Sending Beautiful Flowers to Cushing, OK

The city is located in Payne County and was named after Marshall Cushing, the private secretary to the United States Postmaster General John Wanamaker. It was built after the Land Run by William "Billy Rae" Little, former government trader for the tribe, he built a house and established his claim. The area that became the city was part of the Sac and Fox Reservation. The town developed as a major trading center for crude oil, a refining center, and a price settlement point for West Texas due to the oil boom in the city. It was known as the "Pipeline Crossroads of the World".

The city became a center for the production and exploration of oil fields and a refining center when Consumers Oil Company opened an industry in the city. Five oil field supply houses and twenty-three oil companies, pipelines, storage facilities, and more than fifty refineries operated in the town. As a result, the city became an official delivery point for its light sweet crude futures contract and had a commissioner manager form of government. The community has a memorial park including a picnic pavilion, various playground areas, disc golf course, skate park, sand volleyball court, duck pond, gazebos, and baseball diamond.

Schools and Public Places

The city also has an aquatic center and a centennial park, including a three-tiered ramp with five pool slides, a wading pool, a splash pad, a full-sized pool with swim lanes, picnic and stage tables with umbrellas. The historic sites on the list of the National Register of Historic Places include the Cushing American Legion Building, Christian K. Usher Luston House, Cushing Armory, Luke D. Berry House, and Gillespie Drilling Company Building. The city had a Cimarron Correctional Facility and a school district including two elementary schools, a preschool, a high school, and a middle school. The school district serves the city's residents, and the Cushing Public Schools include four elementary schools, a pre-kindergarten center, high school, and middle school campuses. The facilities in the schools include mobile labs, a smartboard, classroom response systems, and student computers. In addition, the students have access to fantastic media and library facilities, high academic performance and achievement standards, and a variety of educational programs, including music, arts, athletics, talented and gifted programs, alternative learning environment, and special education services. Avas Flowers offers delivery to all the schools, businesses, and parks in the city, and our rates are affordable. Kindly visit our website for more information.