Thursday (5/14)  We headed to Claremore, OK in the morning.  Visited the Will Rogers Museum which is a large memorial building built by the citizens of Oklahoma to honor him.  The museum covers all aspects of his life and career.  It has many of his saddles, clips of his movies and personal items such as clothing and the room he used as a study.  The most unusual item were a pair of shoes he put on his horse when he would do tricks on stage with the horse.  The shoes kept the horse from slipping (see picture.)

In the afternoon we went to the Woolaroc Museum and Nature Preserve near Bartlesville, OK.  This is the "entertainment home" of Frank Phillips of Phillips Petroleum.  The preserve has many acres of land with a variety of animals roaming around and several buildings including a museum, heritage center and the lodge he built to entertain his friends in.  The lodge was full of mounted animal heads and was very rustic but not overly large (see picture.)  The museum - wow!!!!!  A very large building with all kinds of western art, artifacts and memorabilia.  We were they only about 2 hours and we wished we had all day.  This museum is a must to see!!!!

On to Bartlesville to see the only skyscraper Frank Lloyd Wright ever designed.  It is a 19 story building in the heart of Bartlesville (which was not too large.)  We love the homes that Mr. Wright has designed but we did not like this building at all.  To us it was just ugly.  We have attached a picture - make your own judgement (see picture.)