The Cudahy Oil Company, owned by businessman Michael Cudahy of Chicago, played a pivotal role in financing the drilling operation of the historic Nellie Johnstone No. 1 oil well in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. The company's support enabled the well to be completed in 1897, marking the beginning of an era of oil exploration and development in the region.
Partnering with local entrepreneurs George B. Keeler and William Johnstone, the Cudahy Oil Company contributed to the success of the well, which became the first commercially productive oil well in Oklahoma at that time. The company's involvement in this significant project helped shape the oil industry in the state and left a lasting legacy in the form of Johnstone Park, where the well site is now preserved as a historical monument.
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