The Carlisle independent., 1918-09-05
.TULSA'S REUNION
 CAUSES INTEREST
MANY INQUIRIES CONCERN ING ORIGIN OF THAT
 ClTYS NAME
FACT OF HISTORY BRIEFLY TOLD
Reunion Visitors In September Will Be Surprised and Entertained By Historic Surroundings of
 the City.

fact that people all over the south are l beginning to talk about Tulsa, and the Confederate reunion, it is not surpris- ing that interest is attached to the name and that people of an inyestigat- ing turn of mind should make inquiries about it.
 Some years ago Dr. Fred 5. Clinton published a pamphlet on this subject and copy of it has been preserved in the public library From this pam phlet it apears that the word Tulsa" is not descriptive Of man or beast. It means nothing in itself It is simply the name of a former clan of the Creek Indians. Dr. Clinton says
 "Anciently. clans, or secret societies, existed among the Creek Indians out of which, in the march of progress, a constitutional form of government was framed, and these clans sent their rep resentatives to the councils of the Greeks. There was a time when this oligarehic government was very strongly established among the | Greeks, or Muscogees, because the members of the clans were not allow ed to intermarry and representatives were hereditary One of these clans was known by the name of Tulsa, and l in this manner the settlement took it's | name"
 The first settler within the present limits of the city of Tulsa was Archie 1 Yahola, a fullblooded Creek Indian. | He was man of fine physique and | possessed superior mind. He came | here from Georgia in 1835. and was | selected town chief of the Tulsa Loch- l apokas His followers idoliZed him. | and when he died, in 1850. he was | buried iR the southern part of the city near the ampitheatre erected by the l clan for the praetive Of their religious | rites.
 Tulsa's growth has been very rapid of recent years. It is now a modern city with an estimated population of | 80.000 It has bank deposits of S53, ,000 900, with total resources of | s60,000,000 The monthly bank clear ings are approximately s50.000.000 The greater part of this wealth comes from the oil industry. total daily ship, ments of oil from the city being 300.- 900 barrels. It may be of interest to make note of the fact that Tulsa is the center of the Mid Continent Oil belt l from which the nation is receiving a | large per cent Of the oil necessary to | the prosecution of the European war. Tulsa is also patriotic city. At the | close Of the drive for the third Lib l ertv Loan. the community had inest- ed S1S.607,900 in various war funds Every demand on the community for war purposes has been promptly met. Tulsa's quota of the third Liberty Loan was subscribed in less than | week
 The community will redeem it's pledge to the x-Confederates like it redeems all of it's obligations and | meets it's responsibilities. That the reunion here Sept 24-27 inclusive will be one of the best in the history of the United Confederate Veterans as- sociation, is assured. It is believed that the attendance will reach 100000
 
 to entertain that large number of peo pie.
 Tulsa has an interesting historical back ground. 4 corner or the Chero- kee, Creek and Osage nations was with in a few hundred yards of the center of the business section of the city. The Albert Pike highway, and the his toric Ozark trail cross each other here Washington Irving stopped here in 1882 while making his Ameri- can tour. Sam Houston, the celebrat ed warrior-statesman left records of his wanderings around the city Some of the old frontier forts that fig ured conspicuously in the early his tory of the southwest. were located near the present site of the city and their remains are yet 10 be seen. All along the Arkansas river. there are points of historic interest that visitors to the reunion will see with pleasure and profit.
 But it is modern Tulsa that will in- terest the visitor most. because it is marvel of enterprise and thrift. The new portion of the city rivals in beauty and magnificance anything on the continent The most modern sky scrapers west of the Mississippi river are to be seen in Tulsa. and its sky line is ever changing. Development of of the oil industry has made it pos sible for these modern buildings to be erected. Vast fortunes have been made in this one industry. Yet. there are a variety of industries here that generously repay those who have their money invested in them.
 Reunion visitors will find the sur. roundings at Tulsa entirely different from any place where reunions have been held in the past It will be new world to many. Oklahoma is a won derful section of the country. and it's development of late years has been marvellous Reunion visitors will bs surprised at the growth of Tulsa and the development of the oil industry