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Joseph Wilson Morris (April 28, 1922 – November 11, 2021) was an American attorney, arbitrator and United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma.
Morris, Oklahoma, map with Frisco Railroad right of way. The Morris News, a newspaper founded in 1910, has continued publication into the 20th century. [5] The large early growth in Morris's history came from mineral extraction. [5] Coal lay close to the surface in the area around Morris, and an oil boom developed around the Morris Pool. [5]
The Blue Dome Historic District in Tulsa, Oklahoma is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016. It is a seventeen block area of commercial, industrial, and mixed-use buildings, as well as open spaces, just east of the downtown business area of Tulsa.
The district contains all of Tulsa County as well as portions of Creek, Rogers & Wagoner counties. Although it has long been reckoned as the Tulsa district, a small portion of Tulsa itself is located in the 3rd district. Principal cities in the district (other than Tulsa) include Broken Arrow, Bixby, Jenks, Owasso, Sand Springs, and Wagoner.
Mounds is located in eastern Creek County. U.S. Route 75A passes through the center of town, leading north 5 miles (8 km) to Kiefer and south 9 miles (14 km) to Beggs. Sapulpa, the Creek County seat, is 10 miles (16 km) north via U.S. 75A.
All of Skiatook in Osage County, [20] and most of it in Tulsa County is in the district. The other Tulsa County part is in Collinsville Public Schools. [21] The first Skiatook Public Schools School Board was elected in 1907 after statehood. The district originally operated out of one building on the corner of 2nd and B streets.
The earliest settler recorded in this area was Wallace W. Baird, a farmer from Illinois, who arrived in Tulsa County in 1912, and settled on a 40-acre (16 ha) farm. Liberty was incorporated as a dispersed rural community on October 1, 1978. It incorporated a second time on June 29, 1982. [3]
Tulsa (/ ˈ t ʌ l s ə / ⓘ TUL-sə) is the second-most-populous city in the state of Oklahoma, after Oklahoma City, and the 48th-most-populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 census. [5]