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,…

Telling the History of Claremore…one story at a time Early explorers crisscrossed Northeast Oklahoma, but did not give a thought that this land might be a great place to live.  Jean Pierre Chouteau carved his name in Oklahoma history by establishing a trading post along…

The following feature story was written by Martha Kay Malone, senior journalism student at Claremore High School.  Mrs. Sallie McGinnis, journalism instructor, brought to the Progress office the best stories written by the high school journalists after all had visited the gun collection and interviewed…

Telling the history of Claremore…one story at a time.     BY:  Ken Willhoite   This was published in the Claremore Progress Sunday, June 27, 1993   A change had swept over the United States.  The harsh brutality of the Civil War had given way to growth and rebuilding.  George Washington Eaton, a…

Excerpts from an article in the Claremore Daily Progress article written by Larry Larkin and published March 22, 2009.  IT WAS A DIFFERENT TIME, IT WAS A FAMILIAR PLACE As far as I know, Gerome Riley never has authored a book. He certainly…

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…