Nellie Johnstone No. 1

Johnstone Park, Bartlesville, Oklahoma. County/parish: Washington.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 11, 1972. NRIS 72001077.

1 contributing structure.

Also known as:

First Commercial Oil Well in Oklahoma

From Wikipedia:

Nellie Johnstone No. 1 was the first commercially productive oil well in Oklahoma (at that time in Indian Territory). Completed on April 15, 1897, the well was drilled in the Bartlesville Sand near Bartlesville, opening an era of oil exploration and development in Oklahoma. It was abandoned as a well in 1964. The site was donated to the city of Bartlesville and is now a park, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, featuring a restored drilling rig.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/86512328