Washington Irving was one of Americas greatest writers and is considered the “Father of the American Short Story.” He is best known for THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW, in which Ichabod Crane meets the neadless horseman, and RIP VAN WINKLE, . . . — — Map (db m118320) HM
“A Tour on the Prairies” by the great writer, Irving, describes his tour on horseback in Oklahoma with the U.S. Rangers from Fort Gibson. Irving camped on the creek near here, Oct. 12, 1832. Marker sponsored by the Tulsa County . . . — — Map (db m118322) HM
Ida Sieling, widow of Henry Sieling and daughter of Herman Scheer, landscaped a run-down, city-owned plot of land across the street from her home into a beautiful botanical park. The Self Culture Club donated additional lots in 1938. Dieling Park . . . — — Map (db m42027) HM
This building is dedicated to
those who served our country
by the community of Collinsville
Lest We Forget
Dedicated to
the memory of
our departed comrades — — Map (db m111484) WM
Army [Seal and Soldier's Creed]
I am an American Soldier.
I am a warrior and a member of a team.
I serve the people of the United States
and live the Army Values.
I will always place the mission first.
I will never accept defeat. . . . — — Map (db m111486) WM
The gas processing industry west of the Mississippi River had its beginning near here in 1909 at the D.W. Franchot & Company Plant three miles west of this marker. Liquid hydrocarbons were extracted from gas produced with oil in the surrounding . . . — — Map (db m180697) HM
In this cemetery are 3,300 grave sites, only 500 of which are marked with as much as a sandstone. Through careful searching, we have obtained information on people buried in several of the graves (See enameled grave markers). Around 1890 or 1891, . . . — — Map (db m180672) HM
First called Posey, town dated to 1880s and then was renamed for noted landmark. Citizens moved to Mounds in 1903 when R.R. bypassed town. 1905 discovery of oil nearby on Glenn farm led to boom that lasted into 1920s. Thos. Gilcrease's allotment . . . — — Map (db m180650) HM
This first battle of the Civil War in Indian Territory began 6 miles south, Nov. 19, 1861, when Col. D.H. Cooper's Confederate vanguard was repulsed by Little Captain's warriors from Opothleyahola's Indian allies moving to north of the Ark. River to . . . — — Map (db m52261) HM
Independent oil producer and industrialist who carved a city out of a wilderness and established industries and commercial firms for the sole purpose of supporting the Sand Springs Home.
His motto "Think Right!" — — Map (db m214399) HM
This area was once the site of several clear, sandy springs, for centuries, weary travelers stopped here for refreshment. Osage Indian hunting parties camped here, and a Creek Indian community was located nearby from the mid-19th century to circa . . . — — Map (db m214481) HM
This Battle site is 9 miles NE., SE at the Caving Banks Bend on Bird Creek. Here Dec 9, 1861 Opothleyahola's Union Indians forced the retreat of Col. D.H. Cooper's Confederate troops. Marker sponsored by the Tulsa Historical Society. — — Map (db m39564) HM
The Battle of "Caving Banks" was fought on Dec. 9, 1861 between 1500 Texas and Indian calvarymen under Confederate Col. D.H. Cooper and 2500 Loyal Creeks and Cherokees enroute to Kansas with Chief Opothle Yahola. The struggle centered on a log house . . . — — Map (db m52260) HM
The droplets that fell smudged the arms and faces of those surrounding the crude wooden-framed derrick on the edge of Red Fork. They were black and had the feel of slime, sliding over the drillers' skin.
The Sue Bland No. 1 discovery well . . . — — Map (db m172092) HM
Prince-Mackey Home
Mabel B. Little Heritage House
322 N. Greenwood Ave.
One of the stately homes of the day, the Prince-Mackey House was built shortly after the Tulsa race war. Their white frame home was destroyed during the battle. The . . . — — Map (db m171409) HM
(front)
Constructed on this site in 1913, Booker T. Washington High School served as the separate school for Black students in Tulsa.
