Tulsa

Industries that were later crushed in the Dust Bowl. Oklahoma also faced a major population decline during this period. Oklahomans were a diverse group of people flourishing in major towns. Later, the KKK resurfaced and resulted in violence and the Tulsa Race Riots. One of the most costly instances of racial violence in America’s history. Years later, one of the most destructive acts of terrorism occurred on our own soil, the Murrah Federal Building Bombing. In it’s nearly first century of…

beautiful feature is the garden in the back overlooked by a massive terrace. The front of the house is unimpressive. Many elements were designed after buildings in Italy. The house is roofed with terra cotta tiles, and when it was given to the city of Tulsa in 1938 they had to buy the tiles off the roof of another house in the neighborhood so that the roof would match when they added on to the building. The original entryway of the house is magnificent. Two large staircases reside on either side…

Despite all the violence and hurt he has endured, protagonist Ponyboy Curtis remains a good kid who wants the fighting in his neighborhood to stop. This paper will be on the book's setting, characters, plot, and theme. The story takes place mostly in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The town is divided into 2 neighborhoods, the poor side of town is considered the greasers’ territory, and the rich side of town is the Socs’ territory. One important spot on the greasers’ side of town is the vacant lot that the…

“If something beefed him, he didn’t keep quiet about it, and if you rubbed him the wrong way-look out” this is used to describe Dally from the book “The Outsiders”. “The Outsiders” is a book about the Greasers vs. Socs in Tulsa and was written by S.E. Hinton. In the book, there are 3 characters that are mostly focused on for character development. One of these characters is Dally. In the book, he tries to help with 2 other main characters with running away from a murder. Dally is considered…

Outsiders Have you ever felt like you were an outsider? Most people feel like an outsider, maybe once or twice in their lifetime. The Outsiders take place in Tulsa, Oklahoma in the 1960’s. it tells the story of two different socioeconomic groups: the “Socs (socials)” and the “Greasers”. Who are the outsiders? The real outsiders are the people that can see beyond the Greaser/Socs separation. It can’t be disclaimed that the Greasers are often looked at as outsiders. When Ponyboy flicked out a…

beautiful and had a lot of detail. When we were at the Philbrook I learned so much about this building. For example how that it was once someone's home, how there are 72 rooms, and how the family that lived there donated the house to the city of Tulsa. While…

The career title for this job is called a Veterinary Technician. A veterinary technician assists veterinarians in caring for the animals. The veterinarian technician, commonly called a vet tech, may perform the initial evaluation of the animal’s condition, take care of wounds, check vital statics, collect samples, and deliver medications are among the many duties a vet tech might perform. The Holland Code that I received was, SCI, which means that I am more Social, Investigative, and…

Protests re surfaced after 40-year-old African American, Terrance Crutcher was shot and killed in Tulsa, Oklahoma by a white female police officer on Friday September 16, 2016. Exactly one week later on September 23, 2016 43-year-old African American male Keith Scott was fatally shot by a white police officer in Charlotte, North Carolina. Both men were said to be unarmed by bystanders. Protests erupt in cities causing mayhem, even causing Governor Pat McCrocry to call for a state of emergency…

Case/Offender During the summer of 1978 the killing spree of Roger Dale and Veran Stafford along with Roger’s brother Harold Stafford took place in Oklahoma. This killing spree would go down as one of the most gruesome killings in the state’s history. Throughout the summer of 1978 these three individuals would kill four adults five teenagers and one boy who was younger then thirteen. Roger Safford had been charged with murder for killing a 20-year-old co-worker while working at McDonalds in…

Grayling that her father’s care was getting to be too much for her, and that is when Rhonda told her take him to the VA to help out with his care. In the last days of my brother’s life we all requested for my brother to be taken to St Francis Hospital in Tulsa or the Veteran’s hospital in Muskogee to get a second opinion regarding his medical status because we were being told that he was suffering from pneumonia with fluid on the lungs which in turn was causing increased CHF, bed sores on his…