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Twin Mounds Community

Creek County · one mile west and 1/2 mile north of intersection of US-75 and 171st Street on Tulsa/Creek County Road. · location approximate

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This was the first cemetery in the area. Twin Mounds, first called Posey for Creek poet Alex Posey, sat 3/4 mile northeast between mounds used as landmarks. The town moved to Mounds in 1903 when the railroad bypassed it. William Gilcrease owned the store in Posey; Thomas Gilcrease's allotment was 1/4 mile north. Glenn Pool oil find of 1905 started the boom.

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