Editing Redbird, Oklahoma (section)

==History==
Redbird, also called Red Bird,<ref name="TulsaWorld">{{cite web|url=https://www.tulsaworld.com/news/state-and-regional/after-decades-of-decline-historic-black-town-headed-in-a/article_f4572b04-a480-5139-80f6-8a323d8a9809.html | title= After decades of decline, historic black town 'headed in a good direction'| publisher= Michael Overall, Tulsa World, February 29, 2020| accessdate=February 29, 2020}}</ref> originated with the settlement by the family of E. L. Barber, who founded the First Baptist Church in 1889. Other families soon [[Land Run of 1889|moved into the area]]. By 1902, Red Bird had obtained a post office.<ref name ="TulsaWorld" /> More than 600 people showed up at the official opening of Red Bird on August 10, 1907.<ref name="EOHC-RedBird"/>

The town advertised in newspapers all across the South to encourage black families to relocate there.<ref name ="TulsaWorld" /> Redbird's population attained a peak of 336 in 1920. Declining cotton prices caused residents to move away, even before the [[Great Depression in the United States|Great Depression]].<ref name ="TulsaWorld" /> It rebounded after [[World War II]], and at one point had seven churches, a couple of general stores, eight [[juke joint]]s, and a gas station.<ref name ="TulsaWorld" />

[[Urbanization]] in later years lost the town population again,<ref name ="TulsaWorld" /> and the post office closed; however, the town is experiencing something of a rebirth as families buy homes in the area to enjoy a low crime rate and a quieter pace of life.<ref name ="TulsaWorld" />