Tulsa, Oklahoma Tulsa, Oklahoma Flag of Tulsa, Oklahoma Flag Official seal of Tulsa, Oklahoma Location inside Tulsa County, and the state of Oklahoma Location inside Tulsa County, and the state of Oklahoma Tulsa / t ls / is the second-largest town/city in the state of Oklahoma and 47th-most crowded city in the United States.
As of July 2015, the populace was 403,505, an increase of 11,599 over that reported in the 2010 Census. It is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region with 981,005 inhabitants in the MSA and 1,151,172 in the CSA. The town/city serves as the governmental center of county of Tulsa County, the most densely populated county in Oklahoma, with urban evolution extending into Osage, Rogers, and Wagoner counties. Subsequent diversification accomplishments created an economic base in the energy, finance, aviation, telecommunications and technology sectors. The Tulsa Port of Catoosa, at the head of the Mc - Clellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System, is the most inland river port in the U.S.
With access to global waterways. Two establishments of college studies inside the town/city have sports squads at the NCAA Division I level, Oral Roberts University and the University of Tulsa.
Considered the cultural and arts center of Oklahoma, Tulsa homes two world-renowned art exhibitions, full-time experienced opera and ballet companies, and one of the nation's biggest concentrations of art deco architecture. The town/city has been called one of America's most livable large metros/cities by Partners for Livable Communities, Forbes, and Relocate America. FDi Magazine in 2009 ranked the town/city no.
For metros/cities of the future. In 2012, Tulsa was ranked among the top 50 best metros/cities in the United States by Business - Week. People from Tulsa are called "Tulsans".
Main articles: History of Tulsa, Oklahoma and Timeline of Tulsa, Oklahoma The region where Tulsa now exists was considered Indian Territory when it was first formally settled by the Lochapoka and Creek tribes in 1836. They established a small settlement under the Creek Council Oak Tree at the present day intersection of Cheyenne Avenue and 18th Street.
They titled their new settlement Tallasi, meaning "old town" in the Creek language, which later became "Tulsa". The region around Tulsa was also settled by members of the other so-called "Five Civilized Tribes" who had relocated to Oklahoma from the Southern United States.
Most of undivided Tulsa is positioned in the Creek Nation, with parts positioned in the Cherokee Nation and Osage Nation.
Although Oklahoma was not yet a state amid the Civil War, the Tulsa region did see its share of fighting.
In the years after the Civil War and around the turn of the century, the region along the Arkansas River that is now Tulsa was periodically home to or visited by a series of colorful outlaws, including the legendary Wild Bunch, the Dalton Gang, and Little Britches.
Tulsa was a small town near the banks of the Arkansas River in 1901 when its first petroleum well, titled Sue Bland No.
By 1905, the discernment of the large Glenn Pool (located approximately 15 miles south of downtown Tulsa and site of the present-day town of Glenpool) prompted a rush of company doers to the area's burgeoning number of petroleum fields; Tulsa's populace swelled to over 140,000 between 1901 and 1930. By 1909, seven years after the discernment of petroleum in the area, Tulsa's populace had sprouted to 180,000.
Unlike the early pioneer of Northeastern Oklahoma, who most incessantly migrated from the South and Texas, many of these new oil-driven pioneer came to Tulsa from the commercial centers of the East Coast and lower Midwest.
This migration distinguished the city's demographics from neighboring communities (Tulsa has larger and more prominent Catholic and Jewish populations than most Oklahoma cities) and is reflected in the designs of early Tulsa's upscale neighborhoods.
Known as the "Oil Capital of the World" for most of the 20th century, the city's success in the energy trade prompted assembly booms in the prominent Art Deco style of the time. Profits from the petroleum trade continued through the Great Depression, helping the city's economy fare better than most in the United States amid the 1930s. In the early 20th century, Tulsa was home to the "Black Wall Street", one of the most prosperous black communities in the United States at the time. Located in the Greenwood neighborhood, it was the site of the Tulsa Race Riot, one of the nation's worst acts of ethnic violence and civil disorder, with caucasians attacking blacks. Sixteen hours of rioting on May 31 and June 1, 1921, was ended only when National Guardsmen were brought in by the Governor.
Highway 66 Association in Tulsa, earning the town/city the nickname the "Birthplace of Route 66". Once completed, U.S.
Route 66 took an meaningful part in Tulsa's evolution as the town/city served as a prominent rest stop for travelers, who were greeted by Route 66 icons such as the Meadow Gold Sign and the Blue Whale of Catoosa.
Tulsa is positioned in the northeastern corner of Oklahoma, 99 miles (159 km) northeast of Oklahoma City; situated between the edge of the Great Plains and the foot of the Ozarks in a generally forested region of rolling hills.
The town/city touches the easterly extent of the Cross Timbers, an ecoregion of forest and prairie transitioning from the drier plains of the west to the wetter forests of the east. With a wetter climate than points westward, Tulsa serves as a gateway to "Green Country", a prominent and official designation for northeast Oklahoma that stems from the region's green vegetation and mostly large number of hills and lakes compared to central and areas of Oklahoma, which lie largely in the drier Great Plains region of the Central United States.
