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Timeline of Tulsa, Oklahoma

The following is a of the history of the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States.

16th century

  • 1540 – Hernando de Soto becomes the first European to visit present-day Tulsa.

19th century

  • 1836 – Creek people begin to settle the town of Tulasi after their expulsion from the Southeastern United States.
  • 1861 – Battle of Round Mountain and Battle of Chusto-Talasah – Civil War battles occur north of Tulsa.
  • March 25, 1879 – First post office established at Perryman ranch.
  • 1882 –
  • Atlantic & Pacific Railroad tracks laid from Vinita.
  • T. J. (Jeff) Archer builds first mercantile store in downtown Tulsa
  • 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.
  • 1887 – Tulsa founded.
  • 1893 – The Tulsa Review is the first newspaper published in Tulsa.
  • 1895 – The New Era newspaper opens. It later renames to the Indian Republican and Tulsa World.
  • 1898
  • Town is officially incorporated on January 18.
  • Edward E. Calkins becomes first mayor.
  • Population reported as 1,100.
  • 1899
  • First mass said at Holy Family Church.
  • Robert H. Hall built the first telephone system in Tulsa, serving 80 subscribers.
  • R. N. Bynum becomes second mayor.
  • Presbyterian mission school closed permanently after 1898-99 session; building purchased by J. M. Hall and 3 other men and reopened as first public school, beginning Tulsa Public Schools system.
  • 1900
  • Commercial Club of Tulsa formed.
  • Population: 1,390.
  • Lewis Poe becomes third mayor

20th century

1900s-1940s

  • 1901
  • Oil discovered at Red Fork, near Tulsa, starting oil boom.
  • George D. Blakey becomes the fourth mayor
  • 1902 – Tulsa chartered as a city.
  • 1903
  • Telephone system sold to Indian Territory Telephone Company.
  • Original 3-story Brady Hotel constructed.
  • George Mowbray becomes the fifth mayor
  • 1904
  • Tulsa annexed North Tulsa.
  • First Tulsa bridge built across Arkansas River.
  • Pumping plant built to deliver Arkansas River water to consumers via piping system.
  • Indian Territory Telephone Company bought by Pioneer Company
  • Accidental explosion destroyed Archer store, killed a customer and mortally wounded Jeff Archer.
  • H. R. Cline becomes the sixth mayor
  • 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.
  • Population: 7,298.
  • William E. Rohde becomes the ninth mayor
  • 1908
  • Commission form of government adopted.
  • Orcutt Lake and Amusement Park, privately owned and developed, opened, advertised as Tulsa's first playground.
  • 1910
  • Tulsa County Court House built.
  • Population: 18,182.
  • Exchange National Bank founded after failure of Farmers' National Bank.
  • Texaco builds first oil refinery in West Tulsa.
  • Oil & Gas Journal, oil industry trade journal, headquartered in Tulsa.
  • Area of city: 3.5 square miles.
  • Hotel Brady annex and Tulsa Hotel were built.
  • Loyal J. Martin becomes the eleventh mayor
  • 1912 – Frank M. Wooden becomes the twelfth mayor
  • 1913
  • Booker T. Washington High School established.
  • Joshua Cosden builds second oil refinery in West Tulsa.
  • 1914
  • Tulsa Convention Hall built.
  • Holy Family Cathedral dedicated.
  • Temple Israel congregation founded.
  • 1915
  • Oklahoma Hospital established.
  • Chamber of Commerce active.
  • Grace M.E. Church constructed at 3rd and Trenton Ave. now known as The Church Studio
  • 1916
  • Carnegie library opens, forerunner of the Tulsa Public Library system.
  • John H. Simmons becomes the thirteenth mayor
  • 1917
  • Orcutt Lake Amusement Park closed and converted to Swan Lake residential area. Gus Orcutt sold his development to Tulsa developer, E. J. Brennan, who coined the name Swan Lake. Brennan donated the lake itself to the City of Tulsa as a public park.
  • Tulsa Central High School construction completed
  • Tulsa Outrage occurs.
  • 1918
  • Morningside Hospital opened.
  • Cosden Building constructed, considered first "skyscraper" in city.
  • C. H. Hubbard becomes the fourteenth mayor

1950s-1990s

21st century

See also

References

Bibliography

Published in 20th century

  • James M. Hall, The Beginning of Tulsa (Tulsa, Okla: N.p., 1933).
  • Angie Debo, Tulsa: From Creek Town to Oil Capital, 1943. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press.
  • Nina Dunn, “Tulsa’s Magic Roots: An Early History of Tulsa,” (Okla. Book Pub. Co. 1979)
  • The Tulsa Historic Preservation Plan (Tulsa, Okla.: Tulsa Preservation Commission, 1992).

Published in 21st century

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