History of Cleveland County

Courthouse circa 1948

Moore Lindsay Museum Sign

First Commissioners of Cleveland County

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

Oklahoma Rose Rock (became official state rock in 1968)

Mural on East Gray Street

Moore Lindsay House Museum

Norman, County Seat of Cleveland County

Adding Machine (purchased in 1908 for $375.00)

The Land Run

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

Territory Meeting 1890

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

Pride of the Promised Land

Building Owen Field 1921

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

Santa Fe Train Depot

American Bison (became official state animal in 1972)

1st County Seal (adopted June 19, 1890)

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

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

City of Norman circa 1900

Land Run " Sooners "

Cleveland County flag adopted Oct. 29, 2012

The Land Run

1901 Mortgage. Payable in gold coin at 8% interest

Downtown Norman 1964

Indian Territory