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53-514: The Will Rogers Memorial Museum is a 19,052-square-foot (1,770 m) museum in Claremore, Oklahoma that memorializes entertainer Will Rogers . The museum houses artifacts, memorabilia, photographs, and manuscripts pertaining to Rogers' life, and documentaries, speeches, and movies starring Rogers are shown in a theater. Rogers' tomb is located on its 20-acre (8 ha) grounds overlooking Claremore and Rogers State University . Until March 7, 2016,

106-526: A Superior Court and Sheriff (as an officer of the court ), both located in a designated "shire town". Bennington County, Vermont has two shire towns; the court for "North Shire" is in the shire town Manchester , and the Sheriff for the county and court for "South Shire" are in the shire town Bennington. In 2024, Connecticut , which had not defined their counties for anything but statistical, historical and weather warning purposes since 1960, along with ending

159-448: A bath house and promoted the pool area as Radium Town. Radium Town was centered on 9th Street between Seminole and Dorothy. Bath houses were built by promoters all over this area of Claremore, and for a time attracted travelers and tourists for the waters. Only one was still standing as of 2008. The first hospital was established in the early 1900s along what is now known as Will Rogers Boulevard, or Oklahoma State Highway 20 . The building

212-410: A county seat may be an independent city surrounded by, but not part of, the county of which it is the administrative center; for example, Fairfax City is both the county seat of Fairfax County, Virginia and completely surrounded by Fairfax County, but the city is politically independent of the county. When the county seat is in the independent city, government offices such as the courthouse may be in

265-493: A master's degree and bachelor's and associate's degrees. The university serves more than 4,300 students. It is the only public four-year university in the Tulsa Metropolitan Area . Claremore is also home to one of four campuses of Northeast Tech , a vocational training school. The Claremore campus serves over 200 students and offers both full-time and short-term classes. Public school district serving Claremore

318-601: A member of the Will Rogers Memorial Commission and great-granddaughter of Will Rogers. She said that she saw no disadvantages to the merger. The Act also requires that the governor appoint a direct descendant of Rogers to the OHS board of directors. Claremore, Oklahoma Claremore is a city in and the county seat of Rogers County in Green Country , northeastern Oklahoma , United States. The population

371-592: A plot containing 20 acres (8.1 ha) that overlooks the Tiawah Valley, as a site for his retirement home. The price was reportedly $ 500 per acre. After his death, it was passed on to members of the Rogers family. Will's widow Betty donated the property in 1937, during the Great Depression, to the state of Oklahoma as the site of a memorial to her husband. She also donated all of Will's papers and many personal effects as

424-604: A village known as Pasuga , meaning "Big Cedar", which was located on an ancient platform earthwork mound in this area. The Osage village of Pasuga was destroyed by Cherokee in June 1817, during the Battle of Claremore Mound , also known as the Battle of the Strawberry Moon. These Western Cherokee had moved into the region from the southeastern United States and were perpetually competing with

477-548: A week. As of February 2022, the National Register of Historic Places list the following Claremore sites, buildings, structures or districts as worthy of preservation for their historical significance: (note that mauve colour for #3 denotes "district" rather than a specific item) County seat In Canada , the provinces of Ontario , Quebec , New Brunswick , Prince Edward Island , and Nova Scotia have counties as an administrative division of government below

530-666: Is a major intersection of heavily traveled highways. Interstate 44 crosses the town to its southeast. State Highway 66 (historic US-66 ) was designated along with one of the main east–west roads of the town. State Highway 88 and State Highway 20 intersect within the town. Two railroad lines, the Kansas and Arkansas Valley Railway line (now owned by Union Pacific ) and the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway or "Frisco" line (now owned by BNSF ) intersect in Claremore. The traffic problems resulting from

583-600: Is another cast of the work that the artist created in 1938 and which has represented the state in the National Statuary Hall at the United States Capitol . The 1983 addition includes a large library and offices that serve as research areas for scholars and writers. This area covers 2,400 square feet (220 m) and holds more than 2000 volumes relevant to Will Rogers, plus other topics such as Indians, genealogy, vaudeville, early motion pictures. and history of