The geographic coordinates of the town/city of Tulsa are 36 7 53 N 95 56 14 W (36.131294, 95.937332), with an altitude of 700 feet (210 m) above sea level.
Its flow through the Tulsa region is controlled by upstream flood control reservoirs, but its width and depth can vary widely throughout the year, such as amid periods of high rainfall or harsh drought.
A low-water dam maintains a full channel at all times in the region adjoining to downtown Tulsa.
Holmes Peak, north of the city, is the tallest point in the Tulsa Metro region at 1360 ft (415 m) According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 186.8 square miles (484 km2), of which 182.6 square miles (473 km2) of it is territory and 4.2 square miles (11 km2) of it (2.24%) is water.
Panoramic view of Tulsa Downtown and encircling area from above the University of Tulsa in 2008 See also: List of tallest buildings in Tulsa and List of Art Deco buildings in Tulsa, Oklahoma A building boom in the early 20th century gave Tulsa one of the biggest concentrations of art deco architecture in the United States. Most generally in the zigzag and streamline styles, the city's art deco is dotted throughout its older neighborhoods, primarily in downtown and midtown.
In 2001, Tulsa served as the host town/city for the International Art Deco Congress, a semiannual event designed to promote art deco architecture internationally. In addition, the city's early prosperity funded the assembly of a number of elegant Craftsman, Georgian, storybook, Tudor, Greek Revival, Italianate, Spanish revival, and colonial revival homes (many of which can be found in Tulsa's uptown and Midtown neighborhoods).
Building booms in later half of the twentieth century gave the town/city a larger base of intact architectural styles, including a number of buildings by famed architect Bruce Goff, who lived in Tulsa.
South, East and Midtown tulsa are also home to a number of ranch and Mid-Century Modern homes that reflect Tulsa's prosperous post-war period.
The BOK Tower, assembled amid this period, is the 2nd tallest building in Oklahoma and the encircling states of Missouri, New Mexico, Arkansas, and Kansas. Tulsa also has the third-, and fourth-tallest buildings in the state, including the Cityplex Tower, which is positioned in South Tulsa athwart from Oral Roberts University, far from downtown. One of the area's unique architectural complexes, Oral Roberts University, is assembled in a Post-Modern Futuristic style, incorporating bright gold structures with sharp, jetting edges and clear geometric shapes.
The BOK Center, Tulsa's new arena, incorporates many of the city's most prominent themes, including Native American, art deco, and intact architectural styles. Intended to be an architectural icon, the building was designed by Cesar Pelli, the architect of the Petronas Towers in Malaysia.
Main article: Neighborhoods of Tulsa, Oklahoma Downtown Tulsa is an region of approximately 1.4 square miles (3.6 km2) surrounded by an inner-dispersal loop created by Interstate 244, Highway 64, and Highway 75. The region serves as Tulsa's financial and company district, and is the focus of a large initiative to draw tourism, which includes plans to capitalize on the area's historic architecture. Much of Tulsa's convention space is positioned in downtown, such as the Tulsa Performing Arts Center, the Tulsa Convention Center, and the BOK Center.
Prominent downtown sub-districts include the Blue Dome District, the Brady Arts district, the "Oil Capital Historic District", the Greenwood Historical District, Owen Park Historical Neighborhood, and the site of ONEOK Field, a baseball stadium for the Tulsa Drillers opened in 2010. The Arkansas River marks the division between West Tulsa and other regions of the city.
The University of Tulsa, the Swan Lake neighborhood, Philbrook Museum, and the upscale shopping districts of Utica Square, Cherry Street, and Brookside are positioned in this region.
Areas of Tulsa west of the Arkansas River are called West Tulsa, and are marked by large parks, wilderness reserves, and large petroleum refineries.
The northern tier of the town/city is home to OSU-Tulsa, Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa International Airport, the Tulsa Zoo, the Tulsa Air and Space Museum, and the nation's third-largest municipal park, Mohawk Park. For instance, on December 5, 1975, and on December 24, 1982, Tulsa experienced tornadoes. Due to its potential for primary flooding affairs, the town/city has advanced one of the most extensive flood control systems in the nation. A elected flood management plan was advanced in 1984 following a harsh flood caused by a stalled weather front that dropped 15 in (380 mm) of precipitation overnight, killing 14, injuring 288, and destroying 7,000 buildings totaling $180 million in damage. In the early 1990s and again in 2000, the Federal Emergency Management Agency honored Tulsa as dominant the country in flood plain management.
