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Claremore is a city and the county seat of Rogers County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 18,581 at the 2010 census, a 17.1 percent increase from 15,873 at the 2000 census.

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In 1881, Chelsea began as a stop on the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad. A post office was established in November 1882. The community incorporated as a town in the Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, in 1889. The town was surveyed and platted in 1902. The Bank of Chelsea, the first state bank in Indian Territory, began operation in March 1896.
The town economy has historically rested on farming, ranching and oil production. Important farm products were oats, corn, wheat and pecans. A flour mill built circa 1892 was one of Chelsea's original industries. Chelsea became noted as a shipping point for cattle and hay before statehood in 1907. The Chelsea-Alluwe oil field was discovered southwest of Chelsea in 1889 by the United States Oil and Gas Company.
According to the American Oil &amp; Gas Historical Society, Edward Byrd, whose wife was a Cherokee woman, discovered oil seeps in 1882 southwest Chelsea, which was then part of the Cherokee Nation in Indian Territory. He apparently took no action to exploit his discovery until 1887, when he and William B. Linn, a Pennsylvanian, and a group of investors from Kansas organized the United States Oil and Gas Company (USOGC). The company subsequently leased drilling rights from the Cherokee Nation on 100,000 acres (400 km2) of land lying west of Chelsea between the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad and the Verdigris River. USOGC completed its first well in 1890, on Spencer Creek. It was a rudimentary operation, compared to productive sites completed a few years later. The well began producing a half barrel of good-quality crude per day from a depth of only 36 feet (11 m). This was enough for USOGC enthusiasts to claim it was, "... the first oil well in Oklahoma."
Chelsea's claim to the first oil well proved to be untrue. Although USOGC drilled ten other wells on its lease in the next two years, the total production was said to be only 12 barrels, economically insignificant, after which the company ceased operating. The Cherokee Oil and Gas Company then took over the lease. By then, the Cherokee government had limited the size of each lease to 12,000 acres (49 km2). It and other companies later drilled more productive wells which proved economically viable. The whole area became known as the Chelsea-Alluwe Oil Field. Significant production dropped after 1916 and the oil companies stopped work in this field shortly after.

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As the fourth largest city in Oklahoma, and the second fastest growing city in the state, Broken Arrow Real Estate is highly sought-after. Currently, over 109,000 people live in this vibrant community, with a median age of 36. In 2018 Broken Arrow was named the Most Livable Small City in the US by the US Conference of Mayors, Yelp’s 9thMost Customer-Friendly US City, WalletHub’s Best City for First-Time Home Buyers and USA Today voted the Rose District as the Most Charming Main Street in OK. A $4 million makeover sponsored by civic leaders is currently transforming this historic downtown with fewer traffic lanes, wider sidewalks and mid-block crossings, making it more pedestrian-friendly. The Rose District offers local boutiques and specialty shops, restaurants, a PAC and beautiful landscaping. 

Broken Arrow boasts high performing schools, affordable housing, a low crime rate, and access to many beautiful parks and community festivals including Rooster Days and Blue Bell’s Taste of Summer. Additionally, the Broken Arrow Fire Department has the best rating in Northeast Oklahoma.

Broken Arrow Area Features: B.A. High School, Rose District, Warren Theatre, NSU – Broken Arrow, Ray Harrell Nature Park and the Performing Arts Center.

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