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636-409: Is known as the seat of its county. Generally, the county legislature, county courthouse, sheriff's department headquarters, hall of records, jail and correctional facility are located in the county seat, though some functions (such as highway maintenance, which usually requires a large garage for vehicles, along with asphalt and salt storage facilities) may also be located or conducted in other parts of

689-512: Is set in Claremore and the surrounding area, in 1906 (the year before Oklahoma became a state); it was based on the play Green Grow the Lilacs by playwright Lynn Riggs who grew up on a farm in the Claremore area. The Quantum Leap season 3 episode "8½ Months" is also set near Claremore. The movie Where the Heart Is fictionally portrays Rogers County and the area surrounding Claremore. Claremore

742-457: Is standing and is currently being renovated. The town has many historic homes and other buildings, with several located in the old business district. In 2002, Claremore received a grant from the state's Oklahoma Main Street program to redevelop its business district with improved urban design and enhancement of historic properties. Renovation work on the downtown was completed in 2007. On July 9, 2020,

795-560: Is the Claremore Independent School District, consisting of Claremore High School , Will Rogers Junior High, Catalayah Elementary, Westside Elementary, Claremont Elementary, Stuart Roosa Elementary, and the Alternative Learning Center. The first school in the Claremore area was opened to students in 1870. The first major high school was built in 1919; it was the most expensive public school building in

848-669: The Supreme Court of the United States determined in McGirt v. Oklahoma that the reservations of the Five Tribes, comprising much of Eastern Oklahoma, were never disestablished by Congress and thus are still "Indian Country" for the purposes of criminal law. On the night of May 25th, 2024, a EF3 tornado impacted Claremore and caused considerable damage to the city and the areas surrounding it. The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma!

901-566: The Tulsa Port of Catoosa , located on the Verdigris and Arkansas rivers . Coal mining is also an important industry; strip-style mines are operating on both the north and south sides of town. Claremore has a website called moreClaremore.com , which focuses on positive community journalism. It was launched in April 2013 and centers on community events, local businesses, people, and schools. It also features

954-776: The 1879–1935 era. Museum archives also contain an estimated 18,000 photographs, as well as thousands of original manuscripts, private letters, contracts, and personal papers, as well as motion pictures, home movies, and audio tapes. The tomb of Will Rogers is outside the building, and overlooks the city of Claremore. Other family members interred there are Rogers' wife, Betty (1879–1944), three of their four children: Fred Stone Rogers (1918–1920), Mary Amelia Rogers Brooks (1913–1989), and James Blake (Jim) Rogers (1915–2000). Jim's wife, Marguerite Astrea Kemmler Rogers (1917–1987) as well as Jim's oldest son, James Kemmler (Kem) Rogers (1939–2014) are also interred there. On March 7, 2016, Governor Mary Fallin signed Senate Bill 1570 into law, which put

1007-559: The Cherokee Nation as was his wife. He moved to the county in 1856 and acquired lands for his Dog Iron Ranch that eventually consisted of more than 60,000 acres (240 km ). The Clem Rogers home (Will Rogers' birthplace), still stands outside Oologah , and is considered an important historical site. Clem Rogers was a major advocate of Oklahoma statehood; he was the oldest delegate to the state's Constitutional Convention in 1907 at age 69. He and other members of his family were buried at

1060-496: The Claremore area in 1874 and conducted farming and cattle raising. He later branched into the mercantile business, real estate, and oil exploration. While drilling just east of Claremore in 1903, Easton struck an underground pool of water that smelled of sulfur . Local physician Dr. W. G. Williams tested the water and marketed it as a cure. Known as "Radium Water", it contained no radium, but hydrogen sulfide and sulfur compounds that were believed to make it medically useful. Eaton built

