The Belvidere Mansion is the beautiful family home built by entrepreneur, banker, and businessman John M. Bayless for his wife Mary and their children. After Mrs. Bayless moved from the home in 1919, it was used as a hospital and then a hotel for a . . . — — Map (db m272351) HM
Site of battle in "Strawberry Moon" 1817, when Chief Clermont's Osage village was wiped out by Cherokees. This Osage band from Missouri had settled near the mound at insistence of fur traders of St. Louis. Osages became the wealthiest Indians in . . . — — Map (db m40995) HM
has been placed on the
National Register of Historic Places
by the United States Department of the Interior
The Downtown Claremore Historic District encompasses portions of five
blocks centered on Will Rogers Boulevard. Founded in the . . . — — Map (db m272353) HM
Eastern University Preparatory School -
predecessor of Rogers State University -
was founded in 1909 at this location -
the former site of Claremont School. The
original Claremont School was demolished in
1938 and a new Claremont Elementary . . . — — Map (db m272350) HM
"...knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness, in one in which the measures of government receive their impression so immediately from the sense of the community as is ours it is proportionably essential..."
First . . . — — Map (db m59936) HM
Well, here goes some scribblin' that's a little past due,
But I reckon I'm always a-thinkin' 'bout you.
I've been readin' the papers in my own little way,
And I see where you messed up my last birthday.
Through divine television I . . . — — Map (db m41985) HM
Will Rogers launched a journey into international fame, historic greatness and galloping humor along this frontier cattle trail that grew into Route 66 of motorized America.
Born on a ranch in 1879 twelve miles NW of here, Will Rogers . . . — — Map (db m67810) HM
In lasting memory of all OMA cadets who gave their lives while serving with distinction and honor in the Armed Forces of the United States, as well as the Allied Forces of Canada and the United Kingdom. Their lives exemplify, to the fullest . . . — — Map (db m59934) HM
In memory and honor of those members of the Oklahoma Military Academy Corp[s] of Cadets who gave their lives and those missing in action that our nation might be free.
May this monument forever remind us that these men gave their all during . . . — — Map (db m59932) HM
Entered service in 1953. 76mm main gun. Weight 23.5 tons. Max speed 45mph. Crew of four. Named for General Walton Walker, who was killed in Korea in 1950. Loaned to Davis Museum by US Army in 1988. — — Map (db m67840) HM
"Live your life, so that whenever you lose you are ahead."
Will Rogers
We honor the memory of Oklahoma's beloved native son. A modest, unspoiled child of the Plains, cowboy, actor, humorist and world traveler whose . . . — — Map (db m41986) HM
Built by the People of
the State of Oklahoma
in Tribute to Will Rogers
Native Son and World Citizen
Dedicated on November 4, 1938
the anniversary of his birth
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[Additional Markers at the Will Rogers Memorial]
"The . . . — — Map (db m41987) HM
