The R.E. Hoy No. 1 Oil Well was constructed by the Sinclair Oil & Refining Corporation in September 1916. It has been listed on the

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since 1986.

Milton C. Garber Milton Cline Garber (November 30, 1867 – September 12, 1948) was a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma. He also served as an associate justice of the Oklahoma Territory before Oklahoma became a state. In 1942, he was inducted into the Oklahom ...

and his brother Bert Garber hired geologist Dorsey Hager to determine potential drilling locations on their properties. The Garber brothers contracted Harry F. Sinclair to construct a well on R. E. Hoy's farm (NE corner, Section 25, T22N, R4W, Garfield County). The well was drilled at a depth of 1,130–56 feet. At 4:00 AM on September 10, the oil began to flow, starting out at 90 to . The Hoy

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was the first successful sand of the Garber-Covington oil field, and the first well to be drilled with the advice of a geologist.National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination for R.E. Hoy No 1. Well, #86002357
, National Park Service, 1986Carney, G.O., ed.,
Energy Northwest Oklahoma 1910-1930
', 1986, pp. 18, 36 From 1916 to 1940 the well utilized primary production, adding secondary methods of gas injection (1941 to 1948) and waterflooding (since 1948). At the time of nomination, the Hoy well was producing , and had been in operation for 69 years.

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