Will Rogers: Our American Legend rainbow" despite his mentor's warning to

despite his mentor's warning to avoid the "redneck school in a backward state

Held at Oklahoma City’s Municipal Auditorium

double-glass doors stood proudly waiting for our arrival

becoming one of the largest junior colleges in the southwestern United States by the early 1930s

extraordinary loyalty

Will Rogers: Our American Legend rainbow" despite his mentor's warning toBy Frank Keating Oklahomas own Will Rogers had a love for people and adventure. During his lifetime, he was a ranch hand, trick roper, vaudeville performer, film star, journalist, author, radio personality, aviation pioneer, and star of the Broadway stage and the big screen. Born November 4, 1879 in Indian Territory, near present day Oologah, Oklahoma, Rogers was the youngest of eight children born to Clement Vann Rogers and Mary America Schrimsher