Santa Fe Trail

Historical marker location:

Council Grove, Kansas

( Marker is on U.S. 56, 0.3 miles east of 1300th Road, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1906

1822 - 1872.

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.