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Elliot Gordon

Elliott Gordon is a Claremore High School 1964 Claremore High School graduate and a 4 year letterman in football. He attended Northeaster State University and graduated in 1969. Elliott served our country in the United States Air Force. He has been very active in the Bass Angler Sportsman Society,…

Andy Payne

Transcontinental Footrace winner and Secretary of the Oklahoma Supreme Court Biography Andrew Hartley "Andy" Payne (1907–1977) was a renowned Cherokee Nation member and farmer from Foyil, Oklahoma, who achieved national fame by winning the 1928 International Trans-Continental Footrace, popularly known as the "Bunion Derby". At…

Ed Vierheller

Claremore Junior High Football Coach and Oklahoma History Teacher Biography In 1960, fresh from graduating Western College of Auctioneering, Mr. Ed founded what would become one of Oklahoma’s most trusted and respected auction companies. That same year, he conducted his very first sale—marking the beginning of…

KEITH AUSTIN

Former Cherokee Nation district councilman and local Cherokee Historian Biography Keith Austin is a lifelong resident of Rogers County. He and his wife Pam chose to raise their kids in Rogers County. Today they are blessed with five grandchildren. After a successful career in business,…

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how Ne-Mar Shopping center came to be

Main street claremore 1950-1970

Lifetime Claremore Resident, Businessman, and Historian Rob Melton reflects on growing up with a bustling Main Street spanning 1950's to the 1970's.

TAD JONES

State representative and Will Rogers Memorial Museum Director Biography Tad was raised in Claremore, Oklahoma and graduated from Oologah High School. He went to Westside Elementary in Claremore and Oologah for Middle and High School. He played football, basketball and baseball for Oologah. After high…

ANDY HOGAN

Long time educator and former Will Rogers Memorial employee Biography Life has changed for Andy Hogan, an educator more than 30 years. After retiring as an elementary school principal, he says his interests are long distance running, bow hunting and anything to do with Will…

JOANNE GREEN

Long time Claremore businesswoman and ordained minister Biography Joanne Green was born in 1950 in Claremore at the old Franklin Hospital to Junus and Gussie Bentley. She was raised with 5 siblings on a farm north of Claremore near the Round Mound. Joanne…

Noah Grimett

Claremore High School Teacher and Coach Biography Noah Grimett graduated from Claremore High School in 2018. He earned an Associates Degree in Arts at Seminole State University. He is now in his last year at RSU where he will earn a BA in Communications in Radio…

Darnell Jones

Federal judge on senior status with the US District Court Biography Born in Claremore, Oklahoma, Judge Darnell Jones received an Artium Baccalaureus degree in French from Southwestern College in 1972, and a Juris Doctor from the American University Washington College of Law in 1975. He…