Question

The Nellie Johnstone Number One was drilled in 1897 in what town?

A.
Tulsa
B.
Stillwater
C.
Bartlesville
D.
Guthrie

Answer 1

Answer: Bartlesville Sand

Explanation: Nellie Johnstone No. 1 was the first commercially productive oil well in Oklahoma (at that time in Indian Territory). Completed on April 15, 1897, the well was drilled in the Bartlesville Sand near Bartlesville, opening an era of oil exploration and development in Oklahoma. It was abandoned as a well in 1964.

Answer 2

C. Bartlesville is the answer