Promising future prosperity, another railroad crossed downtown.
In August, 1889, an issue surfaced with settlers that would reverberate for years to come. The Choctaw Coal and Railway Company wanted to build a railroad (the "Choctaw Road") . . . — — Map (db m176270) HM
Located near Cache Creek, Oklahoma, just north of the Red River, this trading post was one of several originally constructed by Holland Coffee in the 1830s. These posts were established to trade with the Plains Indians and to take advantage of . . . — — Map (db m174620) HM
Wells Fargo & Company built this livery stable in 1906 on land originally a part of the United States Military Reservation, where soldiers camped to disperse "Sooners" entering the territory illegally prior to the run of 1889. However, the city of . . . — — Map (db m174971) HM
has been officially listed on
the National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Department of the Interior
Washington, D.C.
for recognition of the outstanding significance of this property
and
to encourage its preservation;
we . . . — — Map (db m175232) HM
Near this site in 1900, The First Bank of Okmulgee opened for business and, about 1907, changed its name to The First National Bank. In 1924 First National Bank was merged into the Central National Bank, which was chartered in 1917, with the main . . . — — Map (db m213387) HM
The Osage Tribe of Indians held the first public auction sale for oil leases on Osage Reservation tracts November 11, 1912. Early sales were held under this elm tree. Bidders sat on bleachers around the tree and the auctioneer, Colonel E. Walters, . . . — — Map (db m81172) HM
Symbolic of the impact oil had on the people of the Osage Indian Nation is the so-called "Million Dollar Elm." It was given this name because in its shade millions of dollars worth of Osage oil leases were auctioned. It was planted at this site . . . — — Map (db m83107) HM
The legacy of oil and the Osages is one of the most intriguing facts of the oil industry in America.
On March 16, 1896, the first oil and gas lease was obtained covering all the Osage Reservation, and on October 28, 1897 the first producing . . . — — Map (db m55652) HM
Vernon Whiting, builder of the "Historical Whiting Apartments" in the 1920's, was born in 1870 in Ogdensburg, New York. His family later moved to Seward, Nebraska. Vernon graduated high school there in Seward, then took a business course at . . . — — Map (db m81152) HM
The Coleman Theatre, built in 1929 as a vaudeville/movie theater palace, has hosted many legendary performers. Never closed, it holds the original Mighty Wurlitzer Pipe Organ that has entertained generations. Programs and acts of all types are . . . — — Map (db m80594) HM
Built by George L. Coleman, Sr. in 1929 at a cost of $500,000. The theatre is home to "The Mighty Wurlitzer," the original pipe organ.
Recognized by Hampton Hotels Save-A-Landmark program as a site worth seeing — — Map (db m189153) HM
The Clock hanging above this plaque was manufactured by the O. B. McClintock Co. of Minneapolis. It was brought to Miami by the Miami Trust and Savings Bank in 1917. For 59 consecutive years, it hung from the corner of the Professional Building at . . . — — Map (db m81104) HM
Miami: Since her founding in 1891, a chronicle of labor, optimism, growth.
Indians: From them her name and her place - a proud, enduring heritage.
Agriculture: Crops and cattle nourished her infancy, assured her maturity. . . . — — Map (db m35096) HM
In 1833, this area ceded Quapaw Tribe by U.S. Lands near granted Indians of 20 Tribes including Seneca, Shawnee, Peoria, Miami, Ottawa, Wyandot. Wealth came to the Quapaw and other Indians here, from discovery of lead and zinc mines beginning in . . . — — Map (db m77948) HM
This building was made possible by a generous donation from Jack K. Vassar
The Vassar family homesteaded in the Perkins community in 1891 when William A. Vassar moved to Oklahoma from Kansas. He and his wife, Mary, raised 5 children in the . . . — — Map (db m186592) HM
Ada, Indian Territory was founded on lands acquired from Chickasaw and Choctaw citizens. The U.S. Government forcibly removed the Chickasaw and Choctaw Nations to this area from their southeastern homelands. The town began in 1890 when William . . . — — Map (db m179659) HM
Original flour mill built in 1891 S. of N. Canadian River, S. of Shawnee. Moved to present site in 1895. April 20, 1906, mill purchased by J. Loyd Ford. He was leader in Okla. flour milling for over 50 yrs.and played important part in building . . . — — Map (db m238611) HM
Cheyenne-Arapaho Cattle Ranch, Western Oklahoma's million acre cattle ranch, was established in 1882. The Main Headquarters were located on the Washita River at the mouth of Quartermaster Creek. Also known as the "Apple Ranch", and the C&A Ranch, . . . — — Map (db m185046) HM
Original location of the Catoosa D-X filling station, Mojo's Famous BBQ opened in 1997.