Triple-digit temperatures ( 38 C) are observed on average 11 days per year, sometimes exceeding 105 F (41 C) from July to early September, usually accompanied by high humidity brought in by southerly winds; The highest recorded temperature recorded was 115 F (46 C) on August 10, 1936. Lack of air circulation due to heat and humidity amid the summer months leads to higher concentrations of ozone, prompting the town/city to release "Ozone Alerts", encouraging all parties to do their part in complying with the Clean Air Act and United States Environmental Protection Agency standards. The autumn season is usually short, consisting of pleasant, sunny days followed by cool evenings. Winter temperatures, while generally mild, dip below 10 F ( 12 C) on 3 evenings, and occasionally below 0 F ( 18 C), the most recent such occurrence being a 2 F ( 19 C) reading on January 6, 2014. Seasonal snow flurry averages 9.6 inches (24.4 cm), and, as of 2016, only three winters on record have officially recorded a trace or no snow, the most recent being 1910 11. The lowest recorded temperature was 16 F ( 27 C) on January 22, 1930.
Climate data for Tulsa, Oklahoma (Tulsa Int'l), 1981 2010 normals, extremes 1893 present Tulsa is sometimes considered the "buckle of the Bible Belt"; it is the home of Oral Roberts University and the university's Prayer Tower.
The Tulsa MSA's locale (red) in the state of Oklahoma with the Tulsa-Bartlesville CSA (pink) Main article: Tulsa Metropolitan Area The Tulsa Metropolitan Area, or the region immediately encircling Tulsa with strong civil and economic ties to the city, is situated in a large portion of the state's northeastern quadrant.
It is informally known as "Green Country", a longstanding name adopted the state's official tourism designation for all of northeastern Oklahoma (its usage in relation to the Tulsa Metropolitan Area can be traced to the early part of the 20th century). The Enumeration Bureau defines the sphere of the city's influence as the Tulsa Metropolitan Travel Destination (MSA), spanning seven counties: Tulsa, Rogers, Osage, Wagoner, Okmulgee, Pawnee, and Creek.
In fact, Tulsa, home to Oral Roberts University, is sometimes called the "buckle of the Bible Belt". Beyond Oral Roberts, number of prominent Protestant Christians have lived or studied in Tulsa, including Joel Osteen, Carlton Pearson, Kenneth Copeland, Billy Joe Daugherty, Smokie Norful and Billy James Hargis.
While the state of Oklahoma has severaler Roman Catholics than the nationwide average, Tulsa has a higher percentage owing in large part to the influx of Eastern and Midwestern pioneer during the petroleum boom.
Tulsa's Catholic improve is atypically prominent for a Southern town/city and includes Governor and U.S.
Tulsa is also home to the biggest Jewish improve in Oklahoma, with active Reform, Conservative and Orthodox congregations. Tulsa's Jewish improve includes a several of America's most generous philanthropists including George Kaiser and Lynn Schusterman.
Tulsa's Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art offers the biggest compilation of Judaica in the South-Central and Southwestern United States.
Tulsa is also home to the progressive All Souls Unitarian Church, reportedly the biggest Unitarian Universalist congregation in the United States. See also: List of companies based in Tulsa, Oklahoma The United States Oil and Gas Association, formerly the Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association, was established in Tulsa on October 13, 1917, six months after the entry of the United States into World War I.
Industry consolidation and increased offshore drilling threatened Tulsa's status as an petroleum capital, but new drilling techniques and the rise of natural gas has buoyed the expansion of the city's energy sector.
Today, Tulsa is again home to the command posts of many global petroleum and gas-related companies, including Williams Companies, Sem - Group, ONE Gas, Syntroleum, ONEOK, Laredo Petroleum, Samson Resources, Helmerich & Payne, Magellan Midstream Partners, WPX Energy, and Excel Energy.
Products from Tulsa manufacturers account for about 60% of Oklahoma's exports, and in 2001, the city's total gross product was in the top one-third of urbane areas, states, and countries, with more than $29 billion in total goods, burgeoning at a rate of $250 million each year. In 2006, Forbes periodical rated Tulsa as second in the country in income growth, and one of the best metros/cities in the nation to do company with. Usually among the lowest in the country in terms of cost of doing business, the Tulsa Metropolitan Area in 2005 was rated among the five lowest urbane areas in the United States for that category. Tulsa's major employer's are small and medium-sized businesses: there are 30 companies in Tulsa that employ more than 1,000 citizens locally, and small businesses make up more than 80% of the city's companies. As of 2007, employment levels have surpassed pre-recession heights and the town/city is in a momentous economic evolution and investment surge. This economic enhancement is also seen in Tulsa's housing trends which show an average of a 6% increase in rent in 2010. Since 2006, more than 28,000 jobs have been added to the city.
The unemployment rate of Tulsa in August 2014 was 4.5%. Although the petroleum trade has historically dominated Tulsa's economy, accomplishments in economic diversification have created a base in the sectors of aerospace, finance, technology, telecommunications, high tech, and manufacturing. A number of substantial financial corporations are headquartered in Tulsa, the biggest being the BOK Financial Corporation.
The nationwide convenience store chain Quik - Trip, fast-casual restaurant chain Camille's Sidewalk Cafe, and pizza chain Mazzio's are all headquartered in Tulsa, as is Southern county-wide BBQ restaurant Rib Crib.
