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Cushing (Pawnee: ''Túhkiicahihtuʾ'' ) is a city in Payne County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 7,826 at the 2010 census, a decline of 6.5 percent from 8,371 at the 2000 census.〔(CensusViewer:Population of the City of Cushing, Oklahoma )〕 The city was established after the Land Run of 1891 by William "Billy Rae" Little. It was named for Marshall Cushing, private secretary to U.S. Postmaster General John Wanamaker. An oil boom that began in 1912 led to the city's development as a refining center.〔(), D. Earl Newsome, "Cushing," ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''. Accessed June 9, 2010.〕 Today, Cushing is a major trading hub for crude oil and a famous price settlement point for West Texas Intermediate on the New York Mercantile Exchange. ==History== The area that would become Cushing was part of the Sac and Fox Reservation. With the Land Run of 1891, a former government trader for the tribe, Billy Rae Little, built a house, established his claim, and laid out town lots.〔(), D. Earl Newsome, "Cushing," ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma and History]'. Accessed June 9, 2010).〕 The town got a post office on November 10, 1891 and was named for Marshall Cushing, private secretary to U.S. Postmaster General John Wanamaker.〔 In 1902, the Eastern Oklahoma Railway line to Cushing was built. The Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway added service on its own line built in 1903.〔 Wildcatter Thomas B. Slick started an oil boom on March 17, 1912 when he brought in a gusher east of the town. Other wells were soon drilled nearby, and the oil field became known as the Cushing-Drumright Oil Field.〔 Oil production became based in nearby Drumright, Oklahoma, and Cushing became a refining center, when Consumers Oil Company opened a refinery in 1913.〔 The oil boom did not last long. Annual production peaked in 1915 with 8.3 million barrels of oil, but production declined by fifty percent in 1916. Refining operations continued in Cushing until the last two refineries, Kerr-McGee and Hudson, closed. Rail service ended in 1982.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cushing, Oklahoma」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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