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Courtesy W. R. Oswald. The Creek Council Oak Tree is a historic landmark which represents the founding of the modern city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States by the Lochapoka [1] Tribal Town of the Creek Nation. The Creeks had been forced to leave their homeland in the southeastern United States [a] and travel to land across the Mississippi River ...
1884 – Presbyterian church founded a mission day school that became the first public school after Tulsa was incorporated. 1886 – First Methodist Episcopal Church organized in December in Tulsey Town, Creek Nation. [3] 1887 – Tulsa founded. [4] 1893 – Indian Republican began publication as first newspaper.
Ranch Acres is a residential area in Midtown Tulsa, Oklahoma. It was designated in 2007 as Ranch Acres National Historic District[ a] (RAHD) because it is an excellent example of a ranch house type of subdivision built after World War II. The area is bounded by 31st Street on the north, Harvard Avenue on the east, 41st Street on the south and ...
There are 106 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including 1 National Historic Landmark . This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted July 26, 2024.[ 2] Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap.
History of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Tulsa is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 45th-most populous city in the United States. Tulsa was settled between 1828 and 1836 by the Lochapoka Band of Creek Native American tribe. For most of the 20th century, the city held the nickname "Oil Capital of the World" and played a major role as one ...
The City of Tulsa submitted an application to the U.S. Department of the Interior for the Greenwood Historic District on September 29, 2011. On August 8, 2012, the Coordinator of the National Register Program wrote the Tulsa Preservation Commission that the proposed District would be renamed as the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921. [58]
82003702 [1] Added to NRHP. September 20, 1982. Gillette Historic District (GHD) is a residential area in the Midtown section of Tulsa, Oklahoma. It consists of the homes on Gillette Avenue and Yorktown Place, and is bounded by 15th Street on the north, [a] the alley between Gillette Street and Lewis Avenue on the east, 17th Street on the south ...
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 listing included 73 resources, including 45 ...