The first building was a four-room wooden frame structure. A sixteen-room brick facility with a basement . . . — — Map (db m111510) HM
As Route 66 traveled west on Sapulpa Road (Southwest
Boulevard), a three-block stretch of West 41st Street developed
a mix of residential and commercial properties that provided a
transition between the commercial core of Red Fork and . . . — — Map (db m142074) HM
Amusement parks became popular in the early 1900s.
Building on the array of entertainment options offered by the
traveling circus, the typical amusement park featured a midway
full of games, sideshows, and exhibits; mechanical rides and
indoor . . . — — Map (db m142066) HM
Widely acknowledged as the "Father of Route 66,"
Cyrus Avery was born on August 31, 1871 in Stephensville,
Pennsylvania. After graduating from William Jewell College in
Liberty, Missouri, Avery moved to Indian Territory where he
was a manager . . . — — Map (db m142268) HM
First oil well in Tulsa County, completed on June 25, 1901 .4 mi west by Drs. J.C.W. Bland and Fred S. Clinton. This well brought first nation wide publicity and oil boom to Indian Ter. Rapid industrial development made Tulsa "Oil Capital of the . . . — — Map (db m34129) HM
The International Petroleum Exposition was founded at Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1923 providing a display to the world of the latest in equipment, operational ideas and practices used in the petroleum and related industries.
When the first exposition . . . — — Map (db m111504) HM
Lynching in America
Thousands of Black people were the victims of racial terror lynching in the United States between 1877 and 1950. During this era, racial terror lynching of African Americans emerged as a stunning form of violent . . . — — Map (db m171252) HM
This facility is a replica of the Mackey House, originally erected on the southwest corner of Greenwood Avenue and Easton Street. The original two story wood structure was destroyed during the Race Riot of 1921.
Sam and Lucy Mackey were . . . — — Map (db m171408) HM
Duncan McIntyre: "Father of Tulsa Aviation" was a former Air Force instructor and military barnstormer. In 1919, as he was on his way to Spokane, Washington, he decided to stop in Tulsa to visit an old war buddy. He ended up staying here until . . . — — Map (db m142271) HM
Built and dedicated
April 4, 1921
Completely reduced to charred smoldering ruin
during Tulsa's infamous race riot
June 1, 1921
Rebuilt and dedicated as a monument to
faithfulness and perseverance
October 21, 1952
Dedicated and . . . — — Map (db m111646) HM
Robert and Bette Saxby opened the Oil Capital Motel in 1958, one year before the road was designated as the US 66 bypass. The exterior was made of cedar and each of the 24 rooms were filled with cowboy-style oak furniture. The oil derrick and . . . — — Map (db m171517) HM
In 1849, Lewis Perryman, one of the most prominent ranchers and traders in the Creek Nation, built a ranch complex on Crow Creek in the southwest corner of what is now Zink Park.
After the Civil War, the ranch was operated by Lewis' son, . . . — — Map (db m101674) HM
Commercial development of S. Quanah (sometimes spelled
"Quannah") Avenue between W. 21st Street and W. 22nd
Place took off after World War II as businesses relocated
from the older commercial center in the 1700 block to this
newer area. . . . — — Map (db m142233) HM
The Arkansas River was a major obstacle for cattle drivers
leading herds from grazing fields in Texas to slaughter houses
in Kansas. Before construction of the Frisco Railroad bridge in
1883, crossing the river was a complicated task, compounded . . . — — Map (db m142068) HM
Rose Bowl Lanes was constructed in 1962.
Architect William Henry Ryan based the unique design on
concrete bomb shelters he had seen in Germany during World
War I. The free-standing reinforced concrete structure did not
need interior supports and . . . — — Map (db m142275) HM
The Route 66 Historical Village presents an open-air collection of
railroad, transportation, and oil industry artifacts, painstakingly
restored, along with other replica features. To honor the legacy of the
industries that built Tulsa and to . . . — — Map (db m142072) HM
Electrically powered interurban trolley systems were popular
in metropolitan areas in the early twentieth century before
personal automobiles became common. The first interurban
system in the Tulsa area began in Sapulpa, southwest of Red
Fork, . . . — — Map (db m142076) HM
With little inkling of how dramatically the future discovery of unimagined mineral resources would have on their communities and culture, right past the turn into the next century, those members of the Five Civilized (Sovereign) Nations being . . . — — Map (db m172252) HM
The first wagon bridge over the Arkansas River crossed the river very near the present day Eleventh Street bridge.
