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…

Telling the History of Claremore…one story at a time The formal education of the Cherokee people began with the invention of their alphabet by Sequoyah in 1821.  The Bible and newspapers were published in their own language, and illiteracy was practically unknown among the Cherokees.  …

Telling the History of Claremore…one story at a time This article was published in the Ranchman magazine November 1947 by Sallie Rogers McSpadden. It was a dreamy forenoon in November; to be exact November 4, 1879 when a sturdy baby boy came to join…

Telling Claremore’s History…one day at a time Written by Christa Rice in Explore Claremore’s History. Everyone loves a well-written murder mystery until the murder happens in one’s own home town. The unsolved mystery of the murder of John Bullette was a grievous injustice in…

Telling the History of Claremore…one story at a time This article was published in the Claremore Progress, Centennial Edition,  June 17, 1993 byy Pat Reeder.    Before the turn of the century, Philip and Elizabeth Jones Land came to Indian Territory to build…

Telling the history of Claremore…one story at a time This article was published in the Claremore Progress June 27, 1993 by Dorothy Willman. Zelda Bear first came to Claremore as a young girl.  She, her mother, and her baby brother were visiting her uncles,…