{"id":992,"date":"2021-08-02T08:48:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T08:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=992"},"modified":"2021-06-29T09:11:26","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T09:11:26","slug":"twenty-four-hours-from-tulsa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=992","title":{"rendered":"Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When people hear the 1963 hit song “Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa” by Gene Pitney, they generally fall into two camps. Those who are wondering where was he, if he was 24 hours from Tulsa or those who wonder what Tulsa is like. Of course in the song he never makes it to Tulsa. Listen to the lyrics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa – Gene Pitney<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

According to the website TravelMath.com<\/a>, Tulsa is about 21 hours driving time from Los Angeles, 20 hours from New York and Miami is somewhere in between. So in theory he could have been just about anywhere in the continental USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Golden Driller, this 76 foot tall monument stands at the entrance to the County Fairgrounds.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Tulsa is the second largest city in Oklahoma and was once known as the “Oil Capital of the World”. Today Tulsa is known for a bit more than oil and is considered to be desirable place to live. Tulsa is home to two art museums, supports full-time professional opera and ballet companies, and one of the nation’s largest concentrations of art deco architecture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In part Tulsa’s development as we know it today stems from Route 66<\/a>. It was a Tulsa business, Cyrus Avery who in 1925 established the U.S. Highway 66 Association, hence the city also took on the name of the “Birthplace of Route 66”. Tulsa became a popular rest stop for travellers which brought money into the city. Route 66 icons such as the Meadow Gold Sign and the Blue Whale of Catoosa greeted visitors on their journey. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tulsa – Paper Boy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Philbrook Museum of Art is located in the former villa of oil pioneer Waite Phillips. It is considered to be one of the top 50 art museums in the USA and has works by Picasso and Rodin amongst others. The Gilcrease Museum holds the world’s largest collection of art and artifacts of the American West. It includes the collection of the Native American oilman and art collector Thomas Gilcreaese with works by Remington, Moran, Bierstadt and John James Audubon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tulsa Hostility Sculpture<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Fans of the singer-songwriter Woodie Guthrie (1912-1967) might like to visit the “Woodie Guthrie Center” which houses thousands of his personal items, sheet music, books, manuscripts etc. Guthrie was one of America\u2019smost influential songwriters and the space we have here cannot do justice to his impact on American society. The Bob Dylan Archive which is currently not open to the general public but can be visited by appointment is due to open on May 10th 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tulsa – Humiliation Sculpture<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

From the UK you can get to Tulsa in less than 24 hours, flight times with a connection are between 13 and 16 hours depending on the carrier. Why not fly to Chicago or LA and make Tulsa one of your stops on Route 66.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 1969 Tulsa has used 1% of its budget to fund public art and those are the images that we have used to illustrate our trip to Tulsa today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact Maggie<\/a> today to get to Tulsa in less than 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When people hear the 1963 hit song “Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa” by Gene Pitney, they generally fall into two camps. Those who are wondering where was he, if he was 24 hours from Tulsa or those who wonder what Tulsa is like. Of course in the song he never makes it to Tulsa. Listen … <\/p>\n

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