History

Read the stories making headlines in Sapulpa history on August 13th, including one about a high-schooler who spent three weeks in a tree!

Here are the stories that made headlines throughout history on August 12th in Sapulpa and Creek County

Here are the stories making headlines for August 11th in Sapulpa History

Here's a look at the stories that were headlines for August 10th throughout history in Sapulpa.

This week in Sapulpa History, the Business and Professional Women's Club reported on how Sapulpa was shaping up just after World War 2. What did the 1940s look like for Sapulpa?

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.