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McCabe "acquired a 320-acre (1.3 km 2) tract near Guthrie, Oklahoma, which became the town of Langston about 1892". [6] The city was an all-black area ten miles northeast of Guthrie. The city was named after John Mercer Langston , a black Virginia Congressman who had pledged his support for a black college in Langston City (Taylor).
Tulsa: 21: Cities Service Station #8: Cities Service Station #8: March 14, 2011 : 1648 Southwest Boulevard: Tulsa: Route 66 and Associated Resources in Oklahoma AD MPS: 22: City Veterinary Hospital: City Veterinary Hospital: August 26, 2008
Located near modern-day Ponca City, it was founded by Colonel George Washington Miller, a veteran of the Confederate Army, in 1893. [4] The 101 Ranch was the birthplace of the 101 Ranch Wild West Show and one of the early focal points of the oil rush in northeastern Oklahoma. It was the largest diversified farm and ranch in America at the time. [4]
In June 2007, the City of Tulsa formally agreed to support a plan prepared by the Indian Nations Council of Government (INCOG), an agency of Tulsa County, for River development. [42] The plan is based on the Arkansas River Corridor Master Plan produced by city, county and local officials, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 2005. [43]
The Cherry Street District is set near downtown in the northern midtown area, defined by a portion of 15th Street dubbed "Cherry Street." 15th Street has been a major east–west thoroughfare in Tulsa since This street was named Cherry Street prior to the early 1900s, when a city ordinance mandated a numerical street name.
Oil discovered at Red Fork, near Tulsa, starting oil boom. [2] [6] George D. Blakey becomes the fourth mayor. [7] 1902 – Tulsa chartered as a city. [4] 1903 Telephone system sold to Indian Territory Telephone Company. Original 3-story Brady Hotel constructed. George Mowbray becomes Mayor of Tulsa (1903-4) [7] 1904 Tulsa annexed North Tulsa. [11]
Owen Park is a residential neighborhood and historic district in Tulsa, Oklahoma.Its borders are Edison Avenue on the north, the municipal Owen Park on the east, the Keystone Expressway on the south, and Zenith Avenue on the west.
A 1907 map shows the town contained 230 acres surrounding the railroad junction, and to its east southeast the Underwood farm of 158 acres. [5] By 1910, Yale had a population of 685, supported mostly by agricultural services and cotton processing. [6] On September 23, 1913, an oil well on the Randle farm produced a gusher.