Recognized by Hampton Hotels Save-a-Landmark program as a site worth seeing — — Map (db m189190) HM
Believed to be the oldest
commercial building in
downtown Oologah
circa 1890
Donated by
Claude & Doris Worden Armbrister
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Cooweescoowee Ave. & Maple . . . — — Map (db m111458) HM
This airport dedicated July 14th, 1931, by Will Rogers, Wiley Post and Harold Gatty following the famous Around the World flight. Is under the supervision and maintenance of the United States Department of Commerce and is on the Amarillo-St. Louis . . . — — Map (db m111445) HM
Injection of water into an oil reservoir to increase recovery was first attempted in Oklahoma on an oil lease 5.8 miles east of this location.
From that effort, a recovery method previously used in eastern fields was adapted to conditions . . . — — Map (db m43783) HM
The Cromwell oil field and town were named for Joe Cromwell of Muskogee, Oklahoma. A gas well, the #1 Jim Willis in the SE/4 SE/4 NW/4 of section 15-10N-8E, was completed at a depth of 3,466 feet by the Cosden Oil, Co. on November 14, 1922. However, . . . — — Map (db m181735) HM
Side 1 - "Erected 1993 in memory of a man who left an indelible impression on Duncan and Stephens County. He touched the lives of many people not only as the county's largest employer but as a perpetually inquisitive person whose technical . . . — — Map (db m58430) HM
Main Marker: Halliburton
Incorporated July 1, 1924
Leading the Industry - Worldwide
Duncan and Halliburton Have Served
Each Other For 80 Years
Looking to a Great Future
Small Inset: This Halliburton rig was erected in . . . — — Map (db m58741) HM
For over 100 years, Halliburton has fostered a culture of unparalleled service to the world's energy industry.
Founded in 1919, Halliburton got its start in Duncan, Oklahoma, using the untested process of oil well cementing. Since those . . . — — Map (db m181861) HM
Discovered in 1918, and drilled in the 1930's, the Hugoton Gas Field was one of the largest deposits of natural gas in the world. The Hugoton field which is approximately 3000' deep extends from SW Kansas through the Oklahoma Panhandle and into the . . . — — Map (db m55261) HM
The largest individual gas reserve in the United States covers much of the Oklahoma panhandle extending northward from Texas through this area and into Kansas this sprawling Hugoton Panhandle field provides gas to comfort mankind fire the boilers of . . . — — Map (db m78818) HM
The rancher, bringing his cattle, first came to the open range of No Man's Land in the mid-1800s. Barbed wire fences later defined areas of ownership. Confined cattle feedyards developed in the 1950's. These feedlots resulted partly because of the . . . — — Map (db m55264) HM
Homesteading families in the Panhandle commonly had a pig or two for personal consumption. It was not until 1992 when Seaboard Farms announced they were going to build a pork processing plant in Guymon that the pork industry leapt forward here on . . . — — Map (db m55262) HM
On this site in 1905, the Arkansas Valley National Bank (AVNB) was first opened for business, Broken Arrow, Indian Territory.
Upon statehood, the Bank changed to a state charter and became Arkansas Valley State Bank (AVSB), and in 2008, AVB . . . — — Map (db m225898) HM
F. S. Hurd built this house in 1904. He came here in 1902 to establish a bank, now First National. He also founded Broken Arrow Federal Savings and Loan. He promoted agriculture and supported farm youth programs. Hurd was known as "Mr. Broken . . . — — Map (db m225988) HM
W.P. Fraker built this house here on his 40-acre farm in 1911. He purchased First State Bank on Main Street in 1903. He specialized in registered shorthorn cattle and supported vocational agriculture and high school FFA. His nephew and wife, Fred . . . — — Map (db m225353) HM
The Kentucky Colonel Hotel was a showplace and popular throughout the country for its fried chicken meals in early Broken Arrow days. Col. G. W. Gist built the hotel in 1903. The impressive inn was inviting to rail passengers for years. Vena . . . — — Map (db m225992) HM
Following the Civil War, huge herds of cattle were driven to northern markets. The Sampson Chisholm Trail starting near Royse City, Texas, crossed the Arkansas River at 145th Street, passed Elam and crossed the Rudolf Karner Farm at this point, . . . — — Map (db m225457) HM
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
As America's Most Generous City, Tulsa boasts a rich tradition of volunteerism, selflessness, and personal and corporate philanthropy.
