March 15, 1898 – Rogers leaves Kemper School, Booneville Missouri to work as a cowboy in the Texas Panhandle. Fall 1899 – Rogers competes with Zack Mulhall troupe in roping and riding contests ...
Will Rogers, a cowboy turned Hollywood star, purchased the property in the 1920s, building a 31-room ranch house, complete with a polo field riding trails and stables for his beloved horses.
Rogers was a legendary cowboy, actor, writer and humorist who died in Alaska in 1935 during an airplane crash with noted ...
great-granddaughter of Will Rogers. The historic ranch was once a place to escape the spotlight for the iconic actor and cowboy. “It was truly one of the most beautiful places ever, it’s just ...
In recent years it's been the concessionaire contracted at Will Rogers State Historic Park, named after Hollywood's most beloved on-screen cowboy. That property, including the main ranch house as ...
CLAREMORE – Spend afternoons at the Will Rogers Memorial Museum during spring break in March.
The California ranch once owned by Will Rogers has been destroyed by a massive fire in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles. The Will Rogers Memorial Museum in Claremore shared the news on ...
"So, a great way to tell the story about Will Rogers is to, instead of talking about him, why not paint a picture or, better yet, a diorama? ... He was a cowboy, a comedian, a newspaper writer ...