The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-09-10
TU[SA'S REUNION
CAUSES INTEREST
MANY INQUIRIES CONCERN
ING ORIGIN OF THAT
CITY'S NAME
FACT OF HISTORY BRIEFLY TOLD
Reunion Visitors In September Will
Be Surprised and Entertained BY
Historic Surroundings Of
the City.

Tulsa, Okla, Aug.-In view OF the
fact that people all over the south are
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 investigate
ing turn of mind should make inquiries
about it,
Some years ago DR.. Fred s. Clinton
published pamphlet on this subject
and a 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. II
means nothing in itself. 1t is simply
the name of a former clan of the
Greek Indians. DR.. Clinton says:
"Anciently, clans, or secret societies,
existed among the Creek Indians out
OF which, in the march of progress, q
constitutional form of government was
framed, and these clans sent their rep
resentatives to the councils of the
Creeks. There was a time when this
oligarchic government was very
strongly established among the
Creeks, 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
in this manner the settlement took its
NAME"
The first settler within the present
limits Of the city of Tulsa was Archie
YahOla, fullblooded Creek indiana
He was a man Of fine physique and
possessed superior mind. He came
here from Georgia in 1886, and was
selected town chief of the Tulsa Loeb!
apokas. His followers idolized him.
and when he died, in 1850, he was
buried in the southern part Of the city
near the ampitheatre erected by the
clan for the practive 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
$4,000. It has bank deposits Of
$53.000,000, with total resources Of
$60,000,O00. The monthly bank clear
ings are approximately $4,000, 200. !
The greater part of this wealth comes
from the oil industry, total daily ship,
ments Of oil from the city being 30O,:
900 barrels. 1t may be of interest to |
make note Of the fact that Tulsa is the
center Of the Mid-Continent Oil belt
from which the nation is receiving a
large per cent of the oil necessary to |
the prosecution Of the European war.
Tulsa is also a patriotic city. At the
close of the drive for the third Lib
erty Loan, the community had NEST
ed $18,607,900 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 its
pledge to the ex-Confederates like it
redeems all of its obligations and
meets its responsibilities. That the
reunion here Sept. 24-27 inclusive will |
be one Of the best in the history Of |
the United Confederate Veterans as
ISOLATION, is assured. It is believed
that the attendance will reach 1000
and arrangements are being perfected
to entertain that large number of pe0-
pie.
Tulsa has an interesting historical
back ground. A corner Of the Chero-
kee, Creek and Usage nations was with
in q 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 Ameril
can tour. Sam Houston, the celebrat-
cd 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 to be seen All
along the Arkansas river, there are
points Of historic interest that visitors
% the reunion will see with pleasure
md profit.
But it is modern Tulsa that will in.
.erest the visitor most, because it is a
marvel of enterprise and thrift The
1ew portion of the city rivals n
beauty and magnificance anything on
he continent The most modern sky
,crapers west of the Mississippi river
ire to be seen in Tulsa, and its sky
inc is ever changing. Development Of
il the oil industry has made it pos.
,ible for these modern buildings to be
erected. Vast fortunes have been
made in this one industry. Yet, there
ire a variety of industries here that
repay those who have their
money invested in them.
Reunion visitors will find the sur
-oundings at Tulsa entirely different
rom any place where reunions have
,een held in the past 1T will be new
world to many. Oklahoma is a won
lerful section OF the country, and its
development of late years has been
marvellous. Reunion visitors will be
surprised at the growth Of Tulsa and
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