Rudolph Nelson Hill (1903-1980) was the eighth poet laureate of Oklahoma, appointed by Governor Henry Bellmon, in 1966.
[1] Born in Missouri, Hill was raised in central Oklahoma and lived most of his life in Wewoka.
[2] In 1970, Hill was a named a Poet Laureate Emeritus by Governor Dewey Bartlett.
Wewoka, OK: Lasiter, 1929 Whipping-Tree and Wagon-Trails Farewell; America Forever: Poems, 1942 Star of Peace on Trail of Cibola.
San Antonio: Nay.or, 1954 Westward Wind and 20th Century Singing Words: Poems, 1959.