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April 15, 1897 – The first commercial oil well was drilled in present-day Oklahoma. The Nellie Johnstone No. 1 was drilled after George B. Keeler noticed oil seeping from the ground on the south bank of the Caney River near Bartlesville. The well produced more than 100,000 barrels of crude oil before it was plugged in 1948.
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