T-U-L-S-A straight ahead

This is pretty neat.

The Reservoir Hill Neighborhood Association in Tulsa re-created an enormous sign made of crushed rock laid on the base of the hill. It spelled “TULSA” with an arrow pointing in the direction of the now-defunct McIntyre Airport on old Route 66, which was what is now Sheridan Road and Admiral Boulevard. That sign helped guide aviator Charles Lindbergh land in Tulsa in September 1927, not long after the Atlantic flight in the Spirit of St. Louis plane that made him famous.

The re-created sign was placed about 300 feet from the original site because of weight-load concerns. The arrow also points to Tulsa International Airport instead. It required about 140 tons of crushed rock to resurrect the sign. The sign was built with Vision 2025 sales-tax funds and donated labor.

The sign will be dedicated at 9:30 a.m. July 18. It’ll be neat when Google Maps updates its satellite images so that people worldwide can see it. For now, you can see an aerial photo of the sign here, along with a photo of the original sign.

One thought on “T-U-L-S-A straight ahead

  1. From the two images, it appears that the sign was originally on the grass on top of the reservoir that gives the hill it’s name. I can understand why city water engineers might not want to put 140 tons of material on top of it 82 years later.

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