Haskell County World War Memorial

Historical marker location:

202 East Main Street, Stigler, Oklahoma

( Memorial is on East Main Street (Oklahoma Route 9) east of SE 2nd Street, on the right when traveling east.)

The first oil well in Oklahoma was drilled in 1897 in what is now Bartlesville. The discovery of oil in Oklahoma led to a boom in the state's economy, and it quickly became one of the largest oil-producing states in the country.