Route 66 Stone

Historical marker location:

403 South Main Street, Quapaw, Oklahoma

( Marker is at the intersection of 4th Street and South Main Street (U.S. 66) on 4th Street.)

Marker installed: 2017

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.