Will Rogers but they spent summers in Oklahoma. In 1911, Rogers bought a ranch near Claremore, Oklahoma, which he intended to use as his retirement home. He paid US$500 an acre. From about 1925 to 1928, Rogers traveled the length and breadth of the United States in a "lecture tour". (He began his lectures by pointing out that "A humorist entertains, and a lecturer annoys.") During this time he became the first civilian to fly from coast to coast with pilots flying the mail in early air mail flights. The National Press Club dubbed him "Ambassador at Large of the United States".
Rogers Executive Airport Rogers Executive Airport Rogers Executive Airport , also known as Carter Field, is a city-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) north of the central business district of Rogers, a city in Benton County, Arkansas, United States. This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2015–2019, which categorized it as a "general aviation" facility. Rogers Executive Airport covers an area of at an elevation of 1,359 feet (414 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 2/20 with an asphalt surface measuring 6,011 by 100 feet (1,832 x 30 m).