Historical Marker
Santa Fe Trail
Historical marker location:
Overbrook, Kansas
( Marker is at the intersection of Maple Street and 4th Street / Santa Fe Trail Street, on the left when traveling south on Maple Street.)
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.