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Timeline of Tulsa, Oklahoma

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

16th century

19th century

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Indian Territory, Eastern part of present-day Oklahoma.
  • 1836 – Creek people begin to settle the town of Tulasi after their expulsion from the Southeastern United States.[2]
  • 1861 – Battle of Round Mountain and Battle of Chusto-Talasah – Civil War battles occur north of Tulsa.:Goble,[28]
  • March 25, 1879 – First post office established at Perryman ranch.[3][4]
  • 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.[6]
  • 1887 – Tulsa founded.[7]
  • 1893 – The Tulsa Review is the first newspaper published in Tulsa.[8][9]
  • 1895 – The New Era newspaper opens. It later renames to the Indian Republican and Tulsa World.[8][9]
  • 1898
    • Town is officially incorporated on January 18.[10]
  • 1899
    • First mass said at Holy Family Church.[12]
    • Robert H. Hall built the first telephone system in Tulsa, serving 80 subscribers.
    • R. N. Bynum becomes second mayor.[11]
    • 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.[13]
  • 1900
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20th century

1900s-1940s

  • 1901
  • 1902 – Tulsa chartered as a city.[7]
  • 1903
    • Telephone system sold to Indian Territory Telephone Company.
    • Original 3-story Brady Hotel constructed.
    • George Mowbray becomes the fifth mayor[11]
  • 1904
    • Tulsa annexed North Tulsa.[16]
    • First Tulsa bridge built across Arkansas River.
    • Pumping plant built to deliver Arkansas River water to consumers via piping system.[17]
    • Indian Territory Telephone Company bought by Pioneer Company
    • Accidental explosion destroyed Archer store, killed a customer and mortally wounded Jeff Archer.[18]
    • H. R. Cline becomes the sixth mayor[11]
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Tulsa World Publishing building in 1906
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Downtown Tulsa, looking east on 2nd Street from Main Street, 1908.
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A 1909 panoramic view of Tulsa
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Tulsa City Hall in 1909
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Map of Tulsa in 1920

1950s-1990s

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Tulsa Performing Arts Center(PAC)
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21st century

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Tulsa's skyline from Central Park in 2008.
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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.
    • Oklahoma Defenders football team ceased operating.[72]
  • 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.[73]
  • 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
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