Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Monday, June 24, 1901. Oil in Oklahoma.

A mere thirty days after the Creek National Council had ratified an agreement to cede its land to the Federal government, oil was struck on those lands in Oklahoma Territory at Red Fork.

The gusher would be responsible for the transformation of Tulsa into a major city.

Philippine General Juan Cailles surrendered to the United States along with 650 of his men.

American nurse Clara Maass, serving in Cuba, volunteered to be bitten by a malarial mosquito as part of medical research.  She'd contract the disease and die. She was 25 years old.

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Saturday, June 22, 1901. Mixed loyalties.

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