Thursday, July 21, 2011



Today we took a short trip to visit the birthplace of Will Rogers near Oologah, OK. It was originally on a 60,000 acre ranch but most of it is under water, a part of Lake Oologah.
The house was moved and reassembled on the top of a hill overlooking the lake.

The house is basically a log house as you can see in the attached photos. The large yard is surrounded with a white picket fence complete with a well in the yard and an outhouse behind the house. there are several Bantam chickens in the yard as well as some goats and a couple of Burros in the outside yard.
There are several RV sites along the fence with electricity that are available for $15.00 per night. Across the fence is a large field that is in hay and it is a landing strip that is used for training by a local school.

The house is beautiful inside as you can see in the photos. The furnishings are either original to the house or similar to the period.

The upstairs of the house is not available to the public due to weakness of the floors due to age but I am sure it is beautiful as is the downstairs.

You can click on the photos to enlarge them for more detail.





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