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Old 08-23-2010, 02:02 PM
 
Location: Tulsa, OK
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Drove around the Tulsa area quite a bit this last week for business. Fell in love with the small town feel of Collinsville. How is the area? Any opinions/thoughts/insight on it. Anything better or similar to look into?

Thanks!
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Old 08-23-2010, 02:55 PM
 
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Collinsville is a nice community that is right near Owasso. Both are growing and would is a great area.
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Old 08-23-2010, 08:27 PM
 
Location: Pawnee Nation
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I like Collinsville, it's Cherokee, close to Tulsa, close to Oolagah.....what's not to like?
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Old 08-24-2010, 04:31 PM
 
Location: Tulsa, OK
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Cherokee?
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Old 08-24-2010, 10:06 PM
 
Location: Pawnee Nation
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Osay
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Old 08-25-2010, 12:32 PM
 
Location: Tulsa, OK
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Is oolagah a good lake? Fishing/hunting/watersports activities?
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Old 08-28-2010, 07:26 AM
 
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Is oolagah a good lake? Fishing/hunting/watersports activities?
Yes it is. It's a big lake and on the southern end it's quite wide so when the wind starts blowing, which is does most of the time here in Oklahoma, it can get pretty rough though. Good fishing for sure!
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Old 08-28-2010, 10:18 PM
 
Location: Tulsa, OK
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Cherokee?
Collinsville is in the Cherokee Nation. Most of Tulsa sits in the Muscogee (Creek) nation and far northwest Tulsa sits in the Osage Nation. That is why there are so many casinos in Tulsa.

You have the Hard Rock Casino and Resort (Cherokee)

River Sprit Casino (Muscoggee)

Million Dollar Elm Casinos (Osage), there are two of them in the Tulsa area

FYI In Pawhuska, OK there is a tree on the courthouse lawn called the Million Dollar Elm. From what I remember from history classes, back in the 1920s oil leases were sold under an Elm Tree on the lawn of the Osage County courthouse in Pawhuska. Some of the leases went for a million dollars each. And that was way back when a million dollars was a serious chunk of change. So that is where Million Dollar Elm gets its name. At that time some of the biggest oil fields in the world were in Osage County.
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Old 08-29-2010, 05:04 AM
 
Location: Jenks, Oklahoma
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Default Million Dollar Elm

The Million Dollar Elm was the site of public oil and natural gas lease auctions that began in November 1912. Colonel (his real name) Ellsworth Walters, of Skedee in Pawnee County, Oklahoma, became the official auctioneer of the Osage Nation in 1916. Under his direction the auctions usually began at 10:30 a.m. and often continued until 9:30 or 10:00 p.m. In attendance were such notable oilmen as Frank Phillips, L. E. (Lee Eldas) Phillips, Waite Phillips, William G. Skelly, and Ernest W. Marland. Millions of dollars were bid beneath the tree, thus its designation as the "Million Dollar Elm." A monument was dedicated to the elm in 1970 by the Oklahoma Petroleum Council and the Oklahoma Historical Society. The tree died of Dutch elm disease during the early 1980s and was cut down, but the monument remains.
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Old 09-21-2010, 01:54 PM
 
Location: Collinsville
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Collinsville is a great small city with lots of charm! They just finished some great amenities in the city park including a large splashpad, skatepark, basketball court, new restrooms, playground areas, lighting, and parking. It's wonderful! According to the US Census, Collinsville is the second fastest growing city in Oklahoma! They've paved streets and alleys and have a beautiful downtown with unique shops.

It is centrally located off of highways 169 and 75 providing easy access for those that want the quiet life but need to commute to other areas for work.

Check Collinsville out at Official Website of the City of Collinsville - Home and www.cvilleok.com - Online News / Photos for Collinsville, OK. You'll love it!!
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