Rachel Whitney, Curator,
Sapulpa Historical Museum
Friday, August 25, 1911, Farmer and Laborer: Some Farmer Stories
“A group of farmers were talking on the street in regard to the wonderful growth everything was making since the rains set in. one told of some corn he had planted a week ago, which he said was so high-measuring about six inches on his hand. In a few minutes afterward he had occasion to again refer to the corn and measure it on his arm indicating about a foot and a half. One of the group reminded him of the fact that he had said a few minutes before that the corn was about six inches high, and now he was claiming it was over twice as high as he first started. ‘Well that is all right too. That was about ten minutes ago; the corn has grown some since then. You don’t ‘spose it’s stopped just because I’d come to town, do you?’”
Thursday, August 25, 1921, Sapulpa Herald: Posse Starts Chase to Get Auto Robbers
“Seven more cars are robbed on the Sapulpa-Drumright road; one car is taken. Seven automobiles full of people were held up by masked bandits at the Brown Creek bridge on the Drumright road shortly after dark last night. The bandits escaped with several hundred dollars in cash and some jewelry. The robbery was just a week after the same kind of holdup of a bunch of cars which had taken place at this bridge. The three men who held up the cars last night were also said to have resembled the men who pulled the previous hi-jacking. One man failed to stop for the bandits last night and they unsuccessfully shot at him as he sped away. After robbing the people in the cars the bandits escaped in a new Stutz car which they took from an old man. He fell into the creek after they shoved him out of his car and almost drowned…”
Thursday, August 25, 1960, Democrat News: New Fire Trucks Arrive for Sapulpa
“Sapulpa received their two new fire trucks yesterday for which bonds were voted recently to purchase. The new trucks are the pride of the Sapulpa Fire Department. The trucks have a 1,000 per gallon a minute pump…They also have an auxiliary pump rated at 200 gallons per minute for driving and pumping at the same time…They are equipped with a 400 gallon water supply and a hose bed of 2,000 feet. The trucks have two electric rewind booster hose reels with 200 feet of hose on each reel…All the latest equipment will be used on the trucks such as smoke extractors, special type nozzles, resuscitator, and other different types of fire extinguishers. The trucks will have a 24’ extension ladder, a 12’ roof ladder, and a 12’ pike pole…The cost of the new trucks will run a little over $20,000 each when all the equipment is installed…”
Monday, August 25, 1980, Sapulpa Daily Herald: Toxic Chemical Probe Continues at Mounds
“State Health Department investigators continued their probe at a former oil waste dump near Mounds, digging into land which so far has yielded more than thirty 55-gallon drums of what investigators believe could be hazardous chemicals…most of the oil waste stored at the rural site is crude oil waste by-products taken from oil tank bottoms. If chemicals found in the buried barrels is confirmed to be hazardous, it would be up to the site operator to pay the expenses of cleanup and any damages resulting from the chemicals to area land or drinking water. Even if chemicals found in drums are found to be hazardous, there is a chance no great damage has been done if the drums didn’t leak…There were several open ponds of oil waste at the site. Some barrels were dug up there this weekend…drums had the odor and appearance of paint thinners and solvents – which are hazardous compounds…”
