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Will Rogers Highway

Rogers County
Location: on the grounds of JM Davis Arms & Historical Museum in Claremore
Coordinates: 36.314700, -95.614950
Material: Granite
Sponsor(s): City of Claremore
Topics: Early Statehood, 1907–1941; Transportation

US Highway 66 opened on November 11, 1926. It was nicknamed the Will Rogers Highway in honor of writer, humorist, and actor Will Rogers, who was born on a ranch north of Claremore.


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