Tulsa is also home to a burgeoning media industry, including Penn - Well, video game developers 2015, Inc.
(Now defunct), Stephens Media Group, This Land Press, Educational Development Corporation (the parent publisher of Kane/Miller), GEB America, Blooming Twig Books, and a full range of small-town media outlets including such as Tulsa World and small-town magazines, radio and television.
Tulsa is also a core for nationwide assembly and engineering companies including Manhattan Construction Company and Flintco.
A number of the Cherokee Nation Businesses are also headquartered or have substantial operations in Tulsa.
An American Airlines maintenance base at Tulsa International Airport is the city's biggest employer and the biggest maintenance facility in the world, serving as the airline's global maintenance and engineering headquarters, while the Tulsa Port of Catoosa and the Tulsa International Airport home extensive transit-focused industrialized parks. Tulsa is also home to a division of Lufthansa, the command posts of Omni Air International, and the Spartan School of Aeronautics.
Its locale in the center of the country also makes it a core for logistics businesses; the Tulsa International Airport (TUL) and the Tulsa Port of Catoosa, the nation's most inland seaport, connect the region with global trade and transportation.
Although Oklahoma is placed entirely in the Southern United States by the United States Enumeration Bureau, Tulsa is influenced by the close-by Southwest, Midwest, and Southern cultural regions, as well as a historical Native American presence.
Tulsa is home to a several internationally famous exhibitions.
Located in the former villa of petroleum pioneer Waite Phillips in Midtown Tulsa, the Philbrook Museum of Art is considered one of the top 50 fine art exhibitions in the United States, and is one of only five to offer a combination of a historic home, formal plant nurseries, and an art collection. The exhibition's expansive compilation includes work by a diverse group of artists including Pablo Picasso, Andrew Wyeth, Giovanni Bellini, Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Willem de Kooning, William Merritt Chase, Auguste Rodin and Georgia O'Keeffe.
In the Osage Hills of Northwest Tulsa, the Gilcrease Museum holds the world's largest, most elected compilation of art and artifacts of the American West,. The exhibition includes the extensive compilation of Native American oilman and famed art collector Thomas Gilcrease with various works by Frederic Remington, Thomas Moran, Albert Bierstadt and John James Audubon among the many displayed.
Living Arts of Tulsa, in downtown Tulsa, is among the organizations dedicated to promoting and sustaining an active arts scene in the city.
Opened in April 2013, the Woody Guthrie Center in the Brady Arts District is Tulsa's newest exhibition and archive.
In addition to interactive state-of-the-art exhibition displays, the Woody Guthrie Center also homes the Woody Guthrie Archives, including thousands of Guthrie's personal items, sheet music, manuscripts, books, photos, periodicals, and other items associated with the iconic Oklahoma native. The archives of Guthrie protege, singer-songwriter Bob Dylan will also be displayed in Tulsa when a new facility designed to showcase The Bob Dylan Archive is completed.
With remnants of the Holocaust and artifacts relevant to Judaism in Oklahoma, the Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art preserves the biggest compilation of Judaica in the Southwestern and South-Central United States. Other exhibitions, such as the Tulsa Historical Society,the Tulsa Air and Space Museum & Planetarium, the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame, and the Tulsa Geosciences Center, document histories of the region, while the Greenwood Cultural Center preserves the culture of the city's African American heritage, housing a compilation of artifacts and photography that document the history of the Black Wall Street before to the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921.
Since 1969, enhance displays of artwork in Tulsa have been funded by one percent of its annual town/city budget. Each year, a sculpture from a small-town artist is installed along the Arkansas River trail system, while other sculptures stand at small-town parks, such as an enlarged version of Cyrus Dallin's Appeal to the Great Spirit sculpture at Woodward Park. At the entrance to Oral Roberts University stands a large statue of praying hands, which, at 60 feet (18 m) high, is the biggest bronze sculpture in the world. As a testament to the city's petroleum heritage, the 76-foot (23 m) Golden Driller guards the front entrance to the Tulsa County Fairgrounds.
Tulsa contains a several permanent dance, theater, and concert groups, including the Tulsa Ballet, the Tulsa Opera, the Tulsa Symphony Orchestra, Light Opera Oklahoma, Signature Symphony at TCC, the Tulsa Youth Symphony, the Heller Theatre, American Theatre Company, which is a member of the Theatre Communications Group and Oklahoma's earliest resident experienced theatre, and Theatre Tulsa, the earliest continuously operating improve theatre business west of the Mississippi River. Tulsa also homes the Tulsa Spotlight Theater at Riverside Studio, which shows the longest-running play in America (The Drunkard) every Saturday evening.
Many of the world's best choreographers have worked with Tulsa Ballet including: Leonide Massine, Antony Tudor, Jerome Robbins, George Balanchine, Paul Taylor, Kurt Jooss, Nacho Duato (ten works), Val Caniparoli who is its resident choreographer (with seven works and four world premieres), Stanton Welch, Young Soon Hue, Ma Cong, Twyla Tharp and many others.
