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===Washington State and Alaska memorials=== Before heading up to Alaska, Rogers played polo at a field in Seattle. This was his "last ride" on a horse, so a monument was erected next to the field in 1938.<ref>{{cite web |title=Monument: Will Roger's Last Polo Match |website=RoadsiteAmerica.org |url=https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/35029 |access-date=|date=November 16, 2023}}</ref> A small monument at the [[Renton, Washington|Renton]] airport commemorates the starting point of the fatal 1935 Post-Rogers flight.<ref>{{cite web |last=Boba |first=Eleanor |date=November 17, 2014 |title=Point of No Return: The Will Rogers-Wiley Post Memorial Seaplane Base (Renton) |website=HistoryLink.org |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/10972 |access-date=July 27, 2022}}</ref> A memorial is also located within the city of Utqiagvik (formerly Barrow), Alaska.<ref>{{cite web |last=Jeffrey |first=Wade H. |date=September 1, 2003 |title=Utqiagvik, AK - Wiley Post and Will Rogers Crash Memorial |website=Roadside America |url=https://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/8065 |access-date=July 27, 2022}}</ref>
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