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Woolaroc is a museum and wildlife preserve located in the Osage Hills of Northeastern Oklahoma on Oklahoma State Highway 123 about 12 mi (19 km) southwest of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, and 45 mi (72 km) north of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Woolaroc was established in 1925 as the ranch retreat of oilman Frank Phillips.
Gaylord-Pickens Museum: Oklahoma City: Oklahoma: Central: History: website, features the Oklahoma Hall of Fame with history and famous people of Oklahoma information, photos, videos and 360 degree tour: Gene Autry Oklahoma Museum: Gene Autry: Oklahoma: South Central: Media: Gene Autry and singing cowboy memorabilia from films, television, radio ...
Bartlesville is a city mostly in Washington County and Osage County, Oklahoma. The population was 37,290 at the 2020 census. [4] Bartlesville is 47 miles (76 km) north of Tulsa and 18 miles (29 km) south of the Kansas border. It is the county seat of Washington County. [5] The Caney River runs through Bartlesville.
The grant will allow the museum to purchase archival supplies and pay two clerks to digitize documents and photographs. Bartlesville Area History Museum receives grant from Kansas City Community ...
The Bartlesville Museum (later the Price Tower Arts Center, or PTAC [128]) opened at the Price Tower in 1990, becoming its only tenant [106] [129] and occupying some ground-floor space. [130] Under an agreement with Phillips, the museum was allowed to occupy the building without paying rent. [ 131 ]
Military history to see in OKC. The Oklahoma National Guard Museum in Oklahoma City, also known as the 45th Infantry Museum, contains meticulously curated galleries showcasing an extensive ...
The first commercial oil well in Oklahoma, designated as Nellie Johnstone Number One, was drilled near Bartlesville in 1897. According to the Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture, the industry developed slowly because of communal land ownership by the Cherokees, the lack of crude oil markets, and lack of reliable transportation ...
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.