Will Rogers wait to die so it can be carved. Rogers was born on his parents' Dog Iron Ranch in the Cherokee Nation of Indian Territory, near present-day Oologah, Oklahoma. The house in which he was born had been built in 1875 and was known as the "White House on the Verdigris River". His parents, Clement Vann Rogers (1839–1911) and Mary America Schrimsher (1838–1890), were both of mixed-race and Cherokee ancestry, and identified as Cherokee. Rogers was 9/32 (just over 1/4) Cherokee, with the remainder European American. Rogers quipped that his ancestors did not come over on the "Mayflower", but they "met
Will Rogers World Airport facility is on the west side of the airport, north of the FAA center. One notable sight on the MetroTech campus includes a donated <nowiki>AirTran Airways</nowiki> DC-9-30 in the post AirTran Airways / ValuJet merger colors. Will Rogers World Airport permanently hosts the Ninety Nines Museum of Women Pilots. The facility is located on more than , occupying the entire second floor of the International Headquarters building. It features a repository for a unique collection of the papers, personal items and other historic artifacts of some of the most significant achievements and adventures of the international community of women pilots.