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The White House on the Verdigris River, Will Rogers' birthplace, near Oologah, Oklahoma. Rogers was born on his parents' Dog Iron Ranch in the Cherokee Nation of Indian Territory, near present-day Oologah, Oklahoma, now in Rogers County, named in honor of his father, Clement V. Rogers. [9]
Will Rogers (William Penn Adair Rogers), one of America's beloved humorists and Oklahoma's dearest native son, was born November 4, 1879, in Indian Territory near Oologah. His father, Clement Vann Rogers, part Cherokee, had built a house and begun a successful ranch business on tribal land in the Cooweescoowee District before the Civil War.
William Penn Adair Rogers is born on his father’s ranch near Oologah, Indian Territory. 1898. Begins work as a cowboy on a ranch in Higgins, Texas. 1902. In December, joins Texas Jack’s American Circus and Wild West Show in South Africa as a bronco rider and lasso thrower. Billed as the “Cherokee Kid.” 1904
In 1889, the Kansas and Arkansas Valley Railway (later, the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway, subsequently a part of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, and currently, the Union Pacific Railroad) laid tracks through the area and established a townsite named Oologah, Indian Territory.
Experience a unique glimpse into the life of vaudeville performer, famous actor, Cherokee Cowboy and American humorist Will Rogers (1879-1935) at the Will Rogers Birthplace Ranch, with its historic Greek Revival house and 162-acre working ranch. Here, visitors can enjoy the lovely view over Oologah Lake and picnic with friends and family.
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- 9501 E. 380 Road, Oologah, 74053, Oklahoma
The Oologah home, nicknamed “The White House on the Verdigris,” is a rare surviving example of buildings on the former Indian Territory frontier. Rogers’s mother and father were Cherokees, and Rogers was proud of his heritage.
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Will Rogers was born on the huge Dog Iron Ranch in Indian Territory, near present-day Oologah, Oklahoma. The house in which he was born was built in 1875 and was known as the "White House on the Verdigris River."
