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Collinsville is a city in Rogers and Tulsa counties in the U.S. state of Oklahoma, and a part of the Tulsa, Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. It was named for Dr. A. H. Collins, an engineer and surveyor who first surveyed the land that became this community. [ 4 ]
The Kansas, Oklahoma Central and Southwestern Railway (“KOC&S”) was a railroad which in 1899 built tracks from a point near Caney, Kansas to what became Owasso, Oklahoma. After foreclosure in 1900, it was absorbed into the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (“AT&SF”).
The Route 66 Historical Village at 3770 Southwest Boulevard in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is an open-air museum along historic U.S. Route 66 (US 66, Route 66). [1] The village includes a 194-foot-tall (59 m) oil derrick at the historic site of the first oil strike in Tulsa on June 25, 1901, which helped make Tulsa the "Oil Capital of the World". [1]
Mildred Ladner Thompson, a writer and columnist for the Tulsa World, authored a history of the public library, "Tulsa City-County Library: 1912-1991," released in 1991. [11] In 2014, TCCL began publishing the Tulsa Book Review, an monthly publication distributed around the city and through the branch libraries.
Oklahoma City attorney Bob Burke may know more about Oklahoma history than any other living person. Born in Broken Bow 76 years ago, Burke has both a degree in journalism and a law degree, and he ...
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She wants more people to learn about all of Fort Smith’s history and how unique it is. "Oklahoma currently is home to 39 federally recognized tribes," Gray said.
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