Historedia
Group or institution

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Events
1
Episodes
1
Years
1897

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Bureau of Indian Affairs, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Nellie Johnstone No. 1 oil strike near Bartlesville in Indian Territory

    1897

    Role: Regulatory Authority

    1. 15 April 1897 · Caney River bankFirst Commercial Oil Strike

      The Nellie Johnstone well struck oil on April 15, 1897, near Bartlesville in Indian Territory, described by the Bartlesville passage as Oklahoma's first commercial oil well.

Sources

  1. Osage Nation Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-01