Born in Oklahoma in 1879, had a lot of laughs, died near Point Barrow, Alaska in 1935
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Will Rogers - Wikipedia  William Penn Adair "Will" Rogers (November 4, 1879  August 15, 1935) was a stage and motion picture actor, vaudeville performer, American cowboy, humorist, newspaper columnist, and social commentator. Known as "Oklahoma's Favorite Son", Rogers was born to a prominent ... Rogers died in 1935 with aviator Wiley Post, when their small airplane...
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Grave Marker- Will Rogers Birth: Nov. 4, 1879 Oklahoma City ...  4, 1879 Oklahoma City Oklahoma County Oklahoma, USA Death: Aug. 15, 1935 Barrow North Slope Borough Alaska, USA Burial: Will Rogers-Wiley Post ... Will Rogers are killed when their airplane crashes near Point Barrow, Alaska. Aug. .... and I did, had a lot of civil war graves, was really neat, and really in need of repair.
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Will Rogers (1879 - 1935) - Find A Grave Memorial  Oklahoma, USA. Death: Aug. 15, 1935. Barrow North Slope Borough Alaska, USA. Humorist, Actor, Author. Born William Penn Adair Rogers the youngest of eight in Cherokee Nation, ... films as 'Laughing Bill Hyde' (1918), 'The Ropin' Fool' (1921), 'They Had to ... They crashed at Point Barrow, Alaska, on August 15, 1935.
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RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: Quest for Ancestors and Cousins  Mar 31, 2016 ... Point Barrow, Alaska Territory ... William Penn Adair "Will" Rogers (November 4, 1879 ? ... Rogers died in 1935 with a viator Wiley Post, when their small ... River", the home where Will Rogers wa s born, near Oologah, Oklahoma ... The house he was born in had been built in 1 875 and was known as the...
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The Official Site of Will Rogers  In November 1908, Will married Betty Blake, with whom he had four children (Will Jr., Mary, Jim and Fred). Betty was a loving and supportive wife to Will until his death. ... In 1918, Will began acting in several silent films, including Laughing Bill ... 1935, Will and Wiley's flight crashed near Point Barrow, Alaska, taking both of...
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Plan Your Trip : Weekly Travel Features - Thai Airways  He lived almost half his professional life overseas, most of which were in the ... Until her death in 1935, MacArthur's mother was rarely far from her son's side. ... in the Philippines, he served as an aide-de-camp to President Theodore Roosevelt. .... old soldier, I now close my military career and just fade awayan old soldier...
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Will Rogers - Wikipedia  William Penn Adair "Will" Rogers (November 4, 1879  August 15, 1935) was a stage and ... He was the leading political wit of his time, and was the highest paid .... Rogers's cowboy showed an unfettered man free of institutional restraints, with no ... He made two other feature silents and a travelogue series in 1927, and did...
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Wiley Post - Wikipedia  Wiley Hardeman Post (November 22, 1898  August 15, 1935) was a famed American aviator ... Post's Lockheed Vega aircraft, the Winnie Mae, was on display at the National Air and Space ... By 1920, his family settled on a farm near Maysville, Oklahoma. .... On August 15, they left Fairbanks, Alaska, for Point Barrow.
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Frank Frantz - Wikipedia  Frantz was succeed by the Governor of Oklahoma Charles N. Haskell. Frank Frantz (May 7, 1872  March 9, 1941) was an American Rough Rider and politician who served as the seventh and final Governor of Oklahoma Territory (190607). Frantz ran on the Republican ticket to serve as the first Governor of the State .... Frantz leased the land to Oklahoma's farmers, earning the new state millions...
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SitNews - Seward was one of Alaska's First 'Tourists By DAVE KIFFER  Jul 12, 2010 ... Although many people had come to Alaska both before and after the 1867 ... Seward had retired from government service on March 5, 1869. ... The written text of the 14-paged, single-spaced speech is in the Alaska State Archives. ... including naturalist John Muir, who first visited Alaska in 1879, and wrote...