In its first global tour in 2002, Tulsa Ballet was declared by the Portuguese nationwide periodical Semanario "One of the best in the world." In April 2008, Tulsa Ballet instead of an ambitious $17.3 million integrated campaign, which was jubilated at the opening of the brand new Studio K; an on-site, three hundred-seat performance space dedicated to the creation of new works.
Tulsa's music scene is also famous for the eponymous "Tulsa Sound" which blends rockabilly, country, modern 'n' roll, and blues and has inspired small-town artists like J.J.
Large performing arts complexes include the Tulsa Performing Arts Center, which was designed by World Trade Center architect Minoru Yamasaki, the Cox Business Center, the art deco Expo Square Pavilion, the Mabee Center, the Tulsa Performing Arts Center for Education, and the River Parks Amphitheater and Tulsa's biggest venue, the BOK Center.
The city's film improve hosts annual celebrations such as the Tulsa United Film Festival and Tulsa Overground Film and Music Festival.
In addition to the film and music celebrations mentioned above, Tulsa is home to a number of cultural affairs and celebrations around the year including Mayfest, the Blue Dome Arts Festival, Tulsa Bluesfest, Juneteenth Blues and Jazz Festival, Jazz on Greenwood Festival, Center of the Universe Festival, Bluegrass and Chili Festival, Tulsa Greek Holiday, Shalomfest, Oktoberfest, Tokyo in Tulsa, Reggaefest, Scot - Fest and more.
The famous literary prize the Helmerich Award is also awarded in Tulsa by members of the Tulsa Library Trust.
See also: List of celebrations and affairs in Tulsa, Oklahoma The city's zoo, the Tulsa Zoo, was voted "America's Favorite Zoo" in 2005 by Microsoft Game Studios in connection with a nationwide promotion of its Zoo Tycoon 2 computer game. The zoo encompasses a total of 84 acres (34 ha) with over 2,600 animals representing 400 species. The zoo is positioned in 2,820-acre (1,140 ha) Mohawk Park (the third biggest municipal park in the United States) which also contains the 745-acre (301 ha) Oxley Nature Center. Tulsa's River Parks contain many monuments and attractions, such as these fountains.
The Tulsa State Fair, operating in late September and early October, attracts over one million citizens amid its 10-day run, and the city's Oktoberfest celebration was titled one of the top 10 in the world by USA Today and one of the top German food celebrations in the country by Bon Appetit magazine. A number of other cultural tradition festivals are held in the town/city throughout the year, including the Intertribal Indian Club Powwow of Champions in August; Scotfest, India Fest, Greek Festival, and Festival Viva Mexico in September; Shalom - Fest in October; Dia de Los Muertos Art Festival in November; and the Asian-American Festival in May.
The annual Mayfest arts and crafts festival held downtown was estimated to have drawn more than 365,000 citizens in its four-day run in 2012. On a lesser scale, the town/city hosts block parties amid a citywide "Block Party Day" each year, with celebrations varying in size throughout town/city neighborhoods. Tulsa has one primary amusement park attraction, Big Splash Water Park, featuring multi-story water slides and large wave pools.
Until 2006, the town/city also hosted Bell's Amusement Park, which closed after Tulsa County officials declined to renew its lease agreement. Tulsa restaurants and food trucks offer a number of cuisines, but a several cuisines are especially prominent in Tulsa's culinary landscape owing to its distinct ive history.
Tulsa is known nationally for its barbecue offerings; its barbecue reflects its midpoint locale "between pig nation and cow country," that is, on the border of the South and the West. The city's barbecue is also helped by its geography; the wood used in barbecuing is abundant in Northeastern Oklahoma (including pecan, oak, hickory, mesquite and maple).
The region's ethnic range is felt, too: its BBQ traditions bear the influences of white, black and American Indian foodways. Tulsa is also home to the nationally acclaimed premium smoker manufacturer Hasty-Bake Company.
Some Tulsa based barbecue joints have period even beyond the state's borders, including Rib Crib and Billy Sims Barbecue.
The prize-winning Oklahoma Joe's was established by Oklahoman Joe Davidson, who mastered his craft at Tulsa's T-Town BBQ Cook-Off. Lebanese steakhouses were once various in the region stretching from Bristow, Oklahoma to Tulsa, but now mostly exist in the Tulsa region. These restaurants were established by Syrian and Lebanese families who immigrated to Oklahoma before statehood. Traditionally, many of these restaurants had live entertainment (including performers like Ella Fitzgerald and the Ink Spots) and featured Mediterranean dishes like tabbouleh, rice pilaf and hummus alongside small-town favorites like smoked BBQ bologna.
