Places – MoH

TOM POOL – Claremore’s Mild-mannered Clark Kent

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 August 12, 2024. Claremore’s mild-mannered man who humbly wore a giant “S” on his chest hidden from public view has…

FOOTPRINTS OF THE OSAGE

Telling the history of Claremore…one story at a time This article was researched by Barbara Pool for the Claremore Museum of History and written as part of the museum’s Early Inhabitants Exhibit that was unveiled in September 2016. They were good looking, graceful and…

A LUCKY STRIKE! CLAREMORE’S CADET BOWL – 1957

As Published in the Explore Claremore History by Christa Rice April 16, 1957, the Rogers County News enthusiastically announced, “New Bowling Alley Planned For City”. The former Cadet Theatre building, recently purchased by Harold Wilson, has been leased to Art Stanislaus, Pryor, who will put…

Sequoyah Hotel

This was published in The Daily Messenger. (Claremore, Indian Terr.), Vol. 2, No. 226, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 17, 1901, Newspaper, August 17, 1901. The first day of January, 1902, has been fixed as the time for the grand opening of a big, modern brick…

Palace, Cadet and Yale

ONCE THERE WAS THE PALACE, THE CADET AND THE YALE Published in the Claremore Daily Progress on September 24, 2011 by Larry Larkin There is no trace of them today, but Claremore movie fans once had to make a decision. Three theaters were located within…

Judy Eagleton – Growing up in Claremore

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…

John Cockrum – Memories from Pearl Harbor

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…

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…

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…