For most of the 20th century, Tulsa was known as The Oil Capital of the World. The wealth and culture that . . . — — Map (db m229729) 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 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
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 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
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 café 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
Tulsa was once known as "The Oil Capital of the World". The flow of revenue from the oil fields created great commerce for Tulsa resulting in a vibrant central business district with ornate Art Deco style buildings and numerous individual acts of . . . — — Map (db m171447) HM
For various reasons through the years, "pearls" along the national Route 66 highway were lost. Tulsa wishes to share with you examples of remaining nearby pearls on East 11th Street.
The former Hawk Dairy is located at 2415 East 11th Street. By . . . — — Map (db m171448) HM
If you were born after 1960, chances are you don't remember the milkman. Several generations ago, however, home milk delivery by the milkman driving a refrigerated truck was an integral part of the American morning landscape.
After World War . . . — — Map (db m171458) HM
When the United States entered World War II, Route 66 was a strategic transportation corridor that avoided the mountains and colder climates of the north. The Chicago-to-Los Angeles paved highway created a reliable means for transporting raw . . . — — Map (db m171457) HM
By 1917, the area surrounding this intersection was being developed for its natural resources: coal and oil. Coalmining and oil wells survived until the 1930s when the area developed as a primarily residential and commercial community.
One . . . — — Map (db m171449) HM
Opening in 1948 on the northeast corner of this intersection, the Golden Drumstick was a much loved comfort food restaurant specializing in fried chicken served with mashed potatoes, rolls, butter and honey. For two decades the "Drumstick," as it . . . — — Map (db m171452) HM
Northeast of this corner is one of Tulsa's early neighborhoods. Originally a Creek Indian allotment, the land was acquired by Glenn T. Braden in 1912. The former east coast Standard Oil Company leader had come to Oklahoma to develop the state's . . . — — Map (db m171454) HM
The Browsery building was constructed c. 1937 as a block of
three buildings which hosted many businesses throughout the
decades. Its most famous resident, Wayne Henry "Wolf Robe'"
Hunt, ran an Indian Trading Post and offered all manner . . . — — Map (db m142258) HM
Evans was a coal-mining community with a post office from November 1904 to February of 1911. The Evans School-Church building and a company store served the hamlet, which began as a tent city. Small houses for mining families replaced tents. Evans . . . — — Map (db m225908) HM
Was trading post in 1829-33, named and conducted by ex-Gov. Sam Houston of Tenn., who was called Colonah (The Raven) by his Cherokee friends. As a celebrity in the Indian Ter., Houston was visited by the American author, Washington Irving who . . . — — Map (db m73125) HM
Honoring Margie Semore and the late Jack Semore.
Margie was Salutatorian of the Wagoner High School Class of '38 and began her career with Wagoner County Abstract, eventually becoming the owner.
Jack was a S/Sgt., in the 142nd Engineer . . . — — Map (db m68089) HM
Independent…Adventurous…Enterprising… Bold, these are the words that have been used to describe those who were here first.
This mural, entitled "Building the City of Legends," represents several firsts - including many of the key people . . . — — Map (db m73104) HM
Early inhabitants of the area were plains Indians who followed and hunted the roaming herds of buffalo that grazed the rich grasslands of this area. evidence of several Indian encampments have been located on Trail Elk, Turkey and Oak Creeks as well . . . — — Map (db m119435) HM
David Lee Walters, 24th Governor of Oklahoma and first Governor from Western Oklahoma, was born in Canute on Nov. 20. 1951. Raised on a nearby farm, he attended schools in Canute and graduated from Canute High School as Valedictorian in 1969. He . . . — — Map (db m120164) HM
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