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The Tulsa Race Massacre was a massacre that occurred May 31 and June 1, 1921, when a white mob descended on Greenwood and burned, looted, and destroyed more than 1,000 homes in the once-thriving ...
August 3, 2024 at 10:26 AM. OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A third set of remains with a gunshot wound has been found at Tulsa cemetery in the search for graves of victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre ...
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There are 106 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including 1 National Historic Landmark . This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted July 26, 2024.[ 2] Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap.
December 13, 2010. The Oil Capital Historic District (OCHD) is an area in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma that commemorates the success of the oil business in Tulsa during the early 20th century. During this period, Tulsa was widely known as "The Oil Capital of the World." The area is bounded by 3rd Street on the north and 7th Street on the south ...
The McBirney Mansion in Tulsa, Oklahoma was the home of James H. McBirney, co-founder of the Bank of Commerce in Tulsa in 1904. [2][a] He was the original owner of the mansion, built by architect John Long in 1928, and lived there until 1976. The mansion contained 15,900 square feet (1,480 m 2) and sits on a 2.91 acres (11,800 m 2) lot.
Updated August 19, 2024 at 2:19 PM. Archeologists in Iowa believe they have unearthed an ancient mastodon skull dating back to when the first humans were roaming the Earth. Discovered in the ...
Her family, including four of her siblings, was living in Greenwood, a wealthy Black neighborhood of Tulsa known as the Black Wall Street, at the time of the massacre. [1] [5] [6] Fletcher was seven years old at the time. [1] She was in bed asleep on May 31, 1921, when the massacre began; her mother woke the family and they fled.