Historical Marker
J. S. Schroeder Building
Historical marker location:
111 North Walnut Street, Peabody, Kansas
( Marker is on Walnut Street north of 1st Street, on the left when traveling north.)
Built 1884.
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.