Tulsa, Oklahoma

Tulsa County Wagoner County Osage County

40-75000

Tulsa [ tʌlsə ] is the second largest city in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. 2011, the city had 396 466 inhabitants. Tulsa is the county seat of Tulsa County.

History

Tulsa's former name was " Tulsy ," a term the Muskogee Indians for " old town ". In the 1890s a trading post was established in the village as a post office under the name " Tulsey Town". 1882 brought the railroad white settlers to Tulsa, which rose to a cattle trading center.

1901, a large oil reserves were found in the nearby town of Red Fork. Four years later, oil was in Glenpool, also close by, promoted. With the oil money was Tulsa in the 1920s to "Oil Capital of the World ". These funds led to a construction boom that produced many buildings in the then-popular Art Deco style. Today Tulsa to New York City and Miami, the third-largest number of Art Deco buildings in the United States.

1921 saw the first race riots. The Greenwood District in northern Tulsa was burned to the ground and about 300 people, mostly blacks, died. The Parliament of Oklahoma in 2001 sought a reconstruction Greenwoods with a foundation of two million U.S. dollars for a monument.

Geography

Tulsa is located in the northeast of the state of Oklahoma. Through the city flows the Arkansas River. The city area measures approximately 484 square kilometers. In addition, the city is located on the famous Route 66

Climate

The climate in Tulsa is considered very dry and warm. In the summer months it can during the day will be up to about 40 degrees. In the winter months, temperatures often go below 0 ° C, occasionally there were temperatures below -20 ° C. Tulsa lies in the so -called " Tornado Alley ".

Agglomeration

The over 935,000 inhabitants vast metropolis of Tulsa consists of the following municipalities:

  • North: Dewey, Bartlesville, Pawhuska, Barnsdall, Skiatook, Collinsville, Owasso, Nowata
  • West: Pawnee, Bristow, Cleveland, Kellyville, Sand Springs, Mannford, Sapulpa
  • East: Claremore, Catoosa, Broken Arrow, Wagoner, Coweta, Inola
  • South: Jenks, Glenpool, Bixby, Mounds, Beggs, Okmulgee, Henryetta

Traffic

Air

The Tulsa International Airport is the main airport in Tulsa. He made ​​from nearly 3 million travelers annually. Every day there are nearly 80 aircraft takeoffs.

Major roads, cross the Tulsa or end there are:

  • Interstate 44: Wichita Falls, Texas to St. Louis, Missouri ( 1021 km )
  • U.S. Route 64: from Teec Nos Pos, Arizona to Nags Head, North Carolina ( 3743 km )
  • U.S. Route 412: Springer, New Mexico to Columbia, Tennessee ( 1818.6 km )
  • U.S. Route 75: Noyes, Minnesota to Dallas, Texas ( 1994 km )
  • U.S. Route 169: Virginia, Minnesota to Tulsa, Oklahoma ( 1555 km )
  • Route 66: Famous road from Chicago, Illinois to Los Angeles, California ( 3939 km )

Water

In Tulsa there is a large inland port, which is connected by the Arkansas River and the Mississippi River to the Atlantic Ocean. He is the farthest from the sea port in the United States.

Established businesses

Education

In Tulsa, there are several universities such as the University of Tulsa, Oral Roberts University, Oklahoma State University - Tulsa, Oklahoma State University Health Sciences Center ( Medical School ), University of Oklahoma Schusterman Center, Langston University, Tulsa Community College and University of Phoenix. Other universities that offer courses in Tulsa, are Southern Nazarene University, St. Gregory 's University and Oklahoma Wesleyan University. In the suburb of Broken Arrow is also located a campus of Northeastern State University.

Sports

Tulsa does not have a team of the four major leagues in U.S. sports, but some professional teams from other leagues has to offer. The women's basketball team Tulsa Shock playing in the WNBA. The Tulsa Oilers Hockey team plays in the Central Hockey League. The Tulsa Drillers baseball team plays in the Texas League. The Tulsa 66ers basketball player are represented in the NBA D -League and the Tulsa Talons in the Arena Football League.

Others

  • Tulsa is the venue of the successful American book series "House of Night".
  • The famous Cain 's Ballroom in Tulsa considered the birthplace of the " Western Swing ", which is sometimes referred to as " Okie Jazz".
  • This takes place every year in Tulsa Oktoberfest is one of the three largest in the USA.
  • The Peoria Avenue in Tulsa Tulsa regarded as a promenade.
  • The sitcom Rodney plays in Tulsa.
  • The films The Outsiders and Rumble Fish play in Tulsa.
  • Chandler Bing from the sitcom Friends is displaced due to a misunderstanding against his will to Tulsa.
  • A song appeared on the 1968 debut album of musician Neil Young is titled "The Last Trip to Tulsa ".
  • The song appeared on Tulsa time, published in 1978 by Eric Clapton Backless album.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Kristin Cast ( born 1986 ), writer
  • Pamela Bach ( born 1963 ), film actress
  • Dick Bass ( born 1929 ), businessman and mountaineer
  • Elvin Bishop ( b. 1942 ), singer
  • Earl Bostic (1913-1965), alto saxophonist, arranger and composer
  • Garth Brooks (born 1962 ), country singer
  • J. J. Cale (1938-2013), musician
  • Elizabeth Carolan ( born 1980 ), wrestler in WWE
  • Jeff Carson ( born 1963 ), country singer
  • Larry Clark ( born 1943 ), film director and photographer
  • Sanford Clark (born 1965 ), rockabilly musicians
  • Joe Diffie (born 1958 ), country singer
  • David Duke ( born 1950 ), politician
  • Blake Edwards (1922-2010), film director, actor and screenwriter
  • Lowell Fulson (1921-1999), blues guitarist and singer
  • Martin Gardner (1914-2010), mathematician and science writer
  • Bill Goldberg (born 1966 ), player in American football and professional wrestler
  • Hanson, Rock / Pop band
  • Paul Harvey (1918-2009), Radio Presenter
  • Susan E. Hinton ( born 1948 ), writer
  • Felix Jones (* 1987), American football player
  • Jennifer Jones (1919-2009), actress
  • Malese Jow (* 1991), actress and singer

Twinning

Tulsa has a total of eight twinning:

  • France Amiens, France
  • People's Republic of China Beihai, China
  • Germany Celle, Germany
  • China Republic of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
  • Mexico San Luis Potosi, Mexico
  • Israel Tiberias, Israel
  • Japan Utsunomiya, Japan
  • Russia Zelenograd, Russia

The partnership with Celle in Lower Saxony is based on the fact that both cities were much in the past in terms of economic discovery and production of oil.

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