Placed By:	Silver Eagle
Date:	06/28/03, replaced (08/18/07)
Nearest Town:	Tulsa, OK
County:	Tulsa
Terrain Difficulty:	Easy (flat, 200 yards RT)
Status:	alive (04/13/08)

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Will Rogers, the "Cherokee Cowboy", was born November 4, 1879 on a large ranch in the Cherokee Nation (which is now Oologah, Oklahoma). He worked with cattle on his family ranch from an early age and became good with a rope. His hard-earned skills won him jobs trick roping in wild west shows and on the vaudeville stages where he started telling small jokes. Quickly, his wise cracks and folksy observations became more prized by audiences than his expert roping and he became recognized as being a very informed and smart philosopher. Rogers later became a Broadway and film star, a journalist who wrote more than 4,000 syndicated columns in his lifetime, and a radio commentator. He was also the first and only honorary mayor of Beverly Hills in 1925. Rogers loved flying, but on a flight to Point Barrow, Alaska on August 15, 1935, the plane crashed and all on board lost their lives. Will Rogers is still today one of America's most respected and beloved humorists and is famous for saying "I never met a man I didn't like". You can find this letterbox dedicated to Will Rogers in Oxley Nature Center, located within Mohawk Park in the town of Tulsa, not too far from his birth place. Be sure to look for Baby Bear's Eagle Bear Tour - 2003 Letterbox and Donna's Oxley Nature Center Letterbox Series.

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Last updated on 04/13/2008