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1 Preface
2 Tent City Drawing (Tulsa's first days)
3 Introduction
"Tulsa Firsts"
4 Tulsa "Firsts" (con't)
Other Incidents in the Story
5 Other Incidents in the Story (con't)
Men who contributed to the book who were married
5a Most of These Married Later
6 The Beginning of Tulsa
7 H. C. Hall
Railroads
8 J. M. Hall
9 J. M. Hall (con't)
The Railroad to Tulsa
Vinita Becomes a City
Melted with Snow
10 Melted with Snow (con't)
On Toward Tulsa
Last Obstacle Overcome
First Arrivals In Tulsa
Heavy Woods Then
11 Heavy Woods Then (con't)
The First Train
Bob Childers
The First Organization
12 The First Organization (cont)
The First Sermon and the First Church
Rev. R. M. Loughridge
13 The First School
Mission School
Rev. W. P. Haworth
14 Other Churches Organized
15 Other Churches Organized (cont)
Other Preachers
Tulsa's First Baby
16 The First Doctor
Early Incidents
First Water Well
17 First Water Well (cont)
An Early Mistake
Jeff Archer's Tragic Death
18 Tulsa's Indian War
Plenty of Game
Chasing The Rebels
19 Ready for Business
Honest Injuns
General Pleasant Porter
Another Store
W. B. Hogan
20 W. B. Hogan (cont)
George Perryman
J. C. Perryman
21 J. C. Perryman (cont)
Rachel Perryman
22 Presbyterian Mission School Teachers - Mrs. S. J. Stonecipher
23 Teachers (Cont) - Ida Stephens and others
24 Teachers (Cont) - Lilah D. Lindsay
25 Teachers (Cont) - Jennie S. Stringfield
26 Teachers (Cont) - Jennie Stringfield (cont)
Bettie Stringfield
27 Teachers (Cont) - Bettie Stringfield (cont)
Celeste Harrington
28 Dr. R. J. Lamb
Leonard Davidson
29 Leonard Davidson (cont)
Pioneer Women
First Missionary Society
Mission School Grounds
30 Mission School Grounds (cont)
31 Mission School Grounds (cont)
32 First Public School
33 First Presbyterian Church
Dr. C. W. Kerr
34 Mrs. C. W. Kerr
Attempts at Better Farming
35 Attempts at Better Farming (cont)
Profitable Pasturing
Aiding the Indians
36 Early Cattlemen
W. E. Hasell's Ranch
37 Trouble with Farmers
W. O. Woodley
Other Cattlemen
38 Other Cattlemen (cont)
Cowboys and Farmers
Early Court Problems
U.S. Marshals
39 U.S. Marshal Rushed to his Death
Hangings were Frequent
U.S. Count at Muskogee
40 Travel Difficult
Towns were Rivals
Robert Fry
The First Post Office
41 The First Post Office (cont)
Early Street and Townsite Trouble
42 Townsite Survey
Walnut Logs
Petition Creek Council
Mass Meeting Called
43 Mass Meeting Called (cont)
The Stomp Dances
Dance for Men Only
Union Army Officer
44 Union Army Officer (cont)
Tulsa's First Fourth
Fraternal Organizations
The First Newspaper
The First Commercial Club
45 The First Commercial Club (cont)
Dr. George W. Mowbray, Sr
First Booster Trip
W. S. Dickson - The First Lumber Yard
46 The First Lumber Yard (Cont)
Early City Problems
Close to Hell Then
First Telephone
47 First Telephone (cont)
B. F. Colley
Early Tulsa Business
First Barber
48 Jay Forsythe
Early Coal Mining
Early Day Activities
49 Early Day Activities (cont)
J. H. McBirney
Pot of Gold Found
Tulsa's First Lawyer
Early Traveling Men
50 Early Traveling Men (cont)
C. B. Lynch
51 Charles Haas
He Could Run!
