Will Rogers 131st Birthday Party Dog Iron Ranch Oolagah, Oklahoma Cherokee Nation Photos by Stephen Hartshorne

 

The Dog Iron Ranch in Oolagah, Will Rogers' birthplace

 

Kowboy Kal, who performs all over the world, says he learned all his rope tricks from Will Rogers movies.

Oolagah schoolchildren sing about the Cherokee Kid. That was Will Rogers' rodeo name.

 

Will's great-niece Ada, still going strong at 92

 

I had a piece of cake. How could I not?

 

The room where Will was born in 1879

 

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