Will Rogers Birthplace

Historical marker location:

Roadside Pullout, Oologah, Oklahoma

( Marker is at the intersection of Elm Street (U.S. 169) and Cooweescoowee Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Elm Street.)

Oklahoma's most famous native, Will Rogers, was born on a ranch east of Oologah, Indian Territory, on November 4, 1879. He and aviator Wiley Post died in an airplane crash in Alaska on August 15, 1935. Rogers was one of the world's most famous men at the time of his death because of his stardom in the movies, as a newspaper columnist, and humorist.

The Oklahoma City bombing in 1995 was the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in U.S. history. The bombing, which was carried out by Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols, killed 168 people and injured hundreds more.