Claremore Daily Progress June 8, 2018 Rick Heaton Progress Correspondent Fourteen years before Texas Western College made history, the Lincoln School boy's basketball team in Claremore was making history of its own. Lincoln School, Claremore's school for the black community before desegregation, put quite a team on the…

Claremore Daily Progress June 7, 2018 Rick Heaton Progress Correspondent About the time Jackie Robinson was breaking the color barrier, the Claremore Clowns were starting their semi-pro baseball team. At least in baseball circles, Robinson’s entry into the Major Leagues was a huge deal. It was hopefully the…

Claremore Daily Progress June 6, 2018 Rick Heaton Progress Correspondent Claremore is a city with a rich history — a history which includes favorite son Will Rogers, the famous Route 66, playwright Lynn Riggs and astronaut Stuart Roosa. There is also a history of athletics in the town.…

-BY CHELSEA WEEKS News Editor Claremore Progress Claremore Museum of History, the J.M. Davis Arms & Historical Museum and the Oklahoma Military Academy hosted the inaugural History Legends and Hall of Fame Induction. Over 300 people attended the event to watch world-renowned artist Patrick (P.S.)…

Telling the history of Claremore…one story at a time This story was published in The Ranchman magazine July 1952. Written by Myron A. Hurd.  This is a story about a good Indian Chief and a good Christian, peace-loving man.  He was Charles Journeycake, last chief…

Telling the history of Claremore…one story at a time CHARLIE ALLTON In 1896, Charlie Allton was born to Joseph and Susan Ramsey Allton in Cooweescoowee District, Indian Territory.  Sue Ramsey was born near Panther Creek in 1866, the first Cherokee baby born in the Cooweescoowee…

Telling the history of Claremore…one story at a time. Published in the May 1957 Ranchman Magazine, by Myron A. Hurd. Bluford Starr – Pioneer of Claremore, Part One Bluford Starr was one of the outstanding pioneer cowmen in the vicinity of Claremore and Inola for 40…

Telling Claremore’s History…one day at a time As Published in the Explore Claremore History by Christa Rice “Apply your heart to instruction and your ear to words of knowledge.” ~Hebrew Proverb Though undeniably different from years gone by, despite a pandemic of epic proportions,…

Telling the History of Claremore…one story at a time  Published in the September 1949 Ranchman magazine by Myron A. Hurd. “I don’t like Doctor Bushyhead.”  Young Viv Ross blurted out one day to his mother, Mrs. Nellie Ross of Claremore.  Mrs. Ross was astonished. …

Telling the History of Claremore…one story at a time D.M. FAULKNER This was published in the Claremore Progress, Centennial Edition, June 27, 1993 by Ken Willhoite. It sits hidden from view at the edge of the Dog Creek Valley. With its massive size, broad wraparound…

Telling Claremore’s history…one day at a time by Christa Rice in Explore Claremore’s History. Walking through Claremore’s Woodlawn Cemetery on a peaceful summer’s day one comes upon a historic marker signifying the graveyard’s oldest burial site, the final resting place of one of Claremore’s…