Tullahassee Wildcats Foundation

04/22/2026

02/18/2026

We are thrilled to announce an exciting exhibition game for SkyKings basketball. This special event will be held in Tullahassee this Sunday! Doors open at 3pm. Brianna McVay will be singing the Black national anthem before tipoff.

02/18/2026

This Sunday!!!!!

02/11/2026

DAY 10 — TULLAHASSEE BLACK HISTORY MOMENT

Did you know?
Tullahassee was shaped first by roads and later by railroads nearby.
The Texas Road connected early communities across Indian Territory long before railroads reached the area. Roads explained where towns like Tullahassee began.
As transportation changed, railroads expanded access to jobs, supplies, mail, and markets even for towns without a major depot.
Railroads weren’t built specifically for Black towns.
They were built to serve land, labor, and trade.
But Black towns often formed near the same things railroads needed: fertile land, existing routes, and access to work. That overlap mattered.
For Black communities, being near rail lines reduced isolation and created opportunity in ways that weren’t always available elsewhere.
Roads explain where Tullahassee began.
Railroads explain how it stayed connected.
— TWF • Tullahassee Wildcats Foundation
Black History Moments

02/10/2026

DAY 9 — TULLAHASSEE BLACK HISTORY MOMENT

Did you know?
Tullahassee was established along the Texas Road, a major route used in Indian Territory for travel, trade, mail delivery, and military movement.
Being on the Texas Road connected Tullahassee to:
nearby towns
commerce and supplies
communication beyond the community
Tullahassee wasn’t isolated. it was intentionally positioned

02/09/2026

Day 8
Happy Black history month
Great things are happening

02/08/2026

Day 7

Tullahassee was officially incorporated in 1902, making it a self-governing town before Oklahoma became a state in 1907.
That meant local leadership, decision-making, and community control existed years before statehood.
Tullahassee wasn’t waiting to be included,
it was already governing itself.

02/06/2026

BLACK HISTORY MONTH — DAY 6

DID YOU KNOW? A NEW WATER TOWER IS COMING TO TULLAHASSEE through an OWRB ARPA-funded project, with construction beginning February 2, 2026.

This is Black history because our story didn’t stop in the past.It continues as we prepare for the future. Infrastructure matters. Clean water matters. Investment in Black towns matters.
Tullahassee’s legacy isn’t just what was built before it’s what we are still building now.

02/06/2026

Day 5
BLACK HISTORY MONTH

One reason Tullahassee’s history feels limited is because the institutions responsible for preserving it did not do so.
During consolidation and restructuring, records, trophies, and materials documenting Black achievement were not protected or archived.
When preservation is not prioritized at the institutional level, communities are left trying to reconstruct their own history, often without being taught the value of what remains.

02/04/2026

Day 4
Created for a mission.

Long before Tullahassee had a school name or a school building, it had a purpose.

Did you know?
In 1850, the Tullahassee Mission was established as a place of learning, faith, and preparation. Education here didn’t begin by accident it began intentionally.
That mission grew over time:
1883 — into the Tullahassee Manual Labor School
1916–1935 — into Flipper-Key-Davis University, a college serving the community
1933 — as the town’s population grew and teenagers were out of school, both Black and white residents signed a petition requesting a high school
1939 — the request was fulfilled when a WPA-funded high school was built
By the 1930s, Tullahassee’s population hovered around 500 residents, large enough and determined enough to demand expanded education for its children.
Each step grew from the same original mission: to educate and uplift the community.