1113-513: The Osage, who looked down on them. At the time of the attack, most of the men were out of the villages to hunt bison on the plains. The Cherokee killed the men in the village, and took more than 100 women and children captive, selling them to eastern Cherokee. Accounts differ as to whether chief Clermont was killed in the raid. After the Indian Removal Act of 1830 was passed by Congress, this area

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1166-549: The Senate. Tad Jones, director of the Memorial, noted that the Memorial had previously been targeted by political budget cutters for several years, and a bill had been introduced during the previous year to eliminate state contributions to the museum. He expressed a belief that the merger would reduce pressure to cut the museum's funding. The merger was enthusiastically approved by Rogers' descendants, according to Jennifer Rogers-Etcheverry,

1219-879: The United States, followed by Towson , the county seat of Baltimore County, Maryland . Likewise, some county seats may not be incorporated in their own right, but are located within incorporated municipalities. For example, Cape May Court House, New Jersey , though unincorporated, is a section of Middle Township , an incorporated municipality. In some states, often those that were among the original Thirteen Colonies , county seats include or formerly included "Court House" as part of their name, such as Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia . Most counties have only one county seat. However, some counties in Alabama , Arkansas , Georgia , Iowa , Kentucky , Massachusetts , Mississippi , Missouri , New Hampshire , New York , and Vermont have two or more county seats, usually located on opposite sides of

1272-804: The Will Rogers Memorial Commission, which governed both the Will Rogers Memorial Museum and the Dog Iron Ranch , Will Rogers' birthplace in Oologah , under the control of the Oklahoma Historical Society . The new law became effective immediately. There was little opposition to the merger, which was unanimously approved by the Joint Appropriations Budget Committees of both the Oklahoma House of Representatives and

1325-472: The Will Rogers Memorial. A post office was established on June 25, 1874. The coming of railways to Indian Territory was the driving factor in early growth. Two early lines intersected in the center of town. The town changed the spelling of its name from Clermont to Claremore on September 19, 1882. A clerk recording the town as having a post office had spelled the name incorrectly, and it stuck. The town

1378-403: The average family size was 3.02. In the town, the population was spread out, with 26.7% under the age of 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 27.6% from 25 to 44, 19.8% from 45 to 64, and 16.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.1 males. The median income for a household in the town

1431-578: The central community calendar for the area. The site has an average of 40,000 visitors per month and has an active social media presence, with more than 29,000 followers on Facebook. The daily newspaper (and one of the oldest ongoing businesses in the county) is the Claremore Daily Progress , first published as a weekly in 1892 and as a daily in 1893. As of September 2020, the Claremore Daily Progress only publishes two print editions

1484-569: The core of the memorial's archives on Rogers The Oklahoma legislature appropriated $ 200,000 for the construction of the museum on the site. The original 15,000-square-foot (1,400 m) limestone building was designed by John Duncan Forsyth . Groundbreaking occurred April 21, 1938, with Will's sister, Sallie Rogers McSpadden, turning the first spadeful of dirt. Construction was completed November 4, 1938, on what would have been Rogers' 59th birthday. The museum opened in 1938, three years after Rogers' death. An 11,000-square-foot (1,000 m) addition

1537-517: The counties after his unification, there were about 1,000. Under the Eastern Han dynasty , the number of counties increased to above 1,000. About 1400 existed when the Sui dynasty abolished the commandery level (郡 jùn), which was the level just above counties, and demoted some commanderies to counties. In Imperial China, the county was a significant administrative unit because it marked the lowest level of

1590-418: The county, especially if it is geographically large. A county seat is usually an incorporated municipality . The exceptions include the county seats of counties that have no incorporated municipalities within their borders, such as Arlington County, Virginia , where the county seat is the entire county. Ellicott City , the county seat of Howard County, Maryland , is the largest unincorporated county seat in

1643-420: The county. Examples include Harrison County, Mississippi , which has both Biloxi and Gulfport as county seats, and Hinds County, Mississippi , which has both Raymond and the state capital of Jackson . The practice of multiple county seat towns dates from the days when travel was difficult. There have been few efforts to eliminate the two-seat arrangement, since a county seat is a source of civic pride for

