Will Rogers - Cinemark Theater - Tulsa, OK
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hamquilter
N 36° 03.517 W 095° 51.359
15S E 242754 N 3994225
America's Favorite Son, Will Rogers, is an Oklahoma icon and commemorated in many places throughout the state.
Waymark Code: WMDQ1D
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 02/12/2012
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In the courtyard in front of the Cinemark IMAX Theater, at the intersection of 71st and Highway 169 stands this life-sized bronze statue of Will Rogers. He is shown dressed in jeans and a shirt, with a scarf at the neck. He is holding a coiled rope in his left hand and his hat in the right.
The statue is standing on a three foot white marble cube, which stands in a grassed area raised eighteen inches off the ground with a stone retaining wall.
On the front of the marble base, the following is engraved:
WILL ROGERS
1879 - 1935
Legendary Movie Star
Born Thirty Three Miles
North of this Theater
The rear of the marble base reads:
WILL ROGERS
Star of 71 Hit Movies
Cowboy Philosopher
Oklahoma's Favorite Son