Roxana Oil Co. hit McCully well 29 June 1927. 1st well in Oklahoma drilled over a mile deep. Town platted 16 July 1927 by George L. Ross. Application to vacate the town site 17 March 1939 except property owned by John J. Traynor who ran Roxana . . . — — Map (db m284549) HM
1st and only oil boom town in
county. Est. 1927 when No. 1 McCully
gushed as 1st mile-deep well in state.
By 1928, 14 wells produced 25,000
bbls. Grew to 1,000 pop. declined
after refinery fire. Rock school
bldg. and frame store bldg. . . . — — Map (db m298902) HM
At the opening of the "Unassigned Lands" to homesteaders in 1889, a quarter section in Skeleton Township was reserved for a townsite. Named Sheridan in honor of Lt. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, the town grew until 1902, when nearby Marshall became the . . . — — Map (db m284550) HM
