Headlines in History

Learn more about how the famous Helen Keller overcame her disabilities, and what happened when she gave her lecture in Sapulpa, Oklahoma

Today in history, the Creek County Republican announces the "newest oil town to dot the map," called Stanleyville. It was located on "the chat road between Sapulpa and Drumright."

Today in history, a "big round-up and roping contest" was announced, promising to be "the largest of its kind ever in this part of the state," and Freckles "Hoo" Ray of "Our Gang" brings his big circus show to Sapulpa...

Read about when "Oklahoma's most gifted songbird" came to Sapulpa, a new oil well being drilled in Kellyville, and more news from today in history.

Today in 1949, J.C. Penney announced the opening of its Sapulpa store, to take place the following day. The store is now the home of the Tatanka Trading Post on E. Dewey Ave.

Today in 1910, thirty of the most prominent citizens from the southwest part of Sapulpa made an appeal to the city council for the extension of water mains and sewer lines. See that and more in today's headlines in history.

Today in 1916, a delayed response of more than five hours by the Sapulpa Police to a burgled home brings the Sapulpa Herald headline: "officers too busy to hunt for burglars." See what else happened today in history!

Today in 1911, the smallpox epidemic begins to take a heavy toll on workers in nearby oil fields; the nearby town of Hilton was "practically depopulated" as a result... this and more in today's Headlines in History!

Today in 1910, Sapulpa newsies deliver papers with the Sapulpa Fire Insurance Co.—which the Sapulpa Light calls "the only show of the kind put on in any city in the United States" ... this and more inside!

Today in 1917, a man dropped dead at the Yale Theater after singing a contract to work on Ozark Trail Road. In 1934, a Kite Flying Contest is announced; in 1977 the Kiowa Tribal Dancers come to Sapulpa schools, and more inside!