History of Cleveland County

Mistletoe is Oklahoma's official floral emblem, designated on Feb. 11, 1893

Pride of the Promised Land

1st County Seal (adopted June 19, 1890)

Oklahoma Rose Rock (became official state rock in 1968)

Moore Lindsay Museum Sign

Moore Lindsay House Museum

1st Courthouse located at the corner of Gray Street and Ponca Avenue. Destroyed by a fire in 1904.

Land Run " Sooners "

First Commissioners of Cleveland County

Adding Machine (purchased in 1908 for $375.00)

Santa Fe Train Depot

Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium (fka Owen Field & Oklahoma Memorial Stadium)

Sam Noble Museum of Natural History (founded in 1899 by an act of the Oklahoma Territorial Legislature. Opened current location in 1999)

Indian Territory

Downtown Norman 1964

The Land Run

Territory Meeting 1890

1901 Mortgage. Payable in gold coin at 8% interest

Cleveland County flag adopted Oct. 29, 2012

City of Norman circa 1900

Bridge over the South Canadian River in Noble. Washed out by the flood of 1904.

2nd Courthouse built in 1906. Demolished by the Works Projects Administration (WPA) workers in the early 1940s

American Bison (became official state animal in 1972)

The Land Run

Building Owen Field 1921

Mural on East Gray Street

Norman, County Seat of Cleveland County

Courthouse circa 1948