History

Spotlight on Sapulpa: Mar 2, 1912: GOP delegate speculation; 1918: Mize Drug Store opens; 1929: Singer joins club; 1935: CCC camp discussed, band queen crowned.

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

Spotlight on Sapulpa: Feb 29, 1912: Interurban financing; 1940: March winds; 1968: Wild onion tradition; 1996: Low crime rate.

Spotlight on Sapulpa: Feb 28, 1951: Bristow pastor speaks; 1990: School bond approved; 2001: Heating costs rise; 2007: Livestock show prep.

Spotlight on Sapulpa: Feb 27, 1940: Rotary Club address; 1945: Six sons in service; 1968: NSC pageant finalists; 1979: CPR training.

Spotlight on Sapulpa: Feb 26, 1912: City cuts staff; 1917: Store manager leaves; 1934: Salvation Army aid; 1940: Fat hog show.

A crook who escapes authorities in Oklahoma City is nabbed by a Sapulpa policeman, and other stories happening today in history on February 23rd.

In 1912, the Sapulpa Evening Light proclaimed that all houses in the city now had a water meter! Read this and what else is making headlines in history on February 22nd.

Today in 1919, the chairman of the Sapulpa Commercial Club expressed a desire to get a railroad extension to Shamrock. This and more headlines that made history on February 17th.

In 1914, a new "danger signal" was installed at the corner of Park and Dewey, and a popular employee at a clothing store announces he'll be opening a shoe store. Read this and other headlines that made history on February 20th