Johannes Seigfried Anderson (July 30, 1887 – April 15, 1950) was a Finland born U.S. Army soldier during World War I, and a Medal of Honor recipient.

Hans Christian Andersen (April 2, 1805 – August 4, 1875) was a Danish author and poet. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, Andersen is best remembered for his fairy tales, a […]

Birthdate: 03/01/1911 Birthplace: Ardmore, Oklahoma Deceased: 07/23/2001 Place of death: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Mary Allerton Cushman (c. 1616 – 28 November 1699) was a settler of Plymouth Colony in what is now Massachusetts. She was the last surviving passenger of the Mayflower. She arrived at Plymouth on the […]

Sir Henry Rider Haggard, KBE was an English writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary genre. He was also involved in agricultural reform around […]

Pilot for Braniff Airlines, friend of Wiley Post and Will Rogers and aviation pioneer in Oklahoma.

Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826) was an American Founding Father, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776) and the third President of the United States (1801–1809). At the beginning […]

Lieutenant James A. Rothermel of the 8th Cavalry

Born May 1871, New York; died 1909 Gooding County, Idaho