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1696-424: The imperial bureaucratic structure; in other words, it was the lowest level that the government reached. Government below the county level was often undertaken through informal non-bureaucratic means, varying between dynasties. The head of a county was the magistrate , who oversaw both the day-to-day operations of the county as well as civil and criminal cases. The current number of counties mostly resembled that of

1749-572: The increase of Han Chinese population in Taiwan, the number of counties also grew by time. By the end of Qing era, there were 11 counties in Taiwan. Protestant missionaries in China first romanized the term as hien . When Taiwan became a Japanese colony in 1895, the hierarchy of divisions also incorporated into the Japanese system in the period when Taiwan was under Japanese rule. By September 1945, Taiwan

1802-611: The independent city under an agreement, such as in Albemarle , or may in be enclaves of the county surrounded by the independent city, such as in Fairfax . Others, such as Prince William , have the courthouse in an enclave surrounded by the independent city and have the county government, the Board of Supervisors, in a different part of the county, far from the county seat. The following counties have their county seat in an independent city: Bedford

1855-489: The intersection of two major national rail lines have led to discussions among town officials about how best to improve traffic flow. Claremore Regional Airport (KGCM; FAA ID GCM), is located about 7 miles east of Claremore, and features a paved 5200 x 75 ft. runway. Commercial air transportation is available out of Tulsa International Airport , about 22 miles southwest. As of the census of 2000, there were 15,873 people, 6,283 households, and 4,165 families residing in

1908-732: The later years of the Qing dynasty . Changes of location and names of counties in Chinese history have been a major field of research in Chinese historical geography, especially from the 1960s to the 1980s. There are 1,355 counties in Mainland China out of a total of 2,851 county-level divisions. In Taiwan , the first counties were first established in 1661 by the Kingdom of Tungning . The later ruler Qing empire inherited this type of administrative divisions. With

1961-482: The museum was managed by the Will Rogers Memorial Commission, a state agency. On that date, the Governor of Oklahoma signed legislation dissolving the state commission and transferring the property and all its assets to the Oklahoma Historical Society , another state agency. Will Rogers was born near Oologah, Oklahoma , where his father had settled. He had originally purchased the land the Memorial occupies today in 1911,

2014-409: The population. There were 6,283 households, out of which 33.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.6% were married couples living together, 12.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.7% were non-families. 29.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.43 and

2067-752: The provincial level, and thus county seats. In the provinces of Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia the term "shire town" is used in place of county seat. County seats in China are the administrative centers of the counties in the People's Republic of China . Xian have existed since the Warring States period and were set up nationwide by the Qin dynasty . The number of counties in China proper gradually increased from dynasty to dynasty. As Qin Shi Huang reorganized

2120-568: The region's green vegetation and relatively high number of hills and lakes, compared to central and western areas of Oklahoma. Claremore lies near the Verdigris River with undulating terrain producing hills and valleys. The town primary water sources are the Claremore and Oologah lakes, both within the drainage basin of the Verdigris River. Claremore experiences a humid subtropical climate with cold winters and hot summers. Claremore

2173-483: The state of Oklahoma at the time. The building was used as a school for almost 80 years, until 1999. The increasing costs of maintenance of the old building forced its closure. Claremore's economy is diversified. Baker Hughes , an oil field services company, has a large presence in the town. Together with several other large companies, it is located in Claremore Industrial Park. This is only a few miles from

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2226-764: The state's area, has no borough government or borough seat. One borough, the Lake and Peninsula Borough , has its borough seat located in another borough, namely King Salmon in Bristol Bay Borough . In Louisiana , which is divided into parishes rather than counties, county seats are referred to as "parish seats". In New England , counties have served mainly as dividing lines for the states' judicial systems. Rhode Island has no county level of government and thus no county seats, and Massachusetts has dissolved many but not all of its county governments. In Vermont , Massachusetts , and Maine county government consists only of

