<Tr> <Th> NRHP reference #</Th> <Td> 72001053 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Added to NRHP </Th> <Td> April 13, 1972 </Td> </Tr> <P> The First Oil Well in Oklahoma was drilled in 1885 in Atoka County, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, though it was not completed until 1888 . </P> <P> The First Oil Well in Oklahoma (also known as Old Faucett Well) is a historic oil well site near the present Wapanucka, Johnston County, Oklahoma . It was drilled by Dr. H.W. Faucett, who started work in 1885 on Choctaw land for the Choctaw Oil and Refining Company, but the 1,414 - foot (431 m) well was not completed until 1888 . A small amount of oil and gas was produced, but not in commercially usable quantity . The well was abandoned after Faucett fell ill and died later in 1888 . The first commercially productive well in Indian Territory was the Nellie Johnstone No. 1 well near Bartlesville, Oklahoma (then in the Cherokee Nation), drilled in 1897 . </P>

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