Why has Eastern Oklahoma drawn people to trade, settle, drill and fight over its land for thousands of years? Explore 25 facts connecting its forested mountains, ancient seabeds, mineral wealth and abundant rainfall to a remarkable human history. Discover how continental collisions formed the Ouachita Mountains, how the Arkoma Basin accumulated oil, gas and coal, and why the Ozarks hold deposits of lead and zinc. At Three Forks, where the Arkansas, Verdigris and Grand rivers meet, trace 7,000 years of settlement before exploring Spiro Mounds, the Depression-era looting of Craig Mound and Fort Gibson. Examine the Trail of Tears and the histories of the Cherokee, Muscogee Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw and Seminole Nations. Learn about Sequoyah's syllabary, the Choctaw gift to famine-struck Ireland and Tulsa's beginnings under the Creek Council Oak. Follow the oil boom from the Nellie Johnstone well to Glenn Pool and Tulsa's rise as the Oil Capital of the World. Explore Black Wall Street and the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, Picher's transformation into a ghost town, Tulsa's role as the birthplace of Route 66, Pensacola Dam, Grand Lake and the Port of Catoosa. The episode also examines the Five Tribes today, the significance of McGirt v. Oklahoma and Woody Guthrie's This Land Is Your Land. From Tulsa, Muskogee, Tahlequah, Bartlesville, McAlester, Okmulgee, Sallisaw or Broken Bow? Share your connection to Eastern Oklahoma in the comments. 00:00:00: Eastern Oklahoma Isn't What You Think00:01:10: The Ouachita Mountains: A Collision of Continents00:01:53: The Arkoma Basin: Where the Fuel Was Made00:02:28: Ozark Lead, Zinc and the Old Sea Floor00:03:30: Three Forks: The Rain Line That Splits Oklahoma00:04:09: 7,000 Years at the Rivers00:04:47: Spiro Mounds00:05:23: The Looting of Craig Mound00:06:02: Fort Gibson00:06:26: The Trail of Tears00:07:06: Sequoyah and the Cherokee Nation Rebuilt00:07:42: The Choctaw Gift to Ireland00:08:24: Tulsa Begins Under the Council Oak00:08:52: Nellie Johnstone No. 1: Oklahoma's First Oil Well00:09:26: Glenn Pool and the Oil Capital of the World00:10:02: Eastern Oklahoma, Tell Us Your Story00:10:54: Black Wall Street and the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre00:11:36: Picher: The Town That Disappeared00:12:21: Tulsa, Birthplace of Route 6600:12:51: Pensacola Dam and Grand Lake00:13:30: The Port of Catoosa: An Inland Seaport00:14:06: The Five Tribes Today00:14:46: McGirt v. Oklahoma00:15:31: Woody Guthrie and This Land Is Your Land00:16:08: Why Eastern Oklahoma Is Priceless00:17:12: One Accident: Collision and Rain00:18:25: The Number That Isn't a Guess #Oklahoma #Tulsa #history #EasternOklahoma #Oklahomageology #OuachitaMountains #ArkomaBasin #ThreeForks #SpiroMounds #FortGibson #TrailofTears #FiveTribes #CherokeeNation #MuscogeeCreekNation #ChoctawNation #ChickasawNation #SeminoleNation #Sequoyah #Oklahomaoilboom #NellieJohnstoneNo.1 #GlennPool #BlackWallStreet #1921TulsaRaceMassacre #Picherghosttown #Route66 #PensacolaDam #GrandLake #PortofCatoosa #McGirtv.Oklahoma #WoodyGuthrie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