Greek immigrants to Tulsa who came by way of Brooklyn, Pennsylvania and Michigan brought with them the tradition of Coney Island-style hot dogs with chili on a bun. Today, a related group of Greek-American families operate Coney restaurants around the city, including Coney I-Lander which opened in 1926 and was described by food writers Jane and Michael Stern as perfectly bringing "the cheap-eats ecstasy that is the Coney's soul". Many of these restaurants sell Greek food, either year round or at Tulsa's annual Greek Holiday, sponsored by Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church (which dates to 1925). For instance, at the suggestion of experts at what is now Oklahoma State University, peanuts became a primary crop in now easterly Oklahoma as a means for lessening the reliance on cotton cultivation. Chicken-fried steak is part of the state meal of Oklahoma and is the signature dish at a number of Tulsa restaurants. The 19,199-seat BOK Center is the centerpiece of the Vision 2025 projects and was instead of in August 2008; the BOK Center was in the top ten among indoor arenas around the world in ticket revenue for the first quarter of 2009 when it was the home for the city's WNBA, arena football, and hockey teams. From 1978 to 1984, the town/city hosted the Tulsa Roughnecks, who played in the now-defunct North American Soccer League and won that league's championship in 1983.
Tulsa has two universities that compete at the NCAA Division I level: the University of Tulsa Golden Hurricane, and the Oral Roberts University Golden Eagles.
The University of Tulsa's men's basketball program has reached the Sweet Sixteen three times, made an appearance in the Elite Eight in 2000, won the NIT championship in 1981 and 2001, and won the inaugural College Basketball Invitational in 2008. The Tulsa football team has played in 16 bowl games, including the Sugar Bowl (twice) and the Orange Bowl. Oral Roberts University's men's basketball team reached the Elite Eight in 1974 and won the Mid-Continent Conference title three straight years, from 2005 to 2007. The University of Tulsa also boasts one of the nation's top tennis facilities, the Michael D.
In 2007, Tulsa's top-ranked player Arnau Brugues-Davi ranked as high as #1 in the country and a four time All-American, advanced to the quarterfinals of the singles competition at the NCAA Men's Tennis Championship, grade on his 2006 round of sixteen appearance.
At the secondary level, the Tulsa region is home to a several high school athletic programs that are incessantly ranked among the best nationally, especially in football (e.g.
In 2008 Tulsa funded 39.2 million to build a new ballpark in the Greenwood District near downtown for its Class AA Texas League baseball team, the Tulsa Drillers.
The city's running and cycling communities support affairs such as the Tulsa Tough cycling race, the Route 66 Marathon, and the Tulsa Run, which features over 8000 participants annually. Gambling is supported by a improve of Indian gaming venues that have been allowed to grew gambling options.
The University of Tulsa football team competes at the NCAA Division 1 level.
In motor sports, Tulsa annually hosts the Chili Bowl indoor race at the Tulsa Expo Center.
Tulsa Oilers Ice Hockey ECHL BOK Center Tulsa Roughnecks FC Men's Soccer United Soccer League ONEOK Field Tulsa Athletics Men's Soccer National Premier Soccer League Athletics Stadium University of Tulsa Golden Hurricane Old Gold, Royal Blue and Crimson NCAA Division I American The town/city of Tulsa manages 135 parks spread over 6,000 acres (2,400 ha). Woodward Park, a 45-acre (18 ha) tract positioned in midtown Tulsa, doubles as a botanical plant nurseries featuring the Tulsa Municipal Rose Garden, with more than 6,000 rose plants in 250 varieties, and the Linnaeus Teaching Gardens, which demonstrate the latest and most prosperous techniques for burgeoning vegetables, annuals, perennials, woody plants and groundcovers. Tulsa River Parks is a series of linear parks that run adjoining to the Arkansas River for about 10 miles (16 km) from downtown to the Jenks bridge.
The River Parks Turkey Mountain Urban Wilderness Area on the west side of the Arkansas River in south Tulsa is a 300-acre region that contains over 45 miles of dirt trails available for hiking, trail running, mountain biking and horseback riding.
Main article: Government of Tulsa, Oklahoma See also: List of mayors of Tulsa, Oklahoma The Tulsa City Hall serves as the base for most town/city government functions.
A mayor-council government has been in place in Tulsa since 1989 when the town/city converted from a town/city commission government deemed wasteful and less efficient. Since the change, Tulsa mayors have been given more power in accordance with a strong mayoral fitness and have greater control of a more merged array of governmental chapters. Plurality voting is used to elect mayors, who serve a term in office of four years.
Bynum who won the 2016 mayoral election and took office on December 5, 2016. Another Tulsa political figure, Jim Inhofe, who now represents Oklahoma in the United States Senate, served as the mayor of Tulsa early in his political career. Councilors are propel from their own respective districts based on a plurality voting system, and serve on the Tulsa City Council.
In accordance with the mayor-council form of government, the Tulsa City Council and the office of the Mayor coordinate in town/city government operations.
The auditor is propel for a term of two years. Phil Wood, a Democrat, held the position for 21 years before being defeated by Republican Preston Doerflinger in the 2009 election. The town/city serves as the seat of county government for Tulsa County, and lies mostly inside Oklahoma's 1st congressional district, with its far northwestern areas in southern Osage County in Oklahoma's 3rd congressional district.
