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…

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,…

Telling the History of Claremore…one story at a time This article was written by Noel Kaho and published in the Ranchman magazine in 1941.  Will Rogers’ ancestors didn’t come over on the Mayflower.  Will said so himself.  And it is a pity that he…

Telling the History of Claremore...one story at a time This article was published in the Ranchman magazine August 1943 by Bill Hoge, Editor, The Oologah Oozings. The 4th of this month (November) is the anniversary of the birth of America’s greatest and most beloved…

Telling the History of Claremore…one story at a time   In honor of Will Rogers’ family,  this contains portions of the  article written by Myron A. Hurd and appeared in the 1953 Ranchman magazine, which featured one of Will’s sisters, Sally.  I have always stated,…

Telling the history of Claremore…one story at a time. This article was printed in The Rogers County Observer-Thursday, September 10, 1970 by Ann Tacker.  Maud Ethel Rogers Lane was born at Ft. Gibson on November 28, 1869, ten years before her young brother, Will.…

Telling the history of Claremore…one story at a time  . William Adair Penn Rogers was an American cowboy, vaudeville performer, humorist, social commentator and motion picture actor. He was one of the world’s best-known celebrities in the 1920s and 1930s. Known as “Oklahoma’s Favorite Son,” Rogers was…

Telling the history of Claremore…one story at a time BLUFORD STARR, PART TWO Published in the June 1959 Ranchman Magazine, by Myron A. Hurd    When Blue West Starr was foreman of C. W. Turner’s Three Bar Ranch on the south slope of Timbered Ridge…