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Copyright 2006 -- Collinsville, Oklahoma
Collinsville,
Oklahoma
Feb.
14, 2006
Switched
Counties in 1918
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Voted
To Move Collinsville From Rogers County Into Tulsa County
While
I'm waiting for the polls to close at 7pm today (Feb. 14, 2006) for the school
bond election results ... I reflect on a story I found from 1918 when citizens
from Collinsville were in a sort of no-mans land in the process of switching
from Rogers to Tulsa County. This story in P.M. Eyler's "The Collinsville
Star" indicated the city attorney could find no precedent on voting in
a county you weren't a part of yet. Collinsville had been in Rogers County from
statehood in November 1907 until the switch in 1918. They had voted and failed
in 1911 for the same switch. Based on the story below from W. L. Wright's "The
Collinsville News" just before statehood in 1907, not everyone was looking
forward to traveling to Claremore as the new county seat when the train ride
to Tulsa was so convenient. -- Ted Wright
There
are many more stories in the archives of the Newspaper Museum In Collinsville
relating to statehood and the county switch so check back as we approach Oklahoma's
Centennial year for statehood in 2007. -- Ted