University:
Felician University
Course:
HIST-110 | World Geography and Culture
Academic year:

2024
Views:

231

Pages:

10
Author:

Clint W.

Chapter 12 Creating the 46th State In this chapter: vMassive - and sometimes radical - changes will take place in the Twin Territories between the 1889 Land Run and Statehood in 1907, with railroads, agriculture, and minerals leading the way. v The Five Civilized Tribes will advocate for a separate Native American state, but the United States Congress will ignore them. vA constitutional convention in Guthrie will lay the foundations of the new state government. Section 1: Growth in the Twin Territories A railroad stop almost guaranteed growth for a community, and many fought for it. The Santa Fe Railroad originally stopped at Cross in Kay County, but the new townsite of Ponca City lured it away. Cross became a ghost town. Reno City even moved its buildings across the river to El Reno when the railroad passed them by. In 1902, the Frisco Railroad made the town of Sapulpa its division headquarters. Tulsa offered the Katy Railroad a $12,000 bonus and free right-of-way land if it would stop in their city instead of Sapulpa. It worked.Tulsa became our second-largest city. Most of Oklahoma City’s rail traffic went through the freight yard known as Bricktown. The cargo included cotton, cattle, horses, wheat, corn, and minerals. Interurbans, or short railroads with trolleys, came to Oklahoma City in 1904. Their success led to other routes to Guthrie and Norman. In 1976, the trolley station in Norman was converted into a restaurant.