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Historical marker location:

210 West Main Street, Pawhuska, Oklahoma

( Marker is on West Main Street (U.S. 60) east of Matthews Avenue, 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.