he was born and raised in oklahoma his blood lines were white and cherokee his daddy owned a ranch outside of clairmore where he learned to ride before the age of three now young will rogers was a cowboy and he practiced with his rope most everyday he d ride around the barn or cross the prarie and threw a rope around any thug that came his way yes will rogers was a country boy one of oklahoma s favorite sons the nation clamied him as their pride and joy but his roots were deep in oklahoma sod before too long he had his fill of schooling at eighteen years he got the urge to roam a whole great big world wass out there waiting so he saddled up and lit out on his own well he wrangled some ranches down in texas and he punched some cows out in new mexico then he nearly starved to death in argentina in africa he joined a wild west show yes will rogers from the early days of vaudeville to the big time folks that knew him said that he d never change he was still the simple oaklahoma cowboy no matter what he always stayed the same i suppose most of all he loved the people said he never met a man he didn t like when times were hard and folks were feeling sorry a word from will would always bring a smile yes will rogers 