National Register Record for WHEELER NO 1 OIL WELL

Historic Name: WHEELER NO 1 OIL WELL
Current Name: SAME
Address: NEAR STATE HIGHWAY 99
City: DRUMRIGHT            County: CREEK
Section: NE 1/4 OF THE NW 1/4 OF SECTION 32           Township: 18N           Range: None          
Description of significance: WHEELER NO 1 OIL WELL WAS THE FIRST WELL DRILLED IN THE CUSHING OIL FIELD OF OKLAHOMA. DISCOVERY OF OIL AT THIS LOCATION INCREASED SPECULATION THROUGHOUT THE AREA AND LED TO THE GROWTH OF THE COMMUNITY. ULTIMATELY, THIS FIELD PRODUCED MORE THAT TWO-THIRDS OF THE HIGH GRADE REFINEABLE CRUDE OIL THEN BEING PRODUCED IN ALL OF NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA. LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER 3/14/1983.

Type: STRUCTURE
Historic Function: INDUSTRY/PROCESSING/EXTRACTION
Current Function: INDUSTRY/PROCESSING/EXTRACTION
Area of Significance 1: INDUSTRY
Area of Significance 2: None
Architectural Style: None
Architect: None
Year Built: 1911            Original Site: YES
Condition: EXCELLENT
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: HEATHER LLOYD "OKLAHOMA'S CUSHING FIELD" MA THESIS OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY, TULSA WORLD, MARCH 24,28,29, 1912, INTERVIEW WITH TOM SPRADLIN, OILTON JAN 1980, CHARLES G FORBES, "THE ORIGIN AND EARLY DEVLOPMENT OF THE OIL INDUSTRY IN OKLAHOMA: PHD DISSER.
Date Prepared: 1980