The Bridge That Saved Tulsa
Because bonds could not be issued in Tulsa's village days, many despaired of bridging the . . . — — Map (db m100272) HM
With the commissioning of federal U.S. Route 66 in November 1926, Tulsa's Cyrus Avery found himself as a co-creator of something not yet experienced in the early 20th Century America. U.S. 66 took its place within a developing system of . . . — — Map (db m172086) HM
The sound was distant but distinct - so faint, at first, that many among the dispersed families of the Lochoapoka Tallasi did not know if they even heard it. Over days, it grew louder - the 'chink' and 'clang' of metal-on-metal, forcing its way . . . — — Map (db m172253) HM
When Route 66 was originally established in 1926, it came into Tulsa from the east on 11th Street but turned north on Mingo Road for one mile and continued into town on Federal Drive (now Admiral Place). Although the Tulsa Auto Court was established . . . — — Map (db m171515) HM
"The Admiral Twin Drive-In, built in 1951, is one of a few drive-in theaters remaining in Oklahoma. Located on Route 66, it is Oklahoma's largest drive-in with a capacity of more than 1,000 cars."
Recognized by Hampton Hotels . . . — — Map (db m170404) HM
Route 66 had a dual role in Depression-era Oklahoma. It was the "mother road" that, as John Steinbeck wrote in The Grapes of Wrath, carried Oklahomans west in the midst of the Dust Bowl. At the same time, the highway fostered a thriving . . . — — Map (db m170393) HM
When completed in 1916, the 11th Street Bridge offered a grand and stately entrance to downtown Tulsa. Spurred by the oil boom across the Arkansas River, the city's commercial and financial district expanded dramatically. The new bridge was among . . . — — Map (db m171558) HM
With the growing popularity of the automobile and the internal
combustion engine in the early twentieth century, gasoline became the
primary product derived from crude oil, rather than earlier products
such as kerosene and lubricants. To produce . . . — — Map (db m142078) HM
522 feet north of this point on March 25, 1879 was established Tulsa's first post office. Known at that time as "Tulsey Town" Creek Nation, Indian Territory, Josiah C. Perryman Post-Master. — — Map (db m101675) HM
Typical house of early 1880's
Originally built on acreage
400 North Cheyenne was parsonage
home of Rev Sylvester Morris
Tulsa Indian Territory
Methodist minister (1836-1907) — — Map (db m111532) HM
Placed on
National Register of Historic Places
This historic African Methodist Episcopal Church, founded in 1905 and is the only standing structure (basement) left of the Historic Black Wall Street. It is the only edifice remaining form . . . — — Map (db m171407) HM
Settlements on the west side of the Arkansas River
proliferated following completion of the railroad bridge in
1883. After the Red Fork oil strike in 1901 scores of people
moved to the area and it was annexed into Tulsa in
September 1907. In . . . — — Map (db m142234) HM
Whittier Square was Tulsa's first suburban shopping center, dating back to the early 1900s when a trolley line from downtown served the area. In 1926, the original alignment of Route 66 came through the heart of Whittier Square, leading to a . . . — — Map (db m170406) HM
Tulsa experienced a population boom in the 1920s that paralleled the success of the oil industry. Residential development expanded east and south from downtown. The first major suburban area developed along a trolley line connecting downtown to . . . — — Map (db m170409) HM
Paul and Dora Johnson purchased the motel in the mid-1940s, a few years after it was built. Their son, Paul Jr., started managing the property in 1947. The iconic neon sign was built four years later. That shining beacon, coupled with awards from . . . — — Map (db m171516) HM
The Blue Dome Historic District has a long connection to
