History of Southwest Tulsa Table of Contents August 3, 2003 CHAPTER ONE: PRE-HISTORY............................................................................................................. 10 LAYERS OF HISTORY ................................................................................................................................ 10 GEOLOGICAL NOTES ................................................................................................................................ 13 ARCHEOLOGICAL NOTES .......................................................................................................................... 14 ANTHROPOLOGICAL NOTES ...................................................................................................................... 14 SOCIOLOGICAL NOTES .............................................................................................................................. 15 POLITICAL NOTES ..................................................................................................................................... 15 CHAPTER TWO: EARLY HISTORY .................................................................................................... 16 CATTLE DRIVES AND CROSSINGS ............................................................................................................. 16 FRISCO RAILROAD ARRIVES IN RED FORK ............................................................................................... 19 ORIGINAL TOWNS SPRING UP................................................................................................................... 21 LAND ALLOTMENTS ................................................................................................................................. 21 CHAPTER THREE: EARLY TOWNS AND COMMUNITIES ........................................................... 22 WEST TULSA ............................................................................................................................................ 22 RED FORK ................................................................................................................................................ 32 GARDEN CITY ........................................................................................................................................... 45 BERRYHILL ............................................................................................................................................... 47 CARBONDALE ........................................................................................................................................... 53 OAKHURST ............................................................................................................................................... 58 OPPORTUNITY HEIGHTS ........................................................................................................................... 58 SOUTH HAVEN .......................................................................................................................................... 60 CHAPTER FOUR: PIONEER FAMILIES AND PEOPLE................................................................... 61 ATKINS FAMILY ....................................................................................................................................... 61 BERRYHILL FAMILY ................................................................................................................................. 63 BLACKBURN , M. 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FAMILY ..................................................................................................................... 64 BLAND FAMILY ........................................................................................................................................ 65 BRIDGES , HADE FAMILY .......................................................................................................................... 66 BROWN FAMILY ....................................................................................................................................... 67 CLINTON FAMILY ..................................................................................................................................... 68 GOMEZ , CECIL FAMILY ............................................................................................................................ 68 GOMEZ FAMILY SURVIVES THE DEPRESSION............................................................................. 68 HARDESTY FAMILY .................................................................................................................................. 70 MCLAUGHLIN FAMILY ............................................................................................................................. 71 PERRYMAN FAMILY .................................................................................................................................. 73 POSTOAK FAMILY ..................................................................................................................................... 74 YARGEE FAMILY ...................................................................................................................................... 75 CHAPTER FIVE: OIL COMPANIES AND REFINERIES .................................................................. 76 OIL ’S INFLUENCE ..................................................................................................................................... 76 SUN , SUNRAY , DX ................................................................................................................................... 76 MID -CONTINENT STRIKE .......................................................................................................................... 77 RETIRED OIL WORKERS ASSOCIATIONS ................................................................................................... 78 COSDEN REFINERY ................................................................................................................................... 78 CONSUMERS REFINERY ............................................................................................................................ 80 CONSTANTINE REFINERY ......................................................................................................................... 80 MID -CO REFINERY ................................................................................................................................... 80 PAN -AMERICAN REFINERY ....................................................................................................................... 80 SINCLAIR .................................................................................................................................................. 80 TEXACO REFINERY ................................................................................................................................... 80 UNCLE SAM REFINERY ............................................................................................................................. 80 CHAPTER SIX: RAILROADS AND RAILWORKERS ....................................................................... 82 ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC ENTERS INDIAN TERRITORY ............................................................................... 82 ST LOUIS AND SAN FRANCISCO (F RISCO )................................................................................................. 82 MISSOURI , KANSAS AND TEXAS (K ATY ) .................................................................................................. 84 ATCHISON , TOPEKA AND SANTA FE (S ANTA FE)...................................................................................... 85 OKLAHOMA UNION TRACTION COMPANY ................................................................................................ 85 SAPULPA -UNION RAILROAD ..................................................................................................................... 85 STREET CARS & TROLLEYS ...................................................................................................................... 85 BATTLE AX, PLANNED , BUT NEVER BUILT ............................................................................................... 87 FRISCO ’S “NIGHT MOVE ” FROM SAPULPA TO TULSA ................................................................................ 88 RETIRED RAILROAD WORKERS ASSOCIATIONS ........................................................................................ 89 CHAPTER SEVEN: HISTORIC ROUTE 66,......................................................................................... 90 THE MOTHER ROAD ................................................................................................................................. 90 BEFORE THE ROAD ................................................................................................................................... 90 CYRUS AVERY ’S INFLUENCE .................................................................................................................... 90 DUST BOWL THOROUGHFARE .................................................................................................................. 91 A TRIP ALONG THE SOUTHWEST TULSA ROAD ......................................................................................... 91 CHANGING THE NAME AND FACE OF THE ROAD ......................................................................................