Historical Marker
Bur Oak
Historical marker location:
115 East Main Street, Council Grove, Kansas
( Marker is on Main Street (U.S. 56) near Union Street, on the right when traveling east.)
Marker installed: 1995
Quercus macrocarpa. Sprout Date 1749.
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.