Historical Marker
Alexander Howat
Historical marker location:
Pittsburg, Kansas
( Marker is on 2nd Street near Pine Street, on the right when traveling west.)
Marker installed: 2008
MinersÂ’ Memorial at Immigrant Park.
The first successful oil well west of the Mississippi was drilled in 1860 in Neodesha, Kansas, which led to the state becoming a major oil producer in the early 20th century.