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121 N Weenonah Ave, Claremore, OK 74017

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THE SARATOGA HOME IN CHELSEA

his story was written by Barbra Pool for the Claremore Museum of History Built in 1912, it’s claimed that this Sears Saratoga was the very first Sears kit home in the state of Oklahoma. And this was a mere five years after Oklahoma became…

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THE LANTOW LANDMARK

This story appeared in the August 26, 2006 Claremore Progress by Larry Larkin. "Lantow Field, Home of the Claremore Zebras." These are the words on the metal sign at the entrance of the high school football stadium. Listen to the sounds of the gentle winds…

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Maggie Fry – What’s it Worth?

This story was written by Keith Austin, as part of a series – Cherokee Matters, Volume 15 and was shared with the Claremore Museum of History on March 4, 2023. She was in her ninety-forth year the first time I met her.  She was a…

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 ANDY PAYNE – THE GREAT 6,023,248 YARD DASH!

Andrew Hartley Payne was born in Foyil, Oklahoma on November 17, 1907. Andy was a member of the Cherokee Nation and graduated from Foyil High School in 1927. Andy had no interest in becoming a farmer like his father, his primary interest was school. Every…

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WAUHILAU LAHAY – Newspapers’ Flying Girl

Wauhilau LaHay was born in Claremore, Oklahoma on July 14, 1896 to parents John Martin LaHay and Annie Russell. In 1907, the LaHays moved to Muskogee where Joseph set up his law practice closer to the federal court. Tragically he died of a heart attack…

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RONALD JOHNSON – A TRUE PIONEER

Telling the History of Claremore…one story at a time As published in the Claremore Daily Progress on November 19, 2011 by Larry Larkin, Progress Correspondent A true pioneer was laid to rest this past week.  Claremore’s own Ronnie L. Johnson, the first Oklahoma Highway Patrol black trooper…

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MICKEY PERRY – REMEMBERING A MAYOR

Telling the History of Claremore…one story at a time MICKEY PERRY – REMEMBERING A MAYOR The son of Jackson Charles Perry and Lottie Marie (Roof) Bitsko was born July 9, 1947, in Collinsville. Mickey was the oldest child and had four sisters. He graduated from…

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NATHAN EDWARD GALLOWAY – TOTEM POLE PARK

Telling the History of Claremore…one story at a time Born February 18, 1879, in Springfield, Missouri, Nathan Edward Galloway took up wood carving as a youngster. During the Spanish-American War he joined the U.S. Army and saw service in the Philippine campaign of 1899…

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RABBIT SPRINGS – OLD INDIAN COUNCIL SITE

Telling the History of Claremore…one story at a time As published in the February 1960 Ranchman magazine, by Myron A. Hurd.  “Your father never felt fully dressed until he had a six-shooter in his holster and a quart bottle in his pocket,” Stacy…

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 HOUSTON SUMMERS

Telling the history of Claremore…one story at a time This article was written by Barbra Pool, niece of Houston Summers and Claremore Museum of History Historian. Memorial Day is set aside to honor our military heroes, many which are no longer with us.  There are other…

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 JOSEPH STERLINE HOGUE

Telling the history of Claremore…one story at a time   Published in the March 1947 Ranchman Magazine, by Ferne E. King. Long before the sun topped the mountains of Eastern Tennessee, on a morning sixty-one years ago, a mule team hitched to a wagon,…

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The Great Bunion Derby

  The Great Bunion Derby           In March, 1928, the great Bunion Derby, a footrace across the United States, began in California, and Andrew Payne, the local entry, took off walking east with the rest of them.  A Claremore businessman, who launched a drive to…

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