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This is a list of large or well-known interstate or international companies headquartered in the Tulsa Metropolitan Area. As of November 2012, Tulsa was home to one Fortune 1000 and two Fortune 500 companies: Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, energy companies: ONEOK (#219), and The Williams Companies, Inc. (#342).
It is also a contributing property of the Oil Capital Historic District in Tulsa. [3] Initially named the Philcade, which was derived from the name of the owner, the building was renamed the Stanolind Building, after the company bought the building from Phillips in 1942. [4] Stanolind was a subsidiary of Standard Oil Company (Indiana).
The City of Tulsa manages 135 parks spread over 8,278 acres (3,350 ha). [1] This includes 2 nature centers, 6 community centers with fitness facilities, gymnasiums and meeting rooms, 2 skate parks, 2 dog parks, 4 swimming pools, 66 miles of walking trails, 186 sports fields, 93 playgrounds, 111 tennis courts, 13 water playgrounds, 17 splash pads, 61 picnic shelters, 4 golf courses and 8 disc ...
[3] [4] [5] [2] The park was founded in 1960, when the US Federal Government sold most of the former Oklahoma Ordnance Works to a public trust, the Oklahoma Ordnance Works Authority. [6] The rural park covers 9,000 acres (36 km 2) and is located 47 miles (76 km) east of Tulsa, Oklahoma. [7]
The Petroleum Building is a 50-meter/10-floor building at 420 South Boulder in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It was built in 1921, and is a steel and reinforced concrete structure faced with buff brick. The name was given because most of the early tenants were associated with the petroleum industry. Later, it housed the Mayo Brothers Furniture Company.
The discovery of the Glenn Pool Oil Reserve in 1905 brought the first major oil pipelines into Oklahoma, and instigated the first large scale oil boom in the state. Located near what was—at the time—the small town of Tulsa, Oklahoma, the resultant establishment of the oil fields in the area contributed greatly to the early growth and success of the city, as Tulsa became the petroleum and ...
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According to a Tulsa World article, a Tulsa County District Judge ruled that the City of Tulsa and the Central Park Owners Association Inc. could foreclose on the Sinclair Building because the current owner was in arrears on $270,000 for taxes, fees and penalties. The sale could be sold at a sheriff's auction, after a 30-day appeal period ...