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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 Oil Capital Historic District (OCHD) is an area in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma that commemorates the success of the oil business in Tulsa during the early 20th century. During this period, Tulsa was widely known as "The Oil Capital of the World." The area is bounded by 3rd Street on the north and 7th Street on the south, Cincinnati Avenue on ...
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 districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map. [1]
By this time the area was known as 'Tulsey Town' and had grown to be a trading post and cattle town. According to Oklahoma historian, Angie Debo, Lewis Perryman had multiple wives and many children, including at least five sons: Legus C., Sanford W., Thomas W., George and Josiah C., all of whom became prominent in Tulsa's early history. [5]
For instance, at the suggestion of experts at what is now Oklahoma State University, peanuts became a major crop in now eastern Oklahoma as a means for lessening the reliance on cotton cultivation. [160] Chicken-fried steak is part of the state meal of Oklahoma and is the signature dish at a number of Tulsa restaurants. [161] [162]
Downtown Tulsa, looking east on 2nd Street from Main Street, 1908. 1907 Tulsa becomes part of the new U.S. state of Oklahoma, and county seat of newly formed Tulsa County. Henry Kendall College moved from Muskogee to Tulsa. [4] Population: 7,298. [4] 1908 Commission form of government adopted. [4]
Oklahoma electricity production by type. This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Oklahoma, sorted by type and name. In 2021, Oklahoma had a total summer capacity of 29,824 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 80,755 GWh. [2]
The Gillette-Tyrrell Building is a building in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma.It was begun in 1929 by two Tulsa oilmen, J. M. Gillette [a] and H. C. Tyrrell. They initially planned to construct a three-story office building at 432 S. Boulder Avenue, topped by a ten-story hotel, but these plans were canceled during the Great Depression and they stopped construction at the third floor.