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The Meadow Gold sign has greeted Route 66 travelers in Tulsa for decades.. The area where Tulsa now exists is considered Indian Territory, on the land of the Kiikaapoi (Kickapoo), Wahzhazhe Ma zha (), Muscogee (Creek), and Caddo tribes, among others, [14] before it was first formally settled by the Muscogee (Creek) Nation in 1836. [15]
The Tulsa metropolitan area is the economic engine of the Green Country as well as Eastern Oklahoma. In 2017 the Tulsa metropolitan area's GDP was $57.7 billion, [18] up from 43.4 billion in 2009, nearly thirty percent of Oklahoma's economy, and the 53rd largest in the nation. [19]
Downtown Tulsa is an area of approximately 1.4 square miles (3.6 km 2) surrounded by an inner-dispersal loop created by Interstate 244, Highway 64, and Highway 75. The area serves as Tulsa's financial and business district, and is the focus of a large initiative to draw tourism, which includes plans to capitalize on the area's historic ...
Downtown Tulsa is an area of approximately 1.4 square miles (3.6 km 2) surrounded by an inner-dispersal loop created by Interstate 244, US 64 and US 75. [1] The area serves as Tulsa's financial and business district; it is the focus of a large initiative to draw tourism, which includes plans to capitalize on the area's historic architecture. [2]
Glenpool – The Town that Made Tulsa Famous [8] Inola – Hay Capital of the World [9] Krebs – Oklahoma's Little Italy; Mannford – Striped Bass Capital. [10] Muskogee – The Gee; Oklahoma City. The Big Friendly [11] The City [4] OKC [12] The Cinderella City [13] Purcell. Quarterhorse Capital of the World. [14] The Heart of Oklahoma. [15]
Considered one of the darkest moments in state history, the Tulsa Race Massacre was a two-day long attack by white supremacists against the residents of an affluent area of Tulsa known as Black ...
Tulsa officials announced the creation of a new commission to recommend how reparations can be made for a 1921 massacre that destroyed a thriving Black community in the city. The panel will review ...
The River Parks Turkey Mountain Urban Wilderness Area on the west side of the Arkansas River in south Tulsa is a 300 acres (120 ha) area that contains over 45 miles (72 km) of dirt trails available for hiking, trail running, mountain biking and horseback riding. [40] The "Tulsa Townies" organization provide bicycles that may be checked out for use.