Municipal and State laws are enforced in Tulsa by the Tulsa Police Department, an organization of 781 officers as of 2012. In 2012, Tulsa's crime rate were 46 murders, 1,106 robberies, and 6,045 burglaries, which was a 2% crime rate.
It was reported that Tulsa was ranked highest for some of the most different crimes in the state of Oklahoma, although annually Oklahoma City has the highest crimes in the state.
See also: List of schools in Tulsa, Oklahoma The Mc - Farlin Library serves the University of Tulsa campus.
This school directed until 1889. When Tulsa incorporated in 1899, it took over the school and became the first enhance school.
Tulsa assembled its first two enhance schools in 1905.
In December 1907, control of the enhance schools passed from the town/city government to the Tulsa Board of Education. Tulsa High School opened in 1906 on the same block formerly occupied by the Presbyterian mission school, which had been razed.
It proved too small by 1916, when Tulsa voters allowed a bond copy to construct a new high school at Sixth Street and Cincinnati Avenue, which was retitled Central High School.
There are three major enhance school districts in the town/city of Tulsa.
Tulsa Public Schools, with nine high schools and over 41,000 students, is the second-largest school precinct in Oklahoma and includes Booker T.
Washington High School, a magnet school assessed to be the 65th best high school in the United States by Newsweek Magazine in 2008. Each with one upper high school, Jenks and Union schools are the city's two other major districts, covering the southern portion of the town/city near the suburbs of Jenks and Broken Arrow.
A range of autonomous and sectarian schools exist in Tulsa, also.
The Catholic Diocese of Tulsa supports a fitness of parochial and diocesan schools, including Bishop Kelley High School, administered by the La - Sallians (French Christian Brothers).
The biggest library fitness in the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, the Tulsa City-County Library, contains over 1.7 million volumes in 25 library facilities. The library is active in the community, holding affairs and programs at most chapters, including no-charge computer classes, children's storytimes, company and job assistance, and scholarly databases with knowledge on a range of topics. The Mc - Farlin Library at the University of Tulsa is a federal depository library holding over three million items. Founded in 1930, the library is known for its compilation of Native American works and the initial works of Irish author James Joyce. The Tulsa City-County Library and the University of Tulsa's Law Library are also federal depository libraries, making Tulsa the only town/city in Oklahoma with more than two federal depository libraries. The Tulsa City County Library is under renovation.
See also: List of Colleges and Universities in Tulsa, Oklahoma The first institute of college studies was established in Tulsa when Kendall College, a Presbyterian school, moved from Muskogee to Tulsa in 1907.
In 1920, the school consolidated with a proposed Mc - Farlin College to turn into the University of Tulsa (abbreviated as TU).
Tulsa has 15 establishments of higher education, including two private universities: the University of Tulsa, a school established in 1894, and Oral Roberts University, a school established by evangelist Oral Roberts in 1963.
The University of Tulsa has an enrollment of 4,192 undergraduate and graduate students and is ranked 83rd among nationwide doctoral universities in U.S.
News and World Report's 2009 version of America's Best Colleges and among the best 123 Western Colleges by the Princeton Review in 2007, which also rates it in the top ten schools nationally for character of life, overall happiness of students, and relationship with the community. In addition to doctoral and masters programs, TU is home to the University of Tulsa College of Law and the Collins College of Business.
Both of the state's flagship research universities have campuses in Tulsa: Oklahoma State University homes three campuses in the city, the OSU Center for Health Sciences, the OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine, and OSU Tulsa, accommodating upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses.
Rogers State University is the Tulsa area's initial public, undergraduate-focused, four-year university, though Tulsa Community College has a partnership allowing students to complete four-year bachelor's degrees through OU-Tulsa, OSU-Tulsa, LU-Tulsa and NSU-Broken Arrow. The biggest improve college in Oklahoma, Tulsa Community College (TCC) operates four campuses spread athwart the region as well as a conference center in Midtown. Tulsa also has a Tulsa branch of Langston University, the only historically black college or college in the state, established in 1897.
The Spartan School of Aeronautics enrolls 1,500 students at its flight programs near Tulsa International Airport and the city's vocational education is headed by Tulsa Technology Center, the earliest and biggest vocational technology institution in the state. Virginia College is a school focusing on longterm position training in Business and office, Health and Medical and Network Engineering and has a ground in Tulsa.
Trade schools positioned in Tulsa include Vatterott College, Oklahoma Technical college, and Tulsa Tech. See also: Media of Tulsa, Oklahoma The Tulsa World operates primarily from its command posts in downtown Tulsa.
Tulsa's dominant journal is the daily Tulsa World, the second most widely circulated journal in Oklahoma with a Sunday circulation of 189,789. Urban Tulsa, another large publication, is a weekly journal covering entertainment and cultural affairs.
Covering primarily economic affairs and stocks, the Tulsa Business Journal caters to Tulsa's company sector.
