History of Cleveland County

Mural on East Gray Street

Courthouse circa 1948

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

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

Adding Machine (purchased in 1908 for $375.00)

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

Cleveland County flag adopted Oct. 29, 2012

City of Norman circa 1900

First Commissioners of Cleveland County

Norman, County Seat of Cleveland County

Moore Lindsay House Museum

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

1st County Seal (adopted June 19, 1890)

Pride of the Promised Land

Territory Meeting 1890

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)

The Land Run

Moore Lindsay Museum Sign

Indian Territory

Santa Fe Train Depot

Land Run " Sooners "

Oklahoma Rose Rock (became official state rock in 1968)

The Land Run

American Bison (became official state animal in 1972)

Building Owen Field 1921

1901 Mortgage. Payable in gold coin at 8% interest