In mid-19th century, when Pennsylvania was the first center of petroleum production, Pittsburgh[4] and Titusville[5] were considered oil capitals. In the later 19th century, before oil was discovered in Texas, Oklahoma, or the Middle East, Cleveland, Ohio had a claim to the title,[6] with 86[7] or 88[8] refineries operating in the city in 1884.
Tulsa continued to be known and promote itself as the "oil capital of the world" into the 1950s[25] and 1960s. The IPE grew and reached its peak attendance in 1966, when the Golden Driller, a large statue symbolic of Tulsa's historical importance in the oil industry, was erected in front of the new IPE Building, then said to be the world's largest building under one roof.[26] By the 1970s, however, the IPE's success, and Tulsa's role in the international oil industry, had both eroded: Tulsa's last IPE was held in 1979,[27] while Houston has become the most prominent hub of the oil industry in the United States. In more recent times, Tulsa's continued use of "oil capital of the world" is often characterized as nostalgic or historical.[28][29] But even today, energy is one of Tulsa's major industries,[30] and many of the city's professional sports franchises have petroleum-related names such as the Tulsa Oilers (ice hockey), Tulsa Oilers (indoor football), Tulsa Drillers (baseball), and Tulsa Roughnecks (now FC Tulsa, men's soccer).
National Register of Historic Places designationedit
In 2010, Tulsa officially designated the central part of its downtown as the "Oil Capital Historic District" for the purposes of a proposed registration in the National Register of Historic Places.[31] The district, at 36°09′04″N95°59′24″W / 36.151°N 95.990°W / 36.151; -95.990, is bounded by Third Street on the north, Cincinnati Avenue on the east, Seventh Street on the south and Cheyenne Avenue on the west. It was officially listed on December 13, 2010, under Criterion A for significance in Commerce. Its NRIS number is 10001013.[32]
Referencesedit
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^"The Evolution of the Energy Capital of the World". John Nova Lomax, Texas Monthly, February 14, 2017. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
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^"OIL: A Real Sentimental Loss". TIME. October 16, 1950. Archived from the original on November 24, 2009. Retrieved 2011-03-19.
^Joseph G. Haubrich and Brent Meyer. "Peak Oil". Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. Archived from the original on December 2, 2010. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
^Rose, William Ganson (1990). Cleveland: the making of a city. Kent State University Press. p. 428. ISBN 0-87338-428-8. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
^"The Cleveland Story / Decade by Decade / 1880s". Cleveland Museum of Art. Archived from the original on March 18, 2010. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
^"Kaiser-Francis Oil Company". Retrieved January 23, 2019.
^Clinton, Fred S. (Winter 1948–49). "The Beginning of the International Petroleum Exposition and Congress" (PDF). The Chronicles of Oklahoma. 26: 479, 480. Retrieved 2010-04-21.
^"What Happens When LIFE Hits Tulsa?", LIFE, December 19, 1955. Excerpt available at Google Books.
^"Tulsa State Fair". Oklahoma Historical Society. Retrieved February 23, 2008.
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^Barry, Dan (June 10, 2007). "THIS LAND; A Half Century of Memories That Won't Stay Buried". New York Times. Retrieved 2010-04-20.
^Everly-Douze, Susan (August 27, 1989). "What's Doing in Tulsa". New York Times. Retrieved 2010-04-20.