Historedia
Group or institution

Osage Nation

Events
2
Episodes
3
Years
1894–1897

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Osage Nation, 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. Oil discovered on the Osage reservation

    1894–1897

    Role: Landowner and beneficiary of mineral rights

    1. 1894 · Osage ReservationDiscovery of Oil on Osage Reservation

      Large quantities of oil were discovered beneath the Osage prairie in 1894, establishing the tribe's mineral wealth foundation.

    2. October 1897 · Osage ReservationFirst Successful Oil Well

      The Phoenix Oil Company drilled the first successful oil well on the Osage reservation in October 1897.

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

    1897

    Role: Land Lessor

    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