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The city was founded in 1911, by philanthropist Charles Page, a wealthy businessman in Oklahoma.He envisioned Sand Springs as a haven for orphans and widows. Page helped found and develop Sand Springs as a model city that included all components of a total community.
Page owned the Sand Springs Bottling Company, which was the dominant supplier of fresh water for domestic consumption. By 1920, he had built a dam on Shell Creek, which created Shell Lake, near Sand Springs. He proposed to sell fresh water to the city of Tulsa. His proposal competed with the alternative of building a dam on Spavinaw Creek.
William R. Pogue Municipal Airport (ICAO: KOWP, FAA LID: OWP), [1] also known as Pogue Airport, [2] is a public use airport in Osage County, Oklahoma, United States. [1] It is owned by the City of Sand Springs and located three nautical miles (6 km) northwest of its central business district. [1]
The Sand Springs Railway (reporting mark SS) (originally the Sand Springs Interurban Railway) is a class III railroad operating in Oklahoma.It was formed in 1911 by industrialist Charles Page to connect his newly formed city of Sand Springs to Tulsa, operating both as a passenger-carrying interurban and a freight carrier.
Sand Springs, a diverse urban community is one of the oldest suburbs of Tulsa, and eighth largest city in the TMA. The population was 18,906 in the 2010 U.S. Census and 19,926 in the 2020 U.S. Census. It is located along the Arkansas River, just five miles west of downtown Tulsa.
On the left bank of the Arkansas River, the levee extends from river mile 531.0 near Sand Springs, Oklahoma, downstream to river mile 521.4 at Tulsa. On the right bank, the levee extends from near river mile 526.7 downstream to river mile 521.3 and is adjacent to the major portion of the business and residential districts in West Tulsa.