History of Cleveland County

Pride of the Promised Land

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

First Commissioners of Cleveland County

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)

The Land Run

American Bison (became official state animal in 1972)

Cleveland County flag adopted Oct. 29, 2012

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

The Land Run

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

Mural on East Gray Street

Oklahoma Rose Rock (became official state rock in 1968)

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

Moore Lindsay Museum Sign

Courthouse circa 1948

Building Owen Field 1921

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

Downtown Norman 1964

1901 Mortgage. Payable in gold coin at 8% interest

Santa Fe Train Depot

Norman, County Seat of Cleveland County

Moore Lindsay House Museum

Adding Machine (purchased in 1908 for $375.00)

Territory Meeting 1890

Land Run " Sooners "

Indian Territory

1st County Seal (adopted June 19, 1890)