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…