Other publications include the Oklahoma Indian Times, the Tulsa Daily Commerce and Legal News, the Tulsa Beacon, This Land Press, and the Tulsa Free Press.
Until 1992, the Tulsa Tribune served as a daily primary journal competing with the Tulsa World.
The paper was acquired by the Tulsa World that year. Tulsa is also served by tv and radio transmitting networks.
As in most primary American cities, small-town airways broadcasts in the Tulsa region are controlled by a small handful of large transmitting companies.
The Tulsa Sound heavily influenced musicians Eric Clapton and Jimmy Markham. Musicians from Tulsa or that started their musical careers in Tulsa include Garth Brooks, The Gap Band, Hanson, Caroline's Spine, Ronnie Dunn, Gene Autry, David Gates, Jamie Oldaker, Jim Keltner, Bob Wills, David Cook, Broncho, Tyson Meade, John Moreland, The Damn Quails, LANY, and JD Mc - Pherson. In 2012, Tulsa was ranked as having one of the best music scenes outside of New York, Los Angeles and Nashville. Main article: Transportation in Tulsa, Oklahoma The Tulsa Transit bus network, operating from its Denver Avenue Station transit center in downtown, helps meet town/city infrastructure needs.
Transportation in Tulsa is aided by Tulsa Transit's bus network of 97 vehicles and two major airports, while the Tulsa Port of Catoosa provides transit of goods and trade through global trade routes.
Tulsa has an extensive highway fitness that joins drivers to many metros/cities in the region such as Joplin, Missouri on the Will Rogers Turnpike and Oklahoma City on the Turner Turnpike.
In 2011, the Oklahoma Department of Transportation reported that Tulsa's busiest freeway was US-169 with about 121,500 vehicles daily between 51st and 61st Streets, and its second busiest freeway was OK-51 with about 104,200 vehicles between Memorial and I-44. Surrounding Downtown is the Inner Dispersal Loop (sometimes called the "I-D-L"), which joins Downtown with almost all the highways in Tulsa.
Tulsa Transit, the city's bus operator, runs 97 buses on 19 different routes athwart Tulsa and in encircling suburbs such as Broken Arrow, Sand Springs, and Jenks.
Tulsa Transit has two stations: one in Midtown Tulsa, and another athwart from the BOK Center in Downtown.
An American Eagle airplane in new livery at Tulsa International Airport The Tulsa International Airport, (which is home to six commercial airlines, four cargo carriers, and one charter airline) serves more than three million travelers annually with almost 63 departures every day, contributing nearly $5.3 billion to the economy. In 2007, the airport instead of most of an expansion project, which encompassed larger terminal sizes and the addition of restaurants and shops.
Concourse A is under renovation. Riverside-Jones airport, a general aviation airport in West Tulsa, saw 335,826 takeoffs and landings in 2008, making it the busiest airport in Oklahoma and fifth busiest general aviation airport in the entire nation. Its operations contribute over $3.2 million to the economy annually. There are no mass transit rail lines in Tulsa, though the prospect of passenger rail lines from downtown Tulsa to the suburb of Broken Arrow is being studied. Freight stockyards s bisect the town/city in every direction, and include BNSF, Union Pacific Railroad, South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad, and OSRR rail lines.
Long distance passenger rail transit serves Tulsa only through Greyhound bus lines, which furnish bus connections to close-by cities with Amtrak stations. Starting in February 2014, a limited number of test trips of the Eastern Flyer began to run, connecting the Tulsa and Oklahoma City metros via train on Sundays. This private operation by the Iowa Pacific was at one point scheduled to begin regular daily operations in May 2014, but the same had not started as of August 2015.
Tulsa has two static displays of old steam barns locomotives for no-charge enhance viewing: the 1917 wood-burning Dierks Forest 207, a 2-6-2 Prairie-type positioned at the Tulsa State Fairgrounds; and, the 1942 oil-burning Frisco Meteor 4500, a Baldwin 4-8-4 Northern-type at the Route 66 Historical Village. At the head of the Mc - Clellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System, the Tulsa Port of Catoosa is the most inland ocean-going port in the United States and joins barge traffic from Tulsa to the Mississippi River via the Verdigris and Arkansas rivers.
John Medical Center, positioned in an 11-story midtown center, employs nearly 700 doctors. Other networks, such as Hillcrest Health System, operate a number of facilities in varying sizes. Beginning in 2007, the town/city propel to renew a five-year contract with EMSA for ambulance service after a reconstructionof consideration to switch to the Tulsa Fire Department for providing such services. Main article: List of citizens from Tulsa, Oklahoma In accordance with the Tulsa Global Alliance, which operates in conjunction with Sister Cities International, an organization that began under President Dwight Eisenhower in 1956, Tulsa has been given eight global sister metros/cities in an attempt to foster cross-cultural understanding: Official records for Tulsa kept August 1893 to December 1930 at downtown and at Tulsa Int'l since January 1931.
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