Sapulpa Historical Society

This Week in Sapulpa History: Sapulpa’s Y.M.C.A. and Y.W.C.A.

February 14, 2024

Since the Village People came out with that catchy tune in 1978, everyone knows about…

This Week in Sapulpa History: Heating Up at the Glass Plant

February 8, 2024

The Bartlett Collins Glass Plant opened in 1915, but it wasn’t long before upset employees…

This Week in Sapulpa History: Impressed with the Empress Theatre

February 1, 2024

This week in Sapulpa History, the Empress Theatre brought to life a William Shakespeare classic…

This Week in Sapulpa History: Historic Landmark Preserved

January 27, 2024

Learn more about where Sapulpa is buried, and who the family members are buried with…

This Week in Sapulpa History: Sapulpa’s Grand St. James

January 10, 2024

Billed as “modern and first-class in every details,” the St. James Hotel stood for well…

This Week in Sapulpa History: Early Days of Sapulpa Schools

January 5, 2024

This week in Sapulpa History, a new school board met and found that a single…

This Week in Sapulpa History – Major Meyer and Mize Fire

December 29, 2023

This week in Sapulpa history, read the story about the mysterious blaze that took out…

This Week in Sapulpa History: Community Christmas

December 25, 2023

The story of how Sapulpa got its community Christmas Tree, which stood for 75 years…

This Week in Sapulpa History: Sapulpa’s hand-made glass

December 10, 2023

The relocation of Sunflower Glass Co. to Sapulpa would give the town four glass companies,…

Remembering Pearl Harbor: A collection of our most memorable stories about the “Day of Infamy”

December 7, 2023

On today, the 82nd anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, we look at some…