Tulsa's history. It developed in the early 1900s with businesses
serving the nearby railroad lines. After the designation of
Route 66 through the district in 1926, automobile . . . — — Map (db m142265) HM
Route 66 and the businesses that lined the Mother Road reflected American culture of the period. A free-spirited sense of adventure and opportunity was part of American life, but there was also very serious racial discrimination. African American . . . — — Map (db m170403) HM
The land on which you are now standing is steeped in the history and tradition that is Oklahoma. Originally a part of the Creek Nation prior to statehood, this land supported a family grocery store along Route 66 for nearly four decades. Now it has . . . — — Map (db m171554) HM
John J. Leyh, a local grocer, constructed the two-story brick building in 1921 to house his store on the first floor and apartments above. Clerks from the grocery store often lived in the apartments upstairs. John and his wife, Maude, operated the . . . — — Map (db m170411) HM
Erected in 1934, the Meadow Gold sign stood above its rooftop perch at 11th Street (Historic Route 66) and South Lewis Avenue for nearly seven decades and served as a reminder of days gone by - days of the milkman and deliveries of dairy products to . . . — — Map (db m171552) HM
George E. Haskell and William W. Bosworth lost their jobs with the bankrupt Fremont Butter and Egg Company in 1893. A year later in Beatrice, Nebraska, Haskell and Bosworth formed a partnership and began purchasing butter, milk and eggs from local . . . — — Map (db m171556) HM
The concept of the neon lamp was invented by French engineer and chemist Georges Claude in 1902 when he discovered that by passing an electric current through inert gases he could make them glow very brightly. In 1911 Claude obtained international . . . — — Map (db m171555) HM
As automobiles became a popular mode of travel for
leisure-seekers, early "auto-enthusiasts" camped along the
roadside or in organized tourist campgrounds. Beginning in
the 1920s, motor courts and motels developed along busier
highways to . . . — — Map (db m142277) HM
682 feet east of this marker
the territories of the
Cherokee Creek Osage
Tribes of Indians
join in a common boundary point
On June 2, 1825, the Osage Nation, under
treaty with the U.S. granted certain lands
to the government . . . — — Map (db m111583) HM
This marker and the upright monument moved
from original location on Kennedy Farm on
West Newton in 1950. Horizontal slabs added later.
Memorial
This stone marks the ground where "Old Timers"
who had lived in Tulsa and vicinity over . . . — — Map (db m111535) HM
Electricity came to Tulsa in 1905 with the construction of a small generating station on this site. Public Service Company of Oklahoma acquired the "Cheyenne Street Power Plant" in 1913 when the newly formed company purchased the Tulsa corporation . . . — — Map (db m171562) HM
was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
April 10, 1984
by the Office of Archaeology
and Historic Preservation,
Department of the Interior,
Washington, D.C.
Constructed in 1928, the
Oklahoma Natural Gas Building . . . — — Map (db m67911) HM
Oil and gas - produced by Amoco Production Company in more than 1200 fields in North America - are among the most adaptable resources known to modern man. Hydrocarbon molecules from oil and gas are the building blocks for thousands of products . . . — — Map (db m68020) HM
was listed on the
National Register of
Historic Places
August 27, 1979
by the Office of Archaeology
and Historic Preservation,
Department of the Interior,
Washington, D.C.
Constructed in 1928, the Philtower was designed by . . . — — Map (db m68022) HM
On this site in 1882
The J.M. & H.C. Hall
Mercantile Company
erected the first
business building
in Tulsa Oklahoma.
