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Oklahoma Trails has several counties and projects up for adoption. If you would be interested in adopting a county or project look at the Oklahoma Trails. If you find one that you would like to adopt e-mail the State Administrator or Assistant State Administrator.[ Being a County or State Administrator is fun and rewarding. If you have an interest in the history of Oklahoma and the genealogy of it's residents please consider it. If you think "there is no way I can do this" there are many people ready, willing and able to help you. It's not near as difficult as you might think. ] | History |
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An important find is the Lasley Vore Site, which closely associates American Indian and European artifacts and dates them to the early- to mid-eighteenth century. Scholars suggest this was a semipermanent hunter-farmer village that was possibly visited in 1719 by French voyageur Jean Baptiste BĂ©nard de la Harpe and his party. Later, French traders undoubtedly passed through the present county as they traveled up and down the Arkansas River Valley. In 1803 the United States attained the region through the purchase of Louisiana Territory. Americans who explored the area included James Wilkinson (1806), Thomas James (1821), Washington Irving (1832), and Nathan Boone (1843). The border between the Cherokee and Creek nations cuts through present Tulsa County. As the two peoples began to settle the region in the 1830s and 1840s, they created small towns near the rivers and streams. A Creek band established the forerunner to the city of Tulsa at this time. For a few months in 1834 the federal government garrisoned a stockaded fortification, known as (Old) Fort Arbuckle, approximately eight miles west of present Sand Springs. The name honored the commander of Fort Gibson, Col. Matthew Arbuckle. During the Civil War in present Tulsa County Confederate Col. Douglas H. Cooper harassed Opothleyahola and his followers as they traveled to the Union stronghold of Kansas. On December 9, 1861, nearly a month after their engagement at Round Mountain, the sides clashed at Bird Creek a few miles southeast of Sperry. Known as the Battle of Chusto-Talasah, the four-hour skirmish further weakened Opothleyahola's forces, and on December 26 at the Battle of Chustenahlah in present Osage County Cooper scattered the Unionist Creeks, sending the survivors to Kansas without supplies. | Links |
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Free Records Search at Familysearch Org | ||
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Tulsa County Cemetery Listings on Interment Net | ||
Tulsa County Cemetery Listing at Find A Grave | ||
Oklahoma Birth Certificates
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State of Oklahoma Genealogy Records Guide
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Oklahoma State Archives
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Oklahoma Genealogical Society Library and Archives
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County Clerk 500 South Denver St. Tulsa, OK 74103 Phone (918)596-5801 Fax (918)596-5819 | Court Clerk 500 S. Denver St. Tulsa, OK. 74103 Phone 918-596-5478, or 5451 | E-Mail Lists and Message Boards |
Tulsa County Mail List on Rootsweb | ||
Tulsa County Message Board on Rootsweb | ||
Tulsa County Message Board on Genforum | Adjacent Counties |
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