2279-428: The town. The population density was 1,319.4 inhabitants per square mile (509.4/km ). There were 6,784 housing units at an average density of 563.9 per square mile (217.7/km ). The racial makeup of the town was 75.69% White , 1.99% African American , 14.31% Native American , 0.44% Asian , 0.03% Pacific Islander , 1.12% from other races , and 6.42% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.02% of

2332-416: The towns involved, along with providing employment opportunities. There are 33 counties with multiple county seats in 11 states: Alaska is divided into boroughs rather than counties; the county seat in these case is referred to as the "borough seat"; this includes six consolidated city-borough governments (one of which is styled as a "municipality"). The Unorganized Borough, Alaska , which covers 49% of

2385-607: The use of county seats in particular, will fully transition with the permission of the United States Census Bureau to a system of councils of government for the purposes of boundary definition and as county equivalents. Two counties in South Dakota , Oglala Lakota and Todd , have their county seat and government services centered in a neighboring county. Their county-level services are provided by Fall River County and Tripp County , respectively. In Virginia ,

2438-419: Was $ 34,547, and the median income for a family was $ 45,810. Males had a median income of $ 36,227 versus $ 21,742 for females. The per capita income for the town was $ 17,853. About 8.9% of families and 11.9% of the population were below the poverty line , including 15.4% of those under the age of 18 and 15.0% of those 65 and older. Claremore is home to the main campus of Rogers State University , which grants

2491-648: Was 19,580 at the 2020 census , a 5.4 percent increase over the figure of 18,581 recorded in 2010 . Located in the foothills of the Ozark Mountains . It is home of Rogers State University and is part of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area. This area was part of the territory of the Osage , but they were forced out under a treaty with the United States. During the Indian Removal period and until statehood, this area

2544-687: Was a reserve of the Cherokee Nation , which had been removed from its territory in the Southeast United States. This was within what was known as the Cherokees' Cooweescoowee District. Around 1802, bands of Osage Indians settled in this area of what is now northeastern Oklahoma. Black Dog was the chief of a band that settled at Pasona , where Claremore later developed. He shared power with chiefs Clermont (aka Claremore ), and Pawhuska . Clermont, named by French traders, settled with his band in

2597-422: Was constructed in 1983 than added almost double the space for a theater, larger gift shop, offices and archives, and more spacious quarters for displaying the collections, grouped by the various arenas of Rogers' life and career. The rotunda contains a famous sculpture of Will Rogers by artist Jo Davidson . The pedestal is inscribed with a famous quotation by Rogers, "...I never met a man I didn't like." The statue

2650-495: Was designated as part of Indian Territory and the Cherokee Nation were assigned much of this territory. Claremore and the mound were within a part of the Cooweescoowee District in the northwestern part of the Cherokee Nation . The Rogers family, for whom the county is named, were among the first European-American settlers. Clem Rogers , father of the famous entertainer Will Rogers , was born of mixed-blood parents in

2703-623: Was divided into 8 prefectures ( 州 and 廳 ), which remained after the Republic of China took over. There are 13 county seats in Taiwan, which function as county-administered cities , urban townships , or rural townships . In most of the United States , a county is an administrative or political subdivision of a state that consists of a geographic area with specific boundaries and usually some level of governmental authority. The city, town, or populated place that houses county government

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2756-504: Was featured in the Supernatural season 14 episode "Nightmare Logic," where Maggie tracks a ghoul to the town. According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 12.3 square miles (32 km ), of which 12.0 square miles (31 km ) is land and 0.2 square miles (0.52 km ) (1.96%) is water. The city is located in Green Country , a popular nickname and marketing label for northeast Oklahoma that stems from

2809-498: Was incorporated in the Cherokee Nation on May 2, 1903. newspaper, the Claremore Daily Progress , was founded in 1893 by cowboy Joe Klein and is still published daily. It is the oldest business in Rogers County. Growth was aided by the popularity of sulphur springs among Americans in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. They believed bathing in such springs to have medical benefits. George Eaton had settled with his family in

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