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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1200_star-drilling-machine_El-Dorado-KS.html
This machine was probably manufacturing [sic] in Chanute, Kansas in the late 1920's. It had been used in Eastern Kansas from the 1920's through the 1950's. This machine was highly portable when completely assembled and moved easily by horses and a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11ZZ_pole-trailer_El-Dorado-KS.html
Manufactured by the Spencer Trailer Company in Augusta, Kansas. This was used to haul tubing (the narrow pipe located on the trailer) or casing (wider pipe). Tubing and casing is the various pipe that is used inside the hole. Donated by: Harvey…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11ZY_model-k-star-spudder_El-Dorado-KS.html
This is a Model K Star Drilling Machine, also called a "spudder". Drilling machines such as this one were used for two purposes:1. To drill the initial hole for a rotary-drilled well.2. To drill a complete oil well at shallow depth (1,000-3,000…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11Z2_oil-field-lease-house_El-Dorado-KS.html
Once the oil boom began in 1915, men and their families flooded the El Dorado area to find work in the oil fields. Small 2 to 5 room houses were built by the oil companies on land that was leased - thus the lease house or company house. By living …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11Z0_tool-rack_El-Dorado-KS.html
Rack contains various cable tool bits such as fishing tools, jars, rope sockets and elevators. These pieces were used with the adjoining cable tool rig. Many of these pieces of equipment were stored at yards and tool houses.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11YZ_steel-oil-derrick-1930s-cable-tool-drilling-rig_El-Dorado-KS.html
This derrick is one of the last wood and steel oil derricks which once dotted the Butler County countryside. It was built in the mid-1940's and is 100 feet high. Donated by: Larry Crawford Donors: Joe Degan Pipe & Supply, Albert Hogoboom, Wi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11XR_cable-tool-drilling-rig_El-Dorado-KS.html
This is the type of rig used in the 19 teens and into the 1930's during the oil boom in Kansas. Three main sections make up the early rigs: the boiler which was the energy source to power the steam engine that ran the rig; the derrick which was ma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11XQ_kansas-oil-museum_El-Dorado-KS.html
George W. Brown drilled Kansas' first oil well in 1860. Since that time, Kansas oilmen have tested their courage, their fortunes, and their luck in the search for oil in all parts of the state. The Kansas Oil Museum is dedicated to the men and wom…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11XP_mrs-addie-cowley-bradley_El-Dorado-KS.html
In honor ofMrs. Addie Cowley Bradleywho was the first white girl bornin Eldorado Township;the first in Butler County;the first in the Fifth District of Kansas.Born May 4, 1858. Died Feb. 27, 1932. Boulder furnished byW.H.L. WallaceWomens Relief…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11XO_alfred-washington-ellet_El-Dorado-KS.html
Brig. Gen. - U.S. VolunteersCommander [Mississippi] Marine BrigadeCapt. 59th Ill. Inf. Aug. 20, 1861Lieut. Col. U.S. Volunteers Apr. 28, 1862Brig. Gen. Nov. 1, 1862This marker erected in 1979at the request of his grandson,the late Charles Ellet of…
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