Cooper Hall

Historical marker location:

125 West Cooper Avenue, Sterling, Kansas

( Marker is on Broadway (State Highway 14/96) north of Cooper Avenue, on the left when traveling north.)

Built in 1887. American Presbyterian and Reformed Historical Site.

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.