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John Frank House. 1950: Bavinger House, 730 60th Avenue NE, Norman, Oklahoma, NRHP-listed (severely damaged in 2011, demolished in 2016) 1950: Lewis Wetzler Subdivision, Timberdell Road, [2] Norman, Oklahoma [1]
Location of Tulsa County in Oklahoma. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Tulsa County, Oklahoma. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States. The locations of National Register properties and ...
Tulsa Metropolitan Area Planning Commission established. [24] 1954 – KTUL-TV and KVOO-TV begin broadcasting. [42] 1956 Highland Park becomes part of Tulsa. [24] Tulsa Ballet and Tulsa Baptist Association founded. 1957 All Souls Unitarian Church moves from downtown to Brookside; 1958 Apache Drive-In cinema opens. [43]
Tulsa is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma.It has many diverse neighborhoods due to its size. Downtown Tulsa is an area of approximately 1.4 square miles (3.6 km 2) surrounded by an inner-dispersal loop created by Interstate 244, Highway 64, and Highway 75.
The City of Tulsa has a mayor-council form of government. This form of government has been in place since 1989, at which time Tulsa converted from a city commission form of government. The mayor is elected by the entire population and each of the 9 Councilors are elected from districts based on population. Tulsa is the county seat for Tulsa County.
The Tulsa metropolitan area, officially defined as the Tulsa metropolitan statistical area is a metropolis in northeastern Oklahoma centered around the city of Tulsa and encompassing Tulsa, Rogers, Wagoner, Osage, Creek, Okmulgee and Pawnee counties. It had a population of 1,044,757 according to the 2023 U.S. census estimates.
As mayor, he got passage of bond issues for the city's freeway system, [1] as well as the Williams Center and Tulsa Performing Arts Center in downtown Tulsa. [6] He also helped initiate the start of the Indian Nations Council of Governments (INCOG). [7] He was a delegate to the 1972 Republican National Convention. [8] He left office in 1978. [7]
The first black-owned newspaper was the Tulsa Star, which ceased publication when its office burned during the Tulsa race massacre. It was succeeded by the Oklahoma Eagle, which began publishing using the press salvaged from the Star 's office. [227] Until 1992, the Tulsa Tribune served as a daily afternoon newspaper competing with the Tulsa World.