Memories : [manuscript], Will Rogers, 1879-1935

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Memories : [manuscript], Will Rogers, 1879-1935

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Newspaper and magazine clippings relating to Rogers' career and death, and to the numerous tributes and memorials to him after his death. All the clippings appear to have been collected at the time of his death in 1935 and in the years immediately following.

1 vol. : ill. ; 60 cm.

Natural History Museum Los Angeles County Foundation, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

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SNAC Resource ID: 6860717

Natural History Museum Los Angeles County Foundation, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

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Rogers, Will, 1879-1935

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The youngest of eight children, William Penn Adair Rogers was born on November 4, 1879 at Rogers Ranch in Oologah, Indian Territory (what is now Oklahoma). His parents, Clement Vann Rogers and Mary Schrimsher, were partly of Cherokee descent. While growing up on the family ranch, Will worked with cattle and learned to ride and lasso from a young age. He grew so talented with a rope, in fact, that he was placed in the Guiness Book of World Records for throwing three lassos at once. One went ar...

Post, Wiley, 1898-1935

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Will Rogers family.

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