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The most unusual structure in Will Rogers Horticultural Gardens is the Ed Lycan Conservatory. The conservatory was designed by renowned architects Lord and Burnham and was first erected in Douglass Park in 1924. In 1936 the conservatory was moved to Will Rogers Park. The greenhouse was named after Ed Lycan, the first employee for the Oklahoma City Parks Department. He worked for the department from 1912 to 1954, spending much of his time at the gardens.
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When the taking movies began, Will Rogers became one of the most popular movie stars in that medium, perhaps the biggest star of the 1920’s. He and Betty and their children thrived.
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Rogers moved to the West Coast in 1919. He made 26 silent movies, but did not return to the silver screen until 1929, when the “talkies” had come into their own. From 1929 to 1935, Rogers became the star of the Fox Film lot (now 20th Century Fox), appearing in 21 feature films. At the same time, he began to write a popular syndicate dubbed "Will Rogers Says."
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Oklahoma has named many places and buildings for Rogers. His birthplace is located two miles east of Oologah, Oklahoma. The house itself was moved about ¾ mile (1.2 km) to its present location overlooking its original site when the Verdigris River valley was flooded to create Oologah Lake. The family tomb is at the Will Rogers Memorial in nearby Claremore, which stands on the site purchased by Rogers in 1911 for his retirement home. In 1944, Rogers's body was moved from a holding vault in California to the tomb; his wife Betty was interred beside him later that year upon her death. A casting of the Davidson sculpture that stands in National Statuary Hall, paid for by Davidson personally, resides at the museum.
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Will made his home in Beverly Hills during the early twenties. In 1922 Will bought the property above Sunset Boulevard commanding a view of western Los Angeles, Santa Monica and the Pacific Ocean, where he built a small weekend cottage. In 1926, he built a polo field on the land. In 1928 Will, his wife Betty, and their three children - Will Jr., Mary, and Jimmy - moved to the ranch, and the home was enlarged to it's present size of thirty-one rooms.
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Rogers's farming interests had alerted and prepared him for the Great Depression. He knew what a hard time farmers had been having during the Twenties. He had had to send some of his movie salary back to Oklahoma to help his nephew Herb McSpadden out on the home ranch.
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