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A peaceful farm scene from the city of Pink. A view of downtown Tall Chief.
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As promised, we have begun to rebuild. It's taking a while to get all my plug-ins back in order but in the mean time the main city grids are being put into place. The southern suburb, the City of Jenks, Oklahoma. South Tulsa neighborhood/district, Tulsa Hills. and the Southwest Tulsa neighborhood of Carbondale.
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Hello Citizens, I regretfully must inform everyone that my motherboard short circuited back in February (which is why there have been no new posts) and because of this my OS was compromised and I have lost all the data I had on the HD. So at this point, I have to recreate all that I had for the Tulsa Metroplex. This will only be but a small bump in the road and I assure you we will pull through this trial in the same way that this beautiful city has on many occasions. For now, this is it; BUT I will be diligent in beginning my recreation again and there will be new updates very soon. Yours honorably, Mayor Patchoula
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The Sleeping Giant During the middle of the 20th Century Tulsa focused on land growth during an annexation boom. During the 1920's Tulsa annexed its way from 7 to 20 square miles and although growth was slowed during the Great Depression, the coming decades would see vast growth. during the 1940's Tulsa added another 6.5 square miles. From 1950 to 1965 the town doubled from 24.04 to 49.93 square miles. 1966, however, would see the largest single annexation in city history. On Friday, March 18, 1966 the City of Tulsa abandoned the slow and progressive model of expansion and annexed 102.5 square miles in retaliation to the suburb of Sand Springs, Oklahoma. On Thursday the 17th it was made aware that Sand Springs had annexed a 110 square mile fence-line on Monday the 14th in secret, which Mayor James Maxwell of Tulsa called "politically immature, unnecessary, unprovoked and unwarranted" and claimed that they "turned their back on the cooperation in planning" and had "ruptured the ‘green belt’ concept which had been a long‐standing gentlemen’s agreement between Tulsa and the surrounding county towns." Sand Springs' mayor, John Hess, responded that the action was taken due to a break down of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area Planning Commission although he had been quoted earlier saying the annex had been planned for months. Coupled with Tulsa's annexation of virtually all land east and south of town, was that agreements previously made between the two cities were reviewed and Tulsa revoked the agreement to supply emergency water supplies to Sand Springs. This move would garnered great criticism which came from other suburbs but also fellow city officials. The annexation would also prove to be a huge burden on the city. Previous standards for any area to be annexed were: This new area did not meet these minimum requirements at all and would take several years to reconcile and would greatly hinder fire and criminal safety through thinly veiled protection that would be seen well into the 1970's. Needed improvements for public safety was the construction of two new fire stations and the additional hiring of police officers and purchasing of equipment (at the time there were only enough squad cars and officers for one per 20 square miles). By 1973 the Great Annexation's financial effects were beginning to wain and the city decided to annex another 77 square mile tract of land north of town which would extend the city into Osage and Rogers counties. This time the city would instead annex only the boundary for the expansion as a 70 feet wide strip of land that would prohibit other municipalities from taking the land but would also not require Tulsa to upgrade the lands to "full city services" Since the 1973 annexation there haven't been any notable annexes by Tulsa however, below is the current corporate limits of the Metropolitan Tulsa Area Planning Commission:
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Tulsa, Oklahoma was incorporated on January 18, 1898. However, the area was settled by Creek Indians between 1828 and 1836. The settlement was located at what is now the intersection of S Cheyenne Ave and W 18th Street under the Council Oak Tree, which is a Post Oak and is now a city park. This location was selected by Chief Tukabahchi and fellow Trail of Tears survivors because it closely resembled their home lands of Alabama. Originally the settlement was named Tallasi, Meaning Old Town in Creek, and later became Tulsa. Modern day Tulsa resides predominantly in Creek Nation territory but also extends into Cherokee and Osage lands. The largest reservation in Oklahoma, the Osage Reservation, marks the northwest boundaries of Tulsa county and subsequently the northwest boundaries of the Tulsa city limits. In 1901 oil was discovered on the western banks of the Arkansas River in Red Fork, Oklahoma which would later be annexed by Tulsa because of this discovery. The original well site was named Sue Bland #1. While it is no longer visible several members of the community have come together to create the Route 66 Village which is located east of the original site on Historic Route 66, locally named Southwest Boulevard. The Route 66 Village is an open air museum that includes a fully restored Frisco 4500 Steam Engine and tender, an oil car, passenger car, caboose, oil derrick, and they mostly recently completed construction on a 1930's Phillips Oil Company fueling station which will serve as the visitor center in months to come. By 1905 oil was also discovered in Glenn's Pool 15 miles south of Tulsa and is the current day town of Glenpool, Oklahoma. This officially kicked off the oil boom in northeastern Oklahoma which garnered Tulsa the nickname "Oil Capitol Of The World" this title would be held until the 1980's but more on that later. During the next 20 years Tulsa's population would skyrocket to over 72,000 individuals comprised mostly of mid-western and east coast business men vying for