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The Beginning of Tulsa
By J. M. Hall (1927/1933)
(c) Karolyn Kay Garland (1997)
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Table of Content
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 (con't); 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 (con't); Other Preachers; Tulsa's First Baby
16 The First Doctor; Early Incidents; First Water Well
17 First Water Well (con't); 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 (con't); George Perryman; J. C. Perryman
21 J. C. Perryman (con't); Rachel Perryman
22 Presbyterian Mission School Teachers - Mrs. S. J. Stonecipher
23 Teachers (Con't) - Ida Stephens and others
24 Teachers (Con't) - Lilah D. Lindsay
25 Teachers (Con't) - Jennie S. Stringfield
26 Teachers (Con't) - Jennie Stringfield (con't); Bettie Stringfield
27 Teachers (Con't) - Bettie Stringfield (con't); Celeste Harrington
28 Dr. R. J. Lamb; Leonard Davidson
29 Leonard Davidson (con't); Pioneer Women; First Missionary Society; Mission School Grounds
30 Mission School Grounds (con't)
31 Mission School Grounds (con't)
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 (con't); 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 (con't); 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 (con't); Early Street and Townsite Trouble
42 Townsite Survey; Walnut Logs; Petition Creek Council; Mass Meeting Called
43 Mass Meeting Called (con't); The Stomp Dances; Dance for Men Only; Union Army Officer
44 Union Army Officer (con't); Tulsa's First Fourth; Fraternal Organizations; The First Newspaper; The First Commercial Club
45 The First Commercial Club (con't); Dr. George W. Mowbray, Sr; First Booster Trip; W. S. Dickson - The First Lumber Yard
46 The First Lumber Yard (con't); Early City Problems; Close to Hell; The First Telephone
47 First Telephone (con't); B. F. Colley; Early Tulsa Business; First Barber
48 Jay Forsythe; Early Coal Mining; Early Day Activities
49 Early Day Activities (con't); J. H. McBirney; Pot of Gold Found; Tulsa's First Lawyer; Early Traveling Men
50 Early Traveling Men (con't); C. B. Lynch
51 Charles Haas; He Could Run!; D. S. G. Kennedy
52 Dr. Kennedy (con't); "Uncle Ben's" Error; First Policemen and Early Outlaws; Creeks Slew Each Other
53 Creeks Slew Each Other (con't); Dalton Boys Lived in Tulsa; Cook Operated Near Here; First Chinaman
54 First Chinaman (con't); Judge Harry Campbell; Judge L. M. Poe
55 Early Tulsa Murders; Shot off Horse; The Clinton Family; Dr. Fred Clinton
56 Dr. Fred Clinton (con't); 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 (con't); Red Fork; Dan Patton; When Tulsa Was Dry
62 M K & T Railroad; J. Gus Patton
63 J. Gus Patton (con't); A. H. Poage; John Day; Tulsa Won the Road
64 Tulsa Won the Road (con't); After a Third Line; Winning The Santa Fe; Will Lynch
65 Will Lynch (con't); Tulsa's Street Railway; The University of Tulsa; Lack of Gas Saved School
66 Lack of Gas Saved School (con't); 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 (con't); Indians There, Too; Many Who Left Tulsa; H. P. Newton
69 H. P. Newton (con't); 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 (con't); 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 (con't); 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 (con't); 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 (con't); 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 (con't); 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 (con't)
85 Red Fork Trail by the Late Dr J C W Bland
86 Red Fork Trail by the Late Dr J C W Bland (con't); 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 (con't); C. B. Lynch; Lon R. Stansberry; R. L. Lunsford
99 R. L. Lunsford (con't); George W. Henry; S. G. Kennedy M. D.
100 A Final Word from J M Hall
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