This plaque was
presented to the City of Tulsa
by
Warner Brothers
In commemoration of
the world premiere . . . — — Map (db m171248) HM
On the land beneath this overpass and 200 ft. east, 200 ft. west and 200 ft. south, Tulsa's first business buildings were constructed in 1882
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Frisco Depot . . . — — Map (db m171467) HM
Hall's Original Store was 200 feet south of the railroad tracks on the west side of Main Street. This marker was first placed on Hall's Brick Building that replaced the N.W. corner of First and Main streets. It was demolished in 1967 and the marker . . . — — Map (db m171459) HM
While Route 66 followed 11th Street east and west of
downtown Tulsa, between S. Boulder Avenue and S. Elgin
Avenue it followed E. 10th Street. As was common all along
Route 66, auto-related businesses opened in locations
convenient to drivers. . . . — — Map (db m142237) HM
Demolished
William W. Bishop was already a successful restaurateur
when he opened Bishop's Restaurant at 5th Street and Main
Street downtown in 1930, but the success of that business was
greater than any of his previous ventures. . . . — — Map (db m200190) HM
The Cathedral Square area, south of the central business
district, contains several grand churches with their
accompanying educational and support facilities.
The churches, constructed between 1912 and 1929, are
high-style examples of . . . — — Map (db m142236) HM
The Elliott Building at 9th and Cincinnati housed the original site of the Oklahoma College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery from July 1974 to December 1977. Tulsa Junior College generously provided room for President John W. Barson, Ed.D., . . . — — Map (db m67907) HM
First church in Tulsa
First meetings - 1883
Chartered as a congregation - 1885
The Centennial Marker
Given 1985 by the
Mr. and Mrs. Class
Organized in 1929 — — Map (db m68019) HM
Was originally built in 1931. Restoration of the exterior and renovation of the interior was initiated by Williams Realty Corp. in 1981:
Urban Design Group - Architect
Galgara Duffendack Foss Manlove - Interior architect
Manhattan . . . — — Map (db m171464) HM
The corner of 10th Street and Elgin Avenue was originally the
site of McNulty Park, home of the early local baseball team,
the Tulsa Oilers. In 1929, an Oklahoma City man named John
Harden worked with architect B. Gaylord Noftsger to build
The . . . — — Map (db m200188) HM
Excerpts
Washington Irving's
Tour on the Prairies
1832
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"It seems to me as if these
beautiful regions answer
literally to the description
of the . . . — — Map (db m111585) HM
With the faith and courage of
their forefathers who made
possible the freedom of these
United States
The Boy Scouts of America
dedicated this replica of the
Statue of Liberty as a pledge
of everlasting fidelity and
loyalty
40th . . . — — Map (db m111406) HM
The Colonial Garden is the third garden in the series of five historic theme gardens.
Colonists claiming the Virginia wilderness brought with them the formal, Dutch-English gardening style prevalent in England during the reign of William and . . . — — Map (db m68034) HM
Liberator of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Panamα.
Born: Caracas, Venezuela
July 24, 1783
Died: Santa Marta, Colombia
December 17, 1830
"I prefer the title of Citizen to that of Liberator, because while the latter . . . — — Map (db m68030) HM
Gilcrease Museum pays tribute to the 13 visionary women who founded The Gillies, a volunteer organization formed in 1967 to serve the many needs of the museum. We salute these community leaders who played such an important role in developing . . . — — Map (db m68029) HM
"I think knowing one's history leads one to act in a more
enlightened fashion. I can not imagine how knowing one's
history would not urge one to be an activist."
Dr. John Hope Franklin
who forever changed the way that Americans think of . . . — — Map (db m111647) HM
In the early 1900s, Tulsa's black community, the "Greenwood District," gained national renown. Dubbed "Black Wall Street," the neighborhood teemed with entrepreneurial and business activity: doctors, lawyers, pharmacists, dentists, beauty parlors, . . . — — Map (db m171410) HM
The Tulsa race riot of 1921 was the single worst incident of racial violence in American history. It began after Dick Rowland, a nineteen-year-old African American shoe shiner, was accused of assaulting Sarah Page, a young white elevator operator, . . . — — Map (db m111650) HM
The original alignment of Route 66, from its initial designation in 1926
until 1932, came into Tulsa from the east along 11th Street. At Mingo
Road, it turned north for about one mile until it reached Federal Drive,
now Admiral Place. Route 66 . . . — — Map (db m142260) HM
Before the washing machine became a standard feature in
nearly every home, people took their clothes to professionals
for cleaning. Four different businesses formed a "Dry Cleaner
District" along Route 66. Constructed from the late 1920s . . . — — Map (db m142249) HM
In 1936, Edwin and Jessie Holmes, owners of the Tulsa
Monument Company, announced a move from their long time
downtown location at 11 West Brady Street to this location.
