Western Motif Covers Memorial Grounds

Western Traders Days visitors by the hundreds scattered over the grounds of Will Rogers Memorial Museum during opening days of Destination Claremore. Memorial grounds was the sight and sound of Western Trade  booths running the gamut from western wear and saddles and other tack to art work, pony and wagon rides, an old-fashioned root beer stand operated by Will Rogers Memorial Ropers and Indian tacos made by award-winning cooks from Pawnee.

 

Bo Gray of Collinsville plies his trade at Western Trade Days showing a hat to Bill Vance of Inola.

 

Billie and Tommy Steidley create wood-base decorative articles sold in their Western Trade Days booth.

 

Mark Swartz does a little entertaining while manning a Western Trade Days booth of boots and tack.

 

Will Rogers Memorial Ropers Doris “Coke” Meyer and Elmer Symsack man a root beer stand during Western Trade Days. Proceeds from sale of a cold one or hot cuppa went to Will Rogers Heritage Friends of Will Rogers

 

James and Kenny Moore, J&K Tack of Pryor, are recognized by their Wells Fargo stagecoach.

 

Ray and Angela Austin of Beggs offered wagon rides during Western Trade Days. They are available for all evens from weddings and birthdays to hay rides and commercial advertising.

 

John Casey Couglin of Owasso rides a Shetland pony in the string of ponies owned by Andrew Armstrong of Eufaula.