Tulsa | The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture
A number of toll roads, including the Creek, Will Rogers, Cimarron, and Turner turnpikes, connect Tulsa to other regional cities. Tulsa's origins begin in the late 1820s with the removal of the Creek from their ancestral homes in Georgia and Alabama.
The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture
One of the great tragedies of Oklahoma history, this eruption of bloodshed and destruction in Tulsa has lived on as a potent symbol of the ongoing struggle of Black and white Oklahomans to forge a common destiny out of an often troubled past.
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Integration, urban renewal, a new business climate, and the aging of the early Greenwood District pioneers caused the community to decline through the years, beginning in the 1960s and continuing throughout the 1970s and early 1980s. Few businesses remained at the end of the twentieth century.
Tulsa County | The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture
The border between the Cherokee and Creek nations cuts through present Tulsa County. As the two peoples began to settle the region in the 1830s and 1840s, they created small towns near the rivers and streams. A Creek band established the forerunner to the city of Tulsa at this time.
The Tulsa Race Massacre - Oklahoma Historical Society
Tulsa Race Massacre, 1921 (1619126, Oklahoma Historical Society Photograph Collection, OHS). Standpipe Hill destruction (image courtesy of OSU Digital Collections). State Troops Deployed. Deployed at 10 p.m. the night before, one hundred Oklahoma City National Guard troops made their way to Tulsa.
Tulsa Race Massacre - Oklahoma Historical Society
Part of the 2021 Oklahoma History Conference, this presentation gives an overview of the Greenwood District, the Tulsa Race Massacre, the district’s recovery, and the marking of the massacre’s 100th anniversary.
Tulsa and Black Wall Street | Oklahoma Historical Society
Tulsa’s long history as an important town and later as a city in Oklahoma began with the removal of the Fives Tribes in the 1830s. The Muscogee (Creek) settled in the area. In the 1870s, the Perryman family based their sizable cattle ranch in what would become south Tulsa.
Tulsa Art Deco | The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture
The significance of Tulsa Art Deco lies in the concerted attempts by architects and their clients to reject previous conventions and adopt a new architectural style that captured the essence of a rapidly modernizing city in northeastern Oklahoma.
Black History is Oklahoma History
Since 1893, the Oklahoma Historical Society has collected and shared the story of Oklahoma. In the 1980s, the OHS began a concerted effort to engage with Oklahoma’s Black community—to listen to their stories and share their experiences.
Newspapers - Oklahoma Historical Society
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