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History
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| The city now known as Tulsa was
first settled by the Lockapoka Creek Indians between 1828 and
1836. Driven from their native Alabama by the forced removal
of Indians from the Southeast, the Lockapokas established a
new home at a site near present-day Cheyenne Avenue and 18th
Street. Under a large oak tree, now called Council Oak, they
rekindled their ceremonial fire. The settlement was referred
to as "Tulasi," a Creek Indian word meaning "old
town" and in the 1890s, a trading post in the village became
a post office under the name "Tulsey Town."
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Tulsa was formerly part of Indian Territory,
which was created as part of the relocation of Eastern tribes
such as the Creeks, and also the Seminole, Cherokee, Quapaw,
Seneca, and Shawnee tribes. These Native American tribes moved
into the region after the passage of the Indian Removal Act
(1830), when they were forced to surrender their lands east
of the Mississippi to the Federal Government in exchange for
land in Indian Territory. Each of the larger tribes was given
extensive land holdings, individual governments were formed,
and tribal members began new lives as farmers, trappers, and
ranchers. The majority of these Indian settlers (including
the numerous Creek and Cherokee settlers) came from the Southern
states and brought with them a culture reminiscent of the
Old South. During the Civil War, they largely favored the
Confederacy.
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| However, throughout the 19th century,
the tribes were made to accept a number of treaties that further
reduced the size of their lands and introduced new tribes into
Indian Territory. White settlers continued to push forward,
railroads moved into the territory, and in 1892, the land was
officially opened and all tribal members were forced to accept
individual allocations of land. Much of Tulsa is located in
the Creek Nation, with parts located in the Cherokee Nation
and Osage Nation.
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Tulsa Skyline |
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| Tulsa changed from a small Indian town to a boomtown
with the discovery of oil in 1901 at Red Fork, a small community
southwest of Tulsa. Wildcatters and investors flooded into the
city and the town began to take shape. Neighborhoods were established
in Tulsa on the north side of the Arkansas River, away from
the drilling sites, and began to spread out from downtown Tulsa
in all directions. In 1904, Tulsans constructed a bridge across
the river, allowing oil field workers, supplies, food and equipment
to cross the river, reaffirming Tulsa's position as the center
of the oil field.
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