History of Cleveland County

Building Owen Field 1921

Courthouse circa 1948

Moore Lindsay Museum Sign

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

1901 Mortgage. Payable in gold coin at 8% interest

First Commissioners of Cleveland County

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

The Land Run

Santa Fe Train Depot

The Land Run

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

Land Run " Sooners "

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

Downtown Norman 1964

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

Adding Machine (purchased in 1908 for $375.00)

Indian Territory

Mural on East Gray Street

American Bison (became official state animal in 1972)

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

City of Norman circa 1900

Territory Meeting 1890

Moore Lindsay House Museum

Pride of the Promised Land

Oklahoma Rose Rock (became official state rock in 1968)

1st County Seal (adopted June 19, 1890)

Cleveland County flag adopted Oct. 29, 2012

Norman, County Seat of Cleveland County