The main entrance to Orcutt Park, 1910. This photo looks east from 18th & St. Louis. Tulsa's first amusement park (which featured a cafe, concessions, boating, fishing, swimming, dance pavilion and roller coaster) was built by Samuel Orcutt on land that had previously contained a cow pond. Over 10,000 people attended the 4th of July celebration at the park in 1910.
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Preservation and archiving of this significant Tulsa treasure of photographs and artifacts was made possible through the Tulsa City-County Library and the Tulsa Historical Society, and the generosity of Tulsa World/Lorton Family, Chester Cadieux, the Rotary Club of Tulsa, and many other community-minded corporations, institutions, and individuals.