The move coincided with the company's fortieth anniversary
selling . . . — — Map (db m142247) HM
Front This boulevard was named in honor of David L. Boren, the 13th President of the University of Oklahoma by the University of Oklahoma Board of Regents to mark the 10th anniversary of his presidency.
Prior to becoming President of the . . . — — Map (db m100133) HM
(side 1)
OU-Tulsa's Schusterman Center Clinic opened in 2007 to provide the best quality of medical care to serve Tulsa and the surrounding area as well as foster the expansion of medical research. The 100,000-square-foot, $35 million . . . — — Map (db m90522) HM
Front The University of Oklahoma Schusterman Learning Center was completed in 2008 and was made possible by the State Higher Education Bond Issue and a generous gift from the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation. Additional major . . . — — Map (db m100131) HM
(side 1)
The university of Oklahoma Schusterman Center was established in 1999 and named in honor of Charles and Lynn Schusterman of Tulsa. Charles Schusterman, distinguished OU alumnus and inaugural member of OU's Seed Sower Society, . . . — — Map (db m90523) HM
Henry and Alabama Marshall founded the BAMA Pie Company
in Dallas in 1921. Mrs. "Bama" Marshall baked the pies, while
Mr. Marshall handled the marketing. What began as a small
operation selling pies at the Woolworth's soda fountain quickly
grew . . . — — Map (db m142254) HM
In 1935, brothers Leroy and Richard Borden opened their
first restaurant in downtown Tulsa. The five-stool cafι was
purchased with $300 of borrowed money and sold hamburgers
and other cheap fare during the Depression. The restaurant
was a . . . — — Map (db m200185) HM
The Casa Loma Hotel was constructed in 1927 by Max Campbell.
When Route 66 was re-aligned to 11th Street five years later, it
became the first full-service hotel on the Route in Tulsa.
The Spanish Mission-style building was uniquely . . . — — Map (db m142251) HM
Two blocks north is the University of Tulsa. The institution was founded as Henry Kendall College at Muskogee, Indian Territory, in 1894, under the sponsorship of the Board of Missions of the Presbyterian Church. In 1907 the college was moved to . . . — — Map (db m99349) HM
The historic Cyrus Avery Route 66 Memorial Bridge is the point where "east meets west on the Mother Road" - the point on the road where the landscape begins to change and the road seems to stretch out in anticipation of its long journey to . . . — — Map (db m172088) HM
Fire is a revered element of many sacred rituals of the Mvskoke (Muscogee Creek People). The sacred fire represents the divine masculine of the "Epofvnkv" (the Creator) to which all things are connected.
The sacred fires were integral to the . . . — — Map (db m68043) HM
A-ne-jo-di, or Stickball, is a Creek game played around a single 5-10 meter pole, topped with a brightly painted animal skull, and a blue painted ring 60 cm toward the top. Points are scored by hitting the pole above the blue ring, or . . . — — Map (db m68049) HM
The original 11th Street Bridge was constructed in 1916 as a Highway 64 crossing of the Arkansas River and as a way to connect downtown Tulsa with the rich oil fields west of the river. Unlike most bridges of the day, the beautiful art deco . . . — — Map (db m172091) HM
Cyrus Stevens Avery was elected Tulsa County Commissioner in 1913. The following year, he helped organize the Albert Pike Highway Association and was President for nine years during which the Association developed Highway 64 from Colorado Springs, . . . — — Map (db m172089) HM
In 1913, when Mary Veasey Leech was eight years old, she moved into the house across from the Council Oak Tree. Her father, James Alexander Veasey, taught young Mary about respect for our history and for all people. The pair ensured that the . . . — — Map (db m68047) HM
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