Roger’s Bakery was the one-stop shop for all baking needs. Bakeries in early day Sapulpa could be found on nearly every corner; grocery stores and meat markets, too, could be found just around the corner and often in the proprietor’s own residence.

The dawn of the new decade would soon bring many factories to the city. The 1910s brought along glass factories, packing plants, and steelwork businesses. Another new industry would begin in this decade for Sapulpa: motor vehicles.

This week in Sapulpa history, the Grand Opening of the Sapulpa Historical Museum at 100 E Lee Ave on July 14, 1975.

W.C. Strange came to town to run a bottling plant and ended up running for sheriff. He was elected at a time when the 1930s outlaw era was at its highest. Read about this Strange man in a strange time.

The city of Sapulpa became an oil boom town, but that success lead to setbacks, controversies and accidents.

June’s “Historical Advertisements” this month in our history show the businesses, sales, and events happening in our local stores.

Learn more about Sapulpa’s “separate school,” dating all the way back to 1906, and how it’s successor was eventually named “the most beautiful rural African-American school in Oklahoma.

Even though the official summer solstice wouldn’t come around until Tuesday, June 21st, 1949, children, families, and businesses were eager to join the hot summer events around Sapulpa. This week in Sapulpa history, many announcements were made about the 1949 summer season.

This week in Sapulpa history, on June 2, 1905, it was announced that Sapulpa Pressed Brick Company was doing well, in fact, it was the “largest in the Territory.”

As part of 1948’s celebration of Sapulpa’s 50th anniversary, the Junior Chamber of Commerce held a “whisker derby” that dominated the summer months. Read this fun story!