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Miller Brothers 101 Ranch
The Miller Brothers 101 Ranch was a cattle ranch in the Indian Territory of Oklahoma before statehood. Located near modern-day Ponca City, it was founded by Colonel George Washington Miller, a veteran of the Confederate Army, in 1893.Hoy, JimCattle Industry" Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture' (accessed March 5, 2015). The 101 Ranch was the birthplace of the 101 Ranch Wild West Show and one of the early focal points of the oil rush in northeastern Oklahoma. It was the largest diversified farm and ranch in America at the time. Bill Pickett's grave and the White Eagle Monument are located on the ranch grounds. The location of the former working cattle ranch was subdivided and all of its buildings destroyed. An area of the ranch is a National Historic Landmark. In 2003, the ranch was inducted into the Texas Trail of Fame. In 1903, when Colonel George Miller died, his three sons, Joseph, George Jr., and Zack took over operation of the 110,000 acre ranch. By 1932 most of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ponca City, Oklahoma
Ponca City ( iow, Chína Uhánⁿdhe) is a city in Kay County in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The city was named after the Ponca tribe. Ponca City had a population of 25,387 at the time of the 2010 census- and a population of 24,424 in the 2020 census. History Ponca City was created in 1893 as "New Ponca" after the United States opened the Cherokee Outlet for European-American settlement during the Cherokee Strip land run, the largest land run in United States history. The site for Ponca City was selected for its proximity to the Arkansas River and the presence of a freshwater spring near the river. The city was laid out by Burton Barnes, who drew up the first survey of the city and sold certificates for the lots he had surveyed. After the drawing for lots in the city was completed, Barnes was elected the city's first mayor.Louis Seymour Barnes"The Founding of Ponca City" ''Chronicles of Oklahoma'' 35 (Summer 1957). Another city, Cross, vied with Ponca City to become the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lillian Smith (trick Shooter)
Lillian Frances Smith (August 4, 1871 – February 3, 1930)''America's Best Female Sharpshooter: The Rise and Fall of Lillian Frances Smith'' by Julia Bricklin, University of Oklahoma Press, , 2017, William F. Cody Series on the history and culture of the American West, page 15; Retrieved May 9, 2017. was a young trick shooter and trick rider who joined Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in 1886, at the age of fourteen. She was billed as "the champion California huntress,"Biography of Lillian Smith in "Annie Oakley" on the website dedicated to the '' |
List Of Wild West Shows
The following is a list of Wild West shows: * Allen Bros. Wild West (1929–1934) – Charles and Mert H. Allen * Arlington & Beckman's Oklahoma Ranch Wild West (1913) – Edward Arlington and Fred Beckman * A. S. Lewis Big Shows (1910) * Austin Bros. 3 Ring Circus and Real Wild West (1945) * Barrett Shows and Oklahoma Bill's Wild West (1920) * Bee Ho Gray's Wild West (circa 1919–1932) * Booger Red's Wild West Show (1904–1910) * Broncho John, Famous Western Horseman and his Corps of Expert Horsemen (1906) – J. H. Sullivan * Buckskin Ben's Wild West and Dog and Pony Show (1908) Benjamin Stalker * Buckskin Bill's Wild West (1900) * Bud Atkinson's Circus and Wild West (early 1900s) – Toured Australia in 1912 * Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders (1883-1916) * California Frank's All-Star Wild West (1911) – Frank Hafley * Captain Jack King's Wild West show * Colonel Cummins' Wild West Indian Congress and Rough Riders of the World – Frederick T. Cummins * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Highway 156 (Oklahoma)
State Highway 156, abbreviated SH-156, is a highway maintained by the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Spanning through the north-central part of the state, it connects the town of Marland, Oklahoma to US-60/US-77/ US-177 in the north to US-77 in the west. It is the former alignment of US-77. Route description Starting at US-77, the highway goes east for until reaching Marland, where it turns northward. later, after crossing from Noble County into Kay County, it ends at US-60/US-77/US-177 west of Ponca City Ponca City ( iow, Chína Uhánⁿdhe) is a city in Kay County in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The city was named after the Ponca tribe. Ponca City had a population of 25,387 at the time of the 2010 census- and a population of 24,424 in the 2020 .... SH-156 is designated as the 101 Ranch Memorial Road. A historical marker to the ranch is located along the highway. History The entirety of SH-156 was once part of US-77. US-77 was realigned and SH-156 was assigned to the old al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ConocoPhillips
