Telling the History of Claremore…one story at a time
This article was written by Claremore Museum of History Board of Directors Chairman, Steve Robinson on May 7, 2023.
Who needs a Professor Harold Hill when you are blessed with a Professor Jerry Lingenfelter? …
Telling the history of Claremore one story at a time…
Excerpts taken from Claremore Daily Progress April 6, 2023, Renee Fite Progress Correspondent’s article, from Rev. Mike Schroeder who spoke at Bill Flanagan’s memorial service along with input from Claremore Museum of History Board of Directors.
The…
Telling the history of Claremore one story at a time
This story appeared in the January 23, 2012 Claremore Progress by Larry Larkin
For almost a quarter of a century one family provided carriers for the Claremore Progress. They were the son of Claremore’s…
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…
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…
Excerpts from a news spot on KTUL TV produced by Tyler Butler and aired on September 2, 2020 and a FB post made by Steve Robinson on the Claremore MoH FB page.
It was a calm, clear Sunday morning in Pearl Harbor, and an ordinary…
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 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…
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…
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…