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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]
Oswego is located on the site of an Osage village called No tse Wa spe, which means "Heart Stays" or more loosely translated, "Quiet Heart." [4] Jesuit Missionaries from Osage Mission (now St. Paul, Kansas) who worked among the Osages called the village "Little Town," probably because the band of Osages who lived in the village were of the "Little Osage" division of the Osage People.
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]
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.
Western Torpedo Company, an early day oil well services company that used nitroglycerine for shooting oil wells stored its entire inventory of the chemical in this warehouse. On the afternoon of January 23, 1904, an employee named McDonald reportedly went to the warehouse, which erupted in a violent explosion moments later, creating a large ...
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]
U.S. Route 169 (US-169) is a major north–south U.S. Highway that runs from US-64 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to US-53 near Virginia, Minnesota.In Kansas, the highway is a main north–south route that runs through the eastern end of the state from the Oklahoma border to Missouri border.
The Tulsa Street Railway Company (TSR) was formed in 1905 by a group of 18 private investors, led by real estate developer Grant Stebbins. [4] By the end of 1906, TSR had electric streetcars operating downtown along Main, Third and Fifth Streets. [5] One reference states that the street car lines were completed even before the streets were ...