History of Cleveland County

Adding Machine (purchased in 1908 for $375.00)

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

Oklahoma Rose Rock (became official state rock in 1968)

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

Cleveland County flag adopted Oct. 29, 2012

1st County Seal (adopted June 19, 1890)

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

Mural on East Gray Street

Courthouse circa 1948

First Commissioners of Cleveland County

Moore Lindsay Museum Sign

Santa Fe Train Depot

Land Run " Sooners "

Pride of the Promised Land

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

Building Owen Field 1921

The Land Run

Moore Lindsay House Museum

Downtown Norman 1964

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

Territory Meeting 1890

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

1901 Mortgage. Payable in gold coin at 8% interest

The Land Run

City of Norman circa 1900

Indian Territory

Norman, County Seat of Cleveland County

American Bison (became official state animal in 1972)