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The Tulsa Series — Tulsa, The Magic City

Tulsey Town In 1905, an oil strike forever transformed the small cow town, known as Tulsey Town, into a mushrooming metropolis–the Magic City. The strike, however, was not in Tulsa itself, but rather twelve miles south of town. A man named Robert … Continue reading

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Greenwood’s Day of Infamy – 1921 Tulsa Race Riot

Calm Before the Storm May 31, 1921, was Memorial Day – or Decoration Day as it was often called in that era. A parade marched through the streets of downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma. North of the city, in the all-black, segregated … Continue reading

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