Blacksmith Shop. A business day at Charles (Charley) Wesley Roberston's shop, the first in Tulsa, located at Archer Street and Main. He arrived in Tulsa, Indian Territory in 1887 in a covered wagon with his parents. He manufactured wagons, Star Wagons , and was Tulsa's first wagoner, later Tulsa's first chief of police. Left to right: Jess Brewer, Billie Sheddick, Charley Robertson, unidentified man, Sandford Matercs
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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.