ConocoPhillips Company is an American multinational corporation engaged in hydrocarbon exploration and production. It is based in the Energy Corridor district of Houston, Texas. The company has operations in 15 countries and has production in the United States (49% of 2019 production), Norway (10% of 2019 production), Canada (5% of 2019 production), Australia (12% of 2019 production), Indonesia (4% of 2019 production), Malaysia (4% of 2019 production), Libya (3% of 2019 production), China (3% of 2019 production), and Qatar (6% of 2019 production). The company's production in the United States included production in Alaska, the Eagle Ford Group, the Permian Basin (North America), Permian Basin, the Bakken Formation, the Gulf of Mexico and the Anadarko Basin. Approximately 1/3 of the company's U.S. production is in Alaska, where it has operations in the Cook Inlet Area, the Alpine oil field off the Colville River (Alaska), Colville River, and the Kuparuk oil field and Prudhoe Bay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Continental Oil Company
Conoco Inc. ( ) was an American oil and gas company that operated from 1875 until 2002, when it merged with Phillips Petroleum to form ConocoPhillips. Founded by Isaac Elder Blake in 1875 as the "Continental Oil and Transportation Company". Currently the name Conoco is a brand of gasoline and service station in the United States which belongs to Phillips 66 following the spin-off of ConocoPhillips' downstream assets in May 2012. History The "Continental Oil and Transportation Company" was founded by Isaac Elder Blake in 1875. Based in Ogden, Utah, the company distributed oil, kerosene, benzene, and other products in the western United States. Continental Oil Company was acquired by Standard Oil Company in 1884 and was spun off from Standard Oil during the Standard Oil divestiture in 1911. The main office was later moved to Ponca City, Oklahoma, when in 1929, Marland Oil Company (founded by exploration pioneer E. W. Marland) acquired the Continental Oil Company. Marland Oil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marland Oil Company
Marland Oil Company was a major American oil company that manufactured and marketed gasoline, motor oils and other petroleum products.History of the Marland Oil Co. at the Ponca City web The company was founded in 1917 and by 1920 it was estimated to control 10% of the world's oil production. Originally operating in , Marland Oil Co. expanded its operations to Texas, Colorado, California, Mexico, and even Central and South America. In 1929 Marland Oil merged with the ("Conoco") by purchasing it, retaining the name "Continental Oil". [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
101 Ranch Oil Company
Founded in 1908 by oil exploration pioneer E. W. Marland, The 101 Ranch Oil Company was located on the Miller Brothers 101 Ranch and headquartered in Ponca City, Oklahoma. The company's 1911 oil discovery in North Eastern Oklahoma opened up oil development in a great region from Eastern Oklahoma west to Mervine, Newkirk, Blackwell, Billings and Garber and led to the founding of the Marland Oil Company, later renamed the Continental Oil Company, now known as Conoco. Background Ernest Whitworth Marland was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on May 8, 1874. Marland studied to be an attorney, receiving an LL.B. from the University of Michigan Law School at the age of nineteen in 1893. Marland moved back to Pittsburgh and set up private practice. As an attorney representing local coal and oil interests of Pittsburgher James M. Guffey, the nation's largest oil and gas producer and the principal investor in Beaumont Texas’ Spindletop discovery, Marland became interested in geology ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buffalo Bill
William Frederick Cody (February 26, 1846January 10, 1917), known as "Buffalo Bill", was an American soldier, Bison hunting, bison hunter, and showman. He was born in Le Claire, Iowa, Le Claire, Iowa Territory (now the U.S. state of Iowa), but he lived for several years in his father's hometown in modern-day Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, before the family returned to the Midwest and settled in the Kansas Territory. Buffalo Bill started working at the age of eleven, after his father's death, and became a rider for the Pony Express at age 15. During the American Civil War, he served the Union from 1863 to the end of the war in 1865. Later he served as a civilian scout for the United States Army, U.S. Army during the Indian Wars, receiving the Medal of Honor in 1872. One of the most famous and well-known figures of the American Old West, Buffalo Bill's legend began to spread when he was only 23. Shortly thereafter he started performing in Wild West show, shows that displayed cowb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexican Joe
Jose Barrera (1876 – 1949) became famous as Wild West showman "Mexican Joe". Barrera was reportedly born in Monterrey, Mexico in 1876. In 1897, Pawnee Bill's Wild West Show was the first to hire Jose as a performer. Only fifteen years old at the time, Jose was already an expert equestrian and roper. Because of his accomplished use of the lariat from horseback, Wild West shows billed him as the greatest trick roper in the world. He toured throughout the United States and Europe with Pawnee Bill, Buffalo Bill Cody, and the Miller Brothers 101 Ranch Show. He and other performers executed the spectacular "Bailable a Caballo" in which riders and horses danced in pairs to the music of a twelve piece band. In 1905 Barrera married Effie Cole. Cole became a star in her own right. Her specialties was the High School Horse Act. The couple had three children, two who died in infancy and a daughter, Mary Louise Barrera. With their daughter, the Barreras lived and worked at the Pawnee Bill Ranc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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