First Oil Well in Oklahoma

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First Oil Well in Oklahoma
First Oil Well in Oklahoma is located in Oklahoma
First Oil Well in Oklahoma
Nearest city Wapanucka, Oklahoma
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Area 5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built 1888
NRHP Reference # 72001053[1][2]
Added to NRHP April 13, 1972

The First Oil Well in Oklahoma (also known as Old Faucett Well) is a historic oil well site in Wapanucka, Oklahoma. It was drilled by H.W. Faucett, who started work in 1885 on Choctaw land on behalf of the Choctaw Oil and Refining Company, but the 1,414-foot (431 m) well was not completed until 1888. A small amount of oil and gas was produced, but the well was abandoned after the illness and death of Dr. Faucett later in 1888.[3] The first commercially productive well in Oklahoma was the Nellie Johnstone No. 1 well in Washington County, drilled in 1897.

The well was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[1] The capped well casing is the well's only remnant.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Oklahoma State Historic Preservation Office
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.


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