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Humorist Will Rogers Aviator Wiley Post Airplane Crash Deaths ...  Humorist WILL ROGERS & Aviator Wiley Post Airplane Crash DEATHS 1935 ... 1935 WILL ROGERS & PILOT WILEY POST FLOAT PLANE PHOTO JUST ... offered to enhance your collectible interest: NEW YORK TIMES, August 17, 1935 ... POST DIE IN AIRPLANE CRASH IN ALASKA; NATION SHOCKED BY TRAGEDY"...
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The fascinating (and scenic) history of presidential visits to Alaska ...  Aug 25, 2015 ... While past presidents have visited the state for a variety of reasons -- to ... was part of a celebration of the completion of the Alaska Railroad. Harding drove in a golden spike at Nenana on July 15 with much ... 2, he died, while still on his so-called "Voyage of Understanding. .... Frank Murkowski's (R) house.
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'People Are Funny' host Art Linkletter dies - The San Diego Union ...  May 26, 2010 ... Though he left television in the early 1970s, Linkletter remained active in business ... He was born Arthur Gordon Kelly on July 17, 1912, in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. ... They moved frequently from one rental to another. ... Art Linkletter's House Party, which after 1952 aired on both radio and television.
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Question Answering - Stanford University  Poets and Poetry: He was a bank clerk in the Yukon before he published Songs of ... clerk in the Yukon before he published Songs of a Sourdough in 1907. 59...
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Will Rogers Quotations  The Gold Scales  Oklahoma-born Will Rogers (1879-1935) was an American icon who at his prime ... It's easy being a humorist when you've got the whole government working for you. ... Lord, let me live until I die. ... Golf: I have never been depressed enough to take up the game, but they say you get ... A fool and his money are soon elected.
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Wild Bill Hickok and the Dead Mans Hand - Legends of America  Wild Bill Hickok was born James Butler Hickok in Troy Grove, Illinois on May 27, 1837. ... His romantic notions of the Wild West never sat very well with his father, but ... was Bill Cody, who would later claim fame with his Buffalo Bill Wild West Show. ... One of the travelers lit a kerosene lantern to find Bill being attacked by a...
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Twenty-seven years a State - Chronicles of Oklahoma  The date was November 16, 1907, when the President of the United States, Theodore ... N. Haskell took the oath of office as Governor of the State of Oklahoma. ... story of the inauguration of the first Governor may be accepted as authentic history. ... The birth of the new state of Oklahoma was attended with no ceremonial.
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Wiley Post And Will Rogers Killed In Airplane Crash - AvStop  The aircraft crashed into the water at Walakpi, near Point Barrow, Alaska. ... Rogers had joined the Ziegfeld Follies in 1915. ... Also known for his work in high altitude flying, Post helped develop one of the first pressure suits. ... On August 15, 1935, Post and American humorist Will Rogers were killed when Post's plane...
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Official Oklahoma State Poem Shared by Nephew of Its Author ...  Oct 1, 1991 ... However, my uncle wrote the poem in 1938, several years after Will ... The poem describes the dedication of the Will Rogers Memorial at Claremore on Nov. ... of the official Oklahoma state poem, "Howdy, Folks," written by my uncle, ... the bodies of Will Rogers and Wiley Post, by air, from Alaska; Wiley Post,...
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10 Things You Didn't Know About the Old West - History Lists  Sep 17, 2013 ... Explore 10 true stories of the Wild West, some of them stranger than fiction. ... He was buried at the famous Boot Hill cemetery in Dodge City, Kansas, 66 years after his death. .... to capitalize on its success by creating the Broncho Billy persona. ... A court even allowed him to legally adopt the bandit's name.
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Outlaw Frank James born in Missouri - Jan 10, 1843 - HISTORY.com  On this day in History, Outlaw Frank James born in Missouri on Jan 10, 1843. ... old criminal partner Cole Younger to form the James-Younger Wild West Show. Frank retired to his family's old farm in Missouri, where he died at the age of 72 in 1915. ... members ofLincoln's cabinet and engineered the purchase of Alaska after...