FIRST - Oil Refinery In Oklahoma
Posted by: BruceS
N 35° 43.693 W 095° 24.145
15S E 282714 N 3956465
Historical marker commemorating the first oil refinery in the state of Oklahoma.
Waymark Code: WM3F7R
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 03/27/2008
Views: 19
State's Earliest
Oil Refinery
Muskogee Oil Refining Company, organized in March 1905, built a finishing
plant near this site in November 1904. It soon was producing lamp
kerosene, lubricating oil and industrial fuel - The beginning of oil refining in
Oklahoma, a leading industry today. ~ text of marker
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