Timeline of Tulsa, Oklahoma

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

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

19th century

Indian Territory, Eastern part of present-day Oklahoma.
  • 1826 – Creek people begin to settle the town of Tulasi after their expulsion from the Southeastern United States.
  • 1861 – Battle of Chusto-Talasah – Civil War battle occurs north of Tulsa.
  • 1878 – First post office established at Perryman ranch.[1]
  • 1882 –
  • 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.[3]
  • 1887 – Tulsa founded.[4]
  • 1893 – Indian Republican began publication as first newspaper.[5]
  • 1896 – Town incorporated.[6]
  • 1898
  • 1899
    • First mass said at Holy Family Church.[8]
    • Robert H. Hall built the first telephone system in Tulsa, serving 80 subscribers.
    • R. N. Bynum becomes second mayor.[7]
    • 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.[9]
  • 1900

20th century

1900s-1940s

  • 1901
  • 1902 – Tulsa chartered as a city.[4]
  • 1903
    • Telephone system sold to Indian Territory Telephone Company.
    • Original 3-story Brady Hotel constructed.
    • George Mowbray becomes Mayor of Tulsa (1903-4)[7]
  • 1904
    • Tulsa annexed North Tulsa.[11]
    • First Tulsa bridge built across Arkansas River.
    • Pumping plant built to deliver Arkansas River water to consumers via piping system.[12]
    • Indian Territory Telephone Company bought by Pioneer Company
    • Accidental explosion destroyed Archer store, killed a customer and mortally wounded Jeff Archer.[13]
  • 1905
Tulsa World Publishing building in 1906
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Downtown Tulsa, looking east on 2nd Street from Main Street, 1908.
  • 1907
  • 1908
    • Commission form of government adopted.[4]
    • Orcutt Lake and Amusement Park, privately owned and developed, opened, advertised as Tulsa's first playground.[19]
A 1909 panoramic view of Tulsa
Tulsa City Hall in 1909
  • 1910
    • Tulsa County Court House built.[22]
    • Population: 18,182.[4]
    • Exchange National Bank founded after failure of Farmers' National Bank.[23]
    • 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.[24]
    • Hotel Brady annex and Tulsa Hotel were built.
  • 1913
  • 1914
  • 1915
  • 1916 – Carnegie library opens, forerunner of the Tulsa Public Library system.[28]
  • 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.[29]
    • Tulsa Central High School construction completed
    • Tulsa Outrage occurs.
  • 1918
    • Morningside Hospital opened.[17]
    • Cosden Building constructed, considered first "skyscraper" in city.
Map of Tulsa in 1920

1950s-1990s

Tulsa Performing Arts Center(PAC)

21st century

Tulsa's skyline from Central Park in 2008.
Exterior of Woody Guthrie Center in the Brady Arts District of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
  • 2013
  • 2014
  • 2015
    • James Pepper Henry becomes director of Gilcrease Museum on March 1.
    • Frontier news begins publication. [4]
    • Oklahoma Defenders football team ceased operating.[66]
  • 2016
    • Vision 2025 Tax plan approved by voters to provide funding for planned major projects.
    • Former Public Service of Oklahoma (PSO) headquarters renamed as Art Deco Lofts and Apartments; new residents begin move-in in July.[67]
  • 2017
    • James Pepper Henry resigns as director of Gilcrease Museum, effective April 14, to become Director of the American Indian Cultural Center & Museum in Oklahoma City.
    • EF-2 Tornado strikes southeast Tulsa after midnight August 5–6, causing major property damage, especially to Promenade Mall and 18-story Remington Tower office building near 41st Street and Skelly Drive. The storm caused no deaths, but sent 32 people to hospitals.
  • 2018 "Gathering Place" holds grand opening to public on September 8.
  • 2019
    • Tulsa Club Hotel (formerly known as the Tulsa Club Building) opens for business on April 18.
    • High water along the Arkansas River and its tributaries cause serious flooding in Tulsa Metropolitan area; forces shutdowns of Gathering Place and the Tulsa Port of Catoosa.
  • 2020
    • U.S. Census population 413,066.
    • Wendell Franklin appointed as Chief of Police on February 1.
  • 2021
    • Former congressman Brad Carson becomes president of University of Tulsa on July 1.
  • 2022

See also

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