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Claremore, OK, USA
Verdigris is named after the nearby Verdigris River, so named by French Traders that settled in the area around the late 1700's. Several Native American tribes, including the Osage, Delaware and Cherokee, had populations along the Verdigris River. The rural community known as Verdigris has been in existence since before Oklahoma statehood in 1907. The St. Louis-San Francisco Railway (Frisco) referred to the area as the "Verdigris Switch" in the late 1880's. Verdigris schools were founded in the early 1900's. America's Mother road, U.S. 66, was routed through Verdigris in the late 1920's. 1980 - Verdigris incorporated as official Oklahoma town In 1980, the citizens of the Verdigris area saw the benefits of being an incorporated Oklahoma town and therefore voted to do so. Verdigris features contemporary housing, a golf course, a great school system and land on the Highway 66 corridor that is prime for commercial and retail development.
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