Red Fork, Oklahoma

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Red Fork is a community of West Tulsa. Red Fork, was first settled in 1884, and eventually became the Frisco railroad's terminus in Indian Territory. Cattle raised in the territory's Indian Nations were loaded on cattle cars in Red Fork to be shipped to slaughter houses headed toward hungry dinners back east. It is famous for being the location of the first tremendously successful oil well in Tulsa County, the Sue Bland in 1901 on land owned by Mrs. J.C. W. Bland. Within a few months, Red Fork grew from 75 people into a town of 1,500 and was incorporated in 1902. In 1923, Red Fork was annexed into Tulsa. Later, the town was a part of Route 66 with an amusement park named Crystal City on the highway, many hotels and motels and restaurants and stretched north to Lookout Mountain and west towards Berryhill. The West Tulsa post office is located in Red Fork. KTUL, Channel 8 local television station, is also located in Red Fork on Lookout Mountain. Also, the Cherokee Yard of the Burlington Northern railroad in located in Red Fork.

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