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1960's: The Outsiders In Tulsa, Oklahoma

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1960 Tulsa, Oklahoma The Outsiders Ten Facts: Fact 1: Tulsa, Oklahoma in the 1960’s was a known as one of the smallest cities of Oklahoma, but soon earned its name of one of the biggest cities of Oklahoma with the population being 455,261. It is located in Northeastern Oklahoma. It is very close to the Arkansas River. Fact 2: Just like in the book, “The Outsiders”, there were very popular gangs in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Greasers were the poor people and Socs were the high class and wealthy people. They used slang as code names for certain people. For example, they called the cops chickies. Fact 3: In the 1960’s, iPhones or any electronic device we use today as a source of entertainment was not yet invented. Teenagers in Tulsa, Oklahoma went to

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