Sapulpa Historical Society

Over the last year, we have discussed the lives and careers of Denver Grigsby and Frances Hutt, later Frances Hutt Dewey. These two lived different lives, one in baseball and one in singing. One returned to live in Sapulpa, one would become a First Lady of New York and could have been First Lady of…

Often in yearbooks, there are more than just images of classmates, there are notes, letters, and signatures from friends and teachers; there are pages of calendar events of what happened that year at school. There are pages of history and acknowledgments of yesterdays. The 1932 and 1932 Sapulpa High School Yearbooks had all of those,…

In this two-part story, learn how Sapulpa's funeral homes began, and how eventually, one of them would make national news!

In 1920, Sapulpa boys jokingly chased down the high school principal and tossed him in their new school pool...only to realize the poor guy couldn't swim! Or could he?

When one of Sapulpa's newspapers alleges that the Frisco Railroad might be getting its water for free from the city, or that the water plant might be sold to a syndicate, how did the others respond? See the details of the back-and-forth in Sapulpa's newspapers of 1912.

This week in history, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt made a trip visit to Creek County as part of a nationwide tour. Read what she said about Bristow, Sapulpa and more inside.

Many things took place in Sapulpa 100 years ago this week; School attendance and students made the news, the Sapulpa Junior Chamber of Commerce announces a huge event, and something strange happened to the post office. These headlines kept a highlight of what was going on in the city.

Rachel Whitney, Curator, Sapulpa Historical Museum What does the western band the Texas Playboys, the town of Sapulpa, and the song “Faded Love” have in common? Bob Wills. “Bob Wills shared an American art form known as Western swing. He was a visionary, fiddler, composer, bandleader, and showman. His impact was personal. People met and…

In the beginning of Sapulpa's oil boom, Sapulpa’s oil supply houses were nonexistent, whereas Tulsa had seven supply houses. Then came Bovaird.

Before telephones were widely available in Sapulpa, the city installed fireboxes all around the community for citizens to alert the fire department.