs

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…