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Coordinates: 36.437944, -95.687250
Material: Granite
Topics: American Indians
November 4, 1879–August 15, 1935. Will Rogers, world-renowned writer, humorist, and actor, was born on a ranch east of Oologah in Cooweescoowee, Indian Territory. He and Wiley Post died in an airplane crash at Point Barrow, Alaska. His birthplace was moved out of the path of Oologah Lake to 2 miles north of here and is open to the public.
Location: less than one-quarter mile north of E 440 Road on OK-88 and approximately five miles north of Claremore on OK-88
Coordinates: 36.382000, -95.632833
Material: Granite
Topics: American Indians; Natural Resources; Petroleum; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861
Named for the great Osage chief, Clermont, the area was the site of an Osage village destroyed by the Cherokees in 1817. Oil was discovered a century later on the Osage Reservation nearby.
Location: at 7th Street and Choctaw Avenue in Claremore
Coordinates: 36.312650, -95.604966
Material: Aluminum
Sponsor(s): Rogers State University - Brent Ortolani
Topics: Early Statehood, 1907–1941; Education
Eastern University Preparatory School, the predecessor of Rogers State University (RSU), was founded in 1909 at this location, the former site of Claremore School. The original school was demolished and a new Claremont Elementary School was built on this site. RSU is now located on College Hill on the west side of Claremore.
Location: four miles south of Nowata on US-169 south of County Road 30
Coordinates: 36.583610, -95.670688
Material: Granite
Topics: Early Statehood, 1907–1941; Industry/Business; Natural Resources; Petroleum; Water
In May of 1931, Bert Collins first used injection of water into an oil reservoir to increase recovery, a process that became known as water flooding. Billions of barrels of crude oil have been recovered from world oil reserves by water flooding.
Location: at the crossing of Hwy-66 and the navigation channel
Material: Aluminum
Sponsor(s): The Propeller Club
Topics: Industrial Period, 1841–1892; Natural Resources; Transportation; Water
Head of navigation for the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System, the Tulsa Port of Catoosa is located one mile upstream from this marker. The McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System is a 448-mile channel stretching form the Mississippi River up the Arkansas and Verdigris Rivers to the Tulsa Port of Catoosa. Barges are raised a total of 420 feet via 17 locks and dams from the Mississippi to Catoosa and the entire waterway connects with much of the nation's 29,000 miles of inland waterways.
Location: on grounds of Will Rogers Memorial in Claremore (DAR)
Sponsor(s): Daughters of the American Revolution
Topics: American Indians; Arts; Early Statehood, 1907–1941; Mass Communication
The famous Oklahoman charmed the world with his wit and wisdom in vaudeville, radio, the movies, and as a newspaper columnist.
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Birthplace of Will Rogers
Rogers CountyCoordinates: 36.437944, -95.687250
Material: Granite
Topics: American Indians
November 4, 1879–August 15, 1935. Will Rogers, world-renowned writer, humorist, and actor, was born on a ranch east of Oologah in Cooweescoowee, Indian Territory. He and Wiley Post died in an airplane crash at Point Barrow, Alaska. His birthplace was moved out of the path of Oologah Lake to 2 miles north of here and is open to the public.
Claremore Mound
Rogers CountyLocation: less than one-quarter mile north of E 440 Road on OK-88 and approximately five miles north of Claremore on OK-88
Coordinates: 36.382000, -95.632833
Material: Granite
Topics: American Indians; Natural Resources; Petroleum; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861
Named for the great Osage chief, Clermont, the area was the site of an Osage village destroyed by the Cherokees in 1817. Oil was discovered a century later on the Osage Reservation nearby.
Eastern University Preparatory School
Rogers CountyLocation: at 7th Street and Choctaw Avenue in Claremore
Coordinates: 36.312650, -95.604966
Material: Aluminum
Sponsor(s): Rogers State University - Brent Ortolani
Topics: Early Statehood, 1907–1941; Education
Eastern University Preparatory School, the predecessor of Rogers State University (RSU), was founded in 1909 at this location, the former site of Claremore School. The original school was demolished and a new Claremont Elementary School was built on this site. RSU is now located on College Hill on the west side of Claremore.
Oklahoma’s First Waterflood
Rogers CountyLocation: four miles south of Nowata on US-169 south of County Road 30
Coordinates: 36.583610, -95.670688
Material: Granite
Topics: Early Statehood, 1907–1941; Industry/Business; Natural Resources; Petroleum; Water
In May of 1931, Bert Collins first used injection of water into an oil reservoir to increase recovery, a process that became known as water flooding. Billions of barrels of crude oil have been recovered from world oil reserves by water flooding.
Port of the Plains
Rogers CountyLocation: at the crossing of Hwy-66 and the navigation channel
Material: Aluminum
Sponsor(s): The Propeller Club
Topics: Industrial Period, 1841–1892; Natural Resources; Transportation; Water
Head of navigation for the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System, the Tulsa Port of Catoosa is located one mile upstream from this marker. The McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System is a 448-mile channel stretching form the Mississippi River up the Arkansas and Verdigris Rivers to the Tulsa Port of Catoosa. Barges are raised a total of 420 feet via 17 locks and dams from the Mississippi to Catoosa and the entire waterway connects with much of the nation's 29,000 miles of inland waterways.
Will Rogers
Rogers CountyLocation: on grounds of Will Rogers Memorial in Claremore (DAR)
Sponsor(s): Daughters of the American Revolution
Topics: American Indians; Arts; Early Statehood, 1907–1941; Mass Communication
The famous Oklahoman charmed the world with his wit and wisdom in vaudeville, radio, the movies, and as a newspaper columnist.
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