Headlines in History

This Week in Sapulpa History – Helen Keller Delivers Her Lecture to a Big Audience

April 23, 2024

Learn more about how the famous Helen Keller overcame her disabilities, and what happened when…

Spotlight on Sapulpa History: Headlines from April 15th

April 15, 2024

Today in history, the Creek County Republican announces the “newest oil town to dot the…

Spotlight on Sapulpa History: Headlines from April 14th

April 14, 2024

Today in history, a “big round-up and roping contest” was announced, promising to be “the…

Spotlight on Sapulpa: Headlines for April 11th

April 11, 2024

Read about when “Oklahoma’s most gifted songbird” came to Sapulpa, a new oil well being…

Spotlight on Sapulpa: Headlines for April 6th

April 6, 2024

Today in 1949, J.C. Penney announced the opening of its Sapulpa store, to take place…

Spotlight on Sapulpa: Headlines for April 5th

April 5, 2024

Today in 1910, thirty of the most prominent citizens from the southwest part of Sapulpa…

Spotlight on Sapulpa: Headlines for April 4th

April 4, 2024

Today in 1916, a delayed response of more than five hours by the Sapulpa Police…

Spotlight on Sapulpa: Headlines for April 3rd

April 3, 2024

Today in 1911, the smallpox epidemic begins to take a heavy toll on workers in…

Spotlight on Sapulpa: Headlines for April 2nd

April 2, 2024

Today in 1910, Sapulpa newsies deliver papers with the Sapulpa Fire Insurance Co.—which the Sapulpa…

Spotlight on Sapulpa: Headlines for March 30th

March 30, 2024

Today in 1917, a man dropped dead at the Yale Theater after singing a contract…