Robert Besser, thought to be the first person born in Tulsa after it was incorporated as a city. Besser was born April 18, 1883, under a large tree near 2nd and Cheyenne.
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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.