The History of Tulsa, Oklahoma, a City With a Personality, Vol. 3 PDF Download

Author: Clarence B. Douglas
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781334730566
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 400

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Excerpt from The History of Tulsa, Oklahoma, a City With a Personality, Vol. 3: Together With a Glimpse Down the Corridors of the Past Into Old Indian Territory, the Five Civilized Tribes, the Creek Nation, Tulsa Recording District and Tulsa County Raymond Calvert Jopling, of the firm of Jopling vvhiteside, conducting a real estate, insurance and loan agency in Tulsa, has the quality of determina tion' and perseverance so necessary in the attainment of success. Actuated by a laudable ambition, he is making steady progress in his business career and is winning satisfactory results. He was born at Italy, Ellis county, Texas, April 28, 1891, and is a son of Benjamin L. And Leonore (calvert) Jopling, both of whom were natives of Texas. The father was born in Tarrant county, near Fort Worth, his birthplace being Johnson Station, a military post, for his father, George W. Jopling, went to Texas with General Worth and established the military post at Fort Worth. He served as a soldier of the Confederate army during the Civil war. He also built the first cotton gin in Tarrant county and was one of the prominent and influential men of Texas in his day. He likewise owned the first house erected in the county, the construction work being done by the Indians. Benjamin L. Jopling became a cattleman and ac quired extensive land holdings, devoting his entire attention to cattle raising for many years. He removed to Bellevue, Texas, and in 1908 came to Okla homa, where again he continued to concentrate his efforts and attention upon the raising of cattle. His religious faith is that of the Presbyterian church and fraternally he is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.