D. S. G. Kennedy
52 Dr. Kennedy (cont)
"Uncle Ben's" Error
First Policemen and Early Outlaws
Creeks Slew Each Other
53 Creeks Slew Each Other (cont)
Dalton Boys Lived in Tulsa
Cook Operated Near Here
First Chinaman
54 First Chinaman (cont)
Judge Harry Campbell
Judge L. M. Poe
55 Early Tulsa Murders
Shot off Horse
The Clinton Family
Dr. Fred Clinton
56 Dr. Fred Clinton (cont)
Ending of Exciting Career
Tragic Natural Deaths
57 R. L. Lunsford
The Opening of Oklahoma
Lee Clinton
Brothers Into Business
58 Kennedys Came Then
Active in Civic Affairs
59 Lombard Family Pioneers
Sam McBirney
60 Later Railroad History
Lon R. Stanbery
Difficult Bridge Building
61 Difficult Bridge Building (cont)
Red Fork
Dan Patton
When Tulsa Was Dry
62 M K & T Railroad
J. Gus Patton
63 J. Gus Patton (cont)
A. H. Poage
John Day
Tulsa Won the Road
64 Tulsa Won the Road (cont)
After a Third Line
Winning The Santa Fe
Will Lynch
65 Will Lynch (cont)
Tulsa's Street Railway
The University of Tulsa
Lack of Gas Saved School
66 Lack of Gas Saved School (cont)
J. M. Gillette
Church Loses Hold
The Tulsa Pioneers Association
67 On Common Ground
New Officers Named
Ed Hines
S. R. Lewis
68 S. R. Lewis (cont)
Indians There, Too
Many Who Left Tulsa
H. P. Newton
69 H. P. Newton (cont)
Fred Turner
Brief History of the Earliest Tulsans
Henry Anderson
70 H. E. Woodward
Reuben Partridge
Paul Clinton
Legus C. Perryman
71 Legus C. Perryman (cont)
Thomas Perryman
A. T. Hodge
D. M. Hodge
W. G. Williamson
72 Arthur Antle
John Archer
Andy Arthur
Lou Appleby
J. C. W. Bland
Albert Barber
W. J. Barber
John Belford
Dick Bardon
L. T. Barton
R. M. Baker
73 J. E. Mills
Ott Boone
Frank Bowlin
Jim Boyd
J. Y. Brand
F. L. Bewer
Fred Buckley
74 Fred Buckley (cont)
William Burgess
P. P. Bush
Burl Cox
Sanford Kelly
George Campbell
A. H. Collins
Lon Conway
Isaac Cooper
J. M. Crutchfield
L. R. Darrow
75 Henry C. Davis
William T. Davis
Maurice DeVinna
S. Dickson
Cliff Drew
Ernest Drew
Ed Egan
George W. Henry
Jim Egan
76 Jim Egan (cont)
Fred Errickson
R. T. Epperson
Tom Feeley
B. F. Finney
Claude Flippin
George Foysythe
John Freeman
J. A. Friend
Warfield Phillips
Antonine Gillis
77 Antonine Gills (cont)
Dave Gillis
Charles Hamilton
Dave Harris
J. W. Goumaz
J. D. Hagler
L. L. Hall
John Holland
Mike Horner
Bill Jones
H. T. Jones
78 Tulsa's First Baseball Team
79 H. L. Kelly
J. H. Kelly
Marion Kelly
Chief Koekuk
C. W. Kern
George Kilkairn
Tom Kinney
S. S. Kimmons
Henry Kneisel
L. D. Lewis
Lut L. Lewis
Frank Mathewson
Doctor Mains
80 John McAllister
George McElroy
John McElroy
William McKim
J. W. Meagee
E. E. Miller
Penn Miller
81 L. M. Mitchell
Joe Moore
Col. W. P. Moore
Jake Moran
John Moran
George Mowgray, Jr.
A. D. Orcutt
H. C. Payne
George Pittman
Luna Price
Joe Price
P. L. Price
82 P. L. Price (cont)
John Querry
William Querry
Dr. Philander Reeder
C. W. Robertson
Ernest Roop
M. J. Romine
P. C. Rothammer
F. J. Scott
Frank Seaman
83 The Passing of the Herd by Arthur F Antle
84 The Passing of the Herd by Arthur F Antle (cont)
85 Red Fork Trail by the Late Dr J C W Bland
86 Red Fork Trail by the Late Dr J C W Bland (cont)
John D Seaman
Dave Shelton
Tom Shackle
John Smith
Andy Stokes
87 R. B. Standberry
John Thomas
W. T. Trotter
Joe Truitman
J. B. Vann
Pete Vinest
Bud Wallace
W. W. Winterringer
Frank Winters
Jack Wormington
J. H. Wheatley
88 US Marshal Wilkerson
George Williamson
Robert Williamson
T. J. Wilson
W. G. Williamson
C. O. Winterringer
R. N. Byrnum
89 George Bullette
90 R E Lynch
W. P. Hall
91 W. Tate Brady
92 C. A. Owen - Tulsa' First Hotel
Col. Ed Calkins - First Mayor
93 W. B. Frederick
Dr. C. L. Reeder
94 James Woolley
John McBride
95 T. H. Smiley
H. C. Calhoun
96 Personal Letters From a Few "Old Timers"
Harry Campbell
C. W. Kerr
97 Robert Fry
John N. Day
Sam McBirney
Ralph J. Lamb
98 Ralph J. Lamb (cont)
C. B. Lynch
Lon R. Stansberry
R. L. Lunsford
99 R. L. Lunsford (cont)
George W. Henry
S. G. Kennedy M. D.
100 A Final Word from J M Hall |