their fortunes in black gold. With the wealth that moved in, and was also created in the oil fields, a construction boom grew almost over-night and funded the construction of downtown Tulsa's dense collection of Art Deco architecture which is now the largest in the world. During the 1910's and 20's oil barons found a new way to compete with their vast fortunes and began to build the tallest towers the fastest to show their superiority. From this competition we now have some of the most notable pieces of the Tulsa Skyline including; the Philtower, the First National Bank of Tulsa building, Cosden building (later to become the Mid-Continent Tower during the 1980's), Boston Avenue Methodist Church, and the Mayo Hotel building to name a few. The map below is the original layout of Tulsa during the 1920's: As time would crank on into the 20th century oil would prove to not only be the building block of the city and the creation of riches beyond imagine but also a life line during economic catastrophe. On October 29,1929 the whole of a nation woke up to a banking system crumbling and life savings vanishing into thin air, Black Tuesday would prove that not all that glitters is gold but what provides for a family is hard work and hard work was found in the oil fields of Tulsa. Because of this the city and it's citizens fared better then most and another migration to Tulsa began, this time doubling the population to over 140,000 by 1940. The 1920's would also bring the darkest part of Tulsa's history; May 31, 1921. This day would mark the worst race riot in U.S. history which lead to the total destruction of the most prosperous community of African Americans in the country known as "Black Wall Street". During a 16 hour riot in the streets of the Greenwood District at least 300 citizens were killed, 800 injured, and over 10,000 were left homeless. 35 city blocks were burned to the ground and over $1.8 million in damages were done. Retribution claims were left unsuccessful for survivors and for the rest of the 20th century the event was left mostly swept under the rug. Since the turn of the century though, the city has played a fair role on bringing the events of this day to light and the Greenwood community has created the Greenwood Cultural Center which is a living museum which focuses on the race riot. The current mayor, G.T. Bynum, has also taken an interest since his days as a city counselor to learn the full extent of casualties and is currently working on locating the unmarked grave sites left in the wake of the disaster to help bring closure to family stories that were left unwritten. Through this decade of divisions however, one man was building a unifying force, the great "Mother Road" Route 66. in 1925, Cyrus Avery was a local business man who sought to create a highway that would connect Los Angeles to Chicago and would bring that road directly through Tulsa. Today Route 66 runs from Sapulpa in the southwest to Catoosa running along Southwest Boulevard and S 11th Street. The original Route 66 bridge still stands across the Arkansas River, although it is no longer used for any form of traffic, but was replaced by the current bridge in the 1980's. when the original 11th street bridge was constructed in 1916 it was the largest reinforced concrete bridge west of the Mississippi River and was the determining factor for bringing Route 66 through Tulsa. In 1936 the bridge was widened to four lanes and marked the completion of Route 66 through Tulsa. Below is an image of the 11th Street bridge: And this concludes the first Chapter of Tulsa's history up to 1940.
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From the album Tulsa Metropolitan Area
It seemed that the 71st Street bridge was the easiest place to start the grid lines for Tulsa. The beginning street grid is of Tulsa hills going south into Jenks, Oklahoma -
Some nice pictures of my town for all of you.
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http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/10/26/suspect-deadly-oklahoma-crash-due-court/74613054/ Happened a few days ago I think but we have a real tragedy here. Celebration turned into a nightmare. The driver is charged with four counts of murder. The prosecution seems to believe she was under the influence while the defense says it's due to mental problems. We may know more as time goes on. If it was because she was under the influence, she may have just thrown her life away. Which is also sad.
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Suspects are two teens? Mass murders in the U.S. continue. This one seems family related.
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http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/tornado-blanket-safety-oklahoma/30424793 Hopefully this can save many more lives.
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G'Day Simtropians, This map I wish to present today is courtesy of a request from Andersdja here at Club Simtrop, Thanks mate. It is of Tahlequah and the Cookson Hills,Ten Killer Lake area of Oklahoma. See me up CLOSE and personal. This is a real world map and was produced with dem and satellite data. It measures 45.056km x 45.056km and utilising 16bit mapping technology it is in .SC4M format. Wouanagaine's mapper or terraformer is required for importation. The map is terrain and scale accurate. A readme has been included containing some links and instructions and a picture. I think that's all. Cheers -
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G'Day Simtropians, Today I am presenting a map requested courtesy of Frex_Ceafus, Thanks Frex. The map is of McCurtain County Oklahoma, Frex's home county and is quite large. With plenty of varied terrain and nothing extreme, a good allrounder minus seaports. See me up CLOSE and personal. This is a real world map and is terrain and scale accurate. It measures 69.632km x 102.4km and utilises 16bit mapping technology. Being in .SC4M format requires one to have Wouanagaine's mapper installed to import it into one's game. Being so large requires a 64bit operating system and gobs of memory ;<) Links and instructions are in the updated readme. I think thats all. Cheers
