TULSA  , a

city (and co-extensive township) and the county seat of Tulsa county, Oklahoma, U.S.A., on the Arkansas river, about iro m . N.E. of Guthrie . Pop . (rgoo), 1390; (1907), 7298 (638 negroes); (1910) 18,182 . Tulsa is served by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, the St Louis & San Francisco, the Midland Valley, the Missouri, Kansas & Texas, and the Arkansas Valley & Western railways . The city is situated on the old boundary line between Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory, where the boundaries of the Cherokee, Creek and Osage nations intersected . It is on an elevation from the rolling prairie, which commands a fine view over the valley of the Arkansas . Tulsa is the seat of Henry Kendall College (Presbyterian, 1894), removed hither from Muskogee in 1907; it was named in honour of Henry Kendall (1815–1892), who from 1861 until his death was secretary of the board of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church . The city is a trading centre for a rich oil, gas and coal region and a grain, cotton and live-stock country . Natural gas is used for manufacturing purposes; among the manufactures are glass and cotton-seed oil products . Tulsa was founded in 1887, was first chartered as a city in 1902, and in 1908 adopted a commission form of government .