History of Cleveland County

Moore Lindsay Museum Sign

First Commissioners of Cleveland County

1901 Mortgage. Payable in gold coin at 8% interest

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

Land Run " Sooners "

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

Norman, County Seat of Cleveland County

Territory Meeting 1890

Building Owen Field 1921

Oklahoma Rose Rock (became official state rock in 1968)

The Land Run

City of Norman circa 1900

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

Downtown Norman 1964

Moore Lindsay House Museum

Santa Fe Train Depot

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

Pride of the Promised Land

Indian Territory

Mural on East Gray Street

Cleveland County flag adopted Oct. 29, 2012

Courthouse circa 1948

American Bison (became official state animal in 1972)

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

Adding Machine (purchased in 1908 for $375.00)

1st County Seal (adopted